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The 90s are back and I like it.

I’m watching this trailer, hoping for something like Lexx.

I could be wrong, but I think ”kurouchi” is two words written as one, where kuro means ”black”. If you check out the glossary at zknives, he writes it as “Kuro-Uchi”. So myself, I don’t treat it like a long “o” and instead I say both the “o” and the “u”...

Cleancut has some Masashi knives with enju wood handles with similar shape, but more oval than octagonal. https://www.cleancut.eu/butik/knifebrands/masashi-yamamoto

It’s called “Gräns” in Swedish and no, I haven’t seen it yet. It’s in my Watchlist.

I’ve moved my movie ratings from an old deteriorating Swedish site to Letterboxd. My username there is jingoo, so here’s my diary: https://letterboxd.com/jingoo/films/diary/

Interesting. When studying Japanese years ago, I remember our teacher telling us to ”think” those vowels when making them, as I understand now, voiceless. They are both there and not there. They are silent but affect how you say the word nonetheless. One common phrase I struggled with (still...

Less standard is the rotating, horozontal waterstone imported from Japan. I know Cleancut uses one (see link) before using the regular stones. I think this is very unusual for western companies, but I could be wrong. This is still very much a slow process compared to belt grinders. On a Swedish...

Not exactly the original topic maybe, but the standard sharpening companies using belt grinders will remove metal fast. These guys made an interesting test, sending the same Global knife to be sharpened 8 times at different sharpening companies in Sweden. Here it is compared to another identical...

Ok. You’re clearly very much into steels and that’s fine. To each their own. I’m more like: Heavy or light blade? Thick or thin? Wide, tall bevel or low? Low convex? Thick spine with distal taper? Profile - how does it affect my technique on the board? That sort of things. When it comes to...

Well, I think grind and geometry can make a huge difference compared to if it’s aogami or shirogami. You have big variables and small variables. If you find two almost identical knives and the difference is only the small variables, look at the small variables. If you’re a beginner and don’t...

Even though this is an old thread, I can give a comment. In my experience... only beginners, steel nerds or pros wanting to optimimize edge retention worry about the general differences between shirogami and aogami. As a home cook you should care more about geometry, profile and grind, imo...

I’ve heard that carbon steel/iron stays warm for a longer time than stainless, making it easier when smithing. Strike when the iron is hot! I’m not sure I remember the exact words and it was filtered through a translator, but I think Yu Kurosaki mentioned that blades with aogami super core and...

This thread is starting to go off topic. Just sayin’.

Good call posting this question before making a purchase. This is one of the most common name mixups I see on the forums. Others are Tanaka and Ikeda. When it comes to knives made by Kiyoshi Kato, I wish people would use the brand name instead: Yoshiaki Fujiwara. But I guess someone thought...

All I need for it to be a Christmas record is sweet and nostalgic, so this year’s ”Quit the Curse” by Anna Burch did it for me. Indie af.

Awesome or knucklehead? I say awesome knucklehead. Edit: Oops, it was already kind of posted above.

I’m on episode 3 of ”Final Space” on Netflix. It’s like a mix of Red Dwarf and Futurama with a sprinkle of Rick & Morty. Crazy scifi comedy with a heart.

This. Do not over-analyze ”leaning” pictures.

Boytoy.