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Up for sale is a Shigeki Tanaka 240mm R2 wa-gyuto, a Yoshimitsu 240mm damascus blue 1 wa-gyuto, and a Tesshu 270mm white 2 wa-gyuto. The Yoshimitsu and the Tesshu have only been used a few times, and haven't been sharpened other than touching up on a strop. The Shigeki Tanaka was sent to Jon...

I've been away for a little while, due to grad school kicking my ass. Has anybody ordered one of these? I just placed my order. If the grind is like the original blue 1, then this is the gyuto I've been waiting for.

I'm a fountain pen enthusiast. I recently found a 70s vintage Montblanc 146 in essentially brand new condition for a reasonable price (reasonable for the pen, anyway). I've been wanting a Montblanc for a long time, so I bought it. I received it today. I inked it up with Diamine 150th...

For sale is an excellent condition pair of Randoph Concordes. Grey lenses, chrome frame, bayonet temples. With case. I've just become a Serengeti guy, so I don't need these anymore. I'm looking for $85 shipped, CONUS. These are great sunglasses for people with large heads/faces.

I've been wanting one of these (mostly to add some smoke flavor to meat I've cooked sous vide, before the final sear), and finally found a deal on eBay. Anybody here use one before? Any suggestions? I'll need to rig up a fan in my kitchen window before using it, if the videos on YouTube are...

I've been eating a lot of chicken lately, and I'd like to get a honesuki. Bluewayjapan has the Tojiro for under $70 shipped. Good knife? I'd be happy to spend more if it got me a good benefit, but a low maintenance stainless knife for this use doesn't seem like a bad idea.

I will have almost 1 month to study, after I get my scheduled leg surgery on December 10, before I have to go to work again or take classes. I have decided that I want to use my time fruitfully. I figure that my first week will be pretty useless, due to pain and opiates. That gives me almost...

A sudden large expense has come up that I don't quite have savings to cover, so for sale is one of my last, but least used, beloved Heijis. It's a 240mm carbon (made from the same steel as Shigefusa). This knife is thick at the spine, but very thin at the edge and tip. Very nice performer...

Has anybody else received one? I haven't used it a ton (just got it Sunday), but it's pretty cool. Definitely a learning curve, but the second sous vide pork chop I used it on browned perfectly (the first was pretty black on one side, as I underestimated how much power this thing has with the...

I haven't been posting for a while. What have I missed? Discoveries? New products? Flavors of the month? Forum drama?

I have been putting off sharpening, for a long while, due to my back, but my personal knives were at the point where stropping on a finishing stone wasn't doing it anymore, and I had sold a knife that needed sharpening, and had to get it out. I have 4 bulged discs, and after sharpening, I feel...

For sale is a 240mm Gesshin Heiji. I'm paring down to a minimal knife set, and I use my two carbon Heijis more, so this should go to a new home where it will be used. The knife has been sharpened a couple times, but is very close to stock. Very thin at the tip and behind the edge. I'll put a...

These have been sitting around, and I have other hobbies to pay for. They are both thinned and sharpened, and ready to go. $180 shipped for the Mizuno and $250 shipped for the Konosuke. The Mizuno is blue #2 and has a marble ferrule, and the Konosuke is blue #1 and has a rosewood handle. The...

I like this knife a lot, but I need to re-coup some fun money after buying yet another Shig. The knife has been used a good bit, but it's better now than it was brand new. I thinned it out almost immediately upon buying it, as it was a bit thick behind the edge. The original geometry has been...

Hate to do this, but I'm re-arranging some hobby funds, and this knife really deserves to be used more than I am able (I have too many knives, again). This knife has been lightly used, and only lightly sharpened. Geometry is very close to stock. Best cutter I've used. This is the standard...

My mother sent me a Mormon genealogy that was for my aunt (my dad's closest female sibling). It gave me some answers, about whether Chesser was Cheshire (it was), and it goes back to the 16th century. One of the things it shows is that I have a strong paternal ancestor born on the Isle of Skye...

I am in need of a second large sauté pan (I have a Sur La Table triply which I like fine, but I don't love it), and the Sitram Catering pans are in a price range that appeals to me very much. However, I've never been a big fan of pans with this kind of construction, as opposed to fully clad pans...

So, I got a good deal on a Henckels Kramer, NIB, from a seller on Amazon (one of the real companies, not just a random guy selling stuff). I got it today, and it has the dreaded holes in the edge. There is a small one further up the edge, but here is the big one. Now, obviously I can fix...

This is assuming I have money again, in 2014, otherwise it's moot. Anyway, my New Year's resolution is to be a knife user, not a knife buyer. I have never owned as many knives as many here (I think 12 or maybe 15 is the most gyutos I've ever owned at one time, and this number has whittled...

Looks like my wife might be out of work again soon, and for who knows how long, and I've got textbooks to buy, so I've decided that three really nice gyutos is enough for a home cook suddenly relying on a single income, so 2 Heijis and a Gesshin Hide are up for sale. First off are the...