Picked this up here a while back, used for a year then i decided my oldman hands need a western handle again.
49mm on the heel, comes with original saya and box.
275 usd shipped
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After my forge died I needed another heattreat solution.
Found a ceramics kiln on kijiji for cheap and found a controller on ebay.
santoku with a wenge and buckeye
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Got to sit down with my buddy and plan these out, blackwood with stabilized buckeye spacers.
Had to borrow a friends forge for these, my coffee can died.
I started making some knives in my downtime
Here we have my first batch, 01 heat treated in a coffee can forge.
Black wood for the oyster knives and rosewood for the honesuki
so i found this guy for cheap in a sad state from my local seller of fancy things and decided it would make a worthy project
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stainless wrapped carbon, no idea what or by who
mystery kanji
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any ideas?
all cleaned up with rosewood. i...
Still unclear on where to post this so I thought I'd try here.
For the past three years Ive been rocking a Misono carbon 240 for pretty much everything at work.
It's awesome except it's so worn down that balance has become an issue.
It's so handle heavy that fatigue is becoming an issue...
club done right, hangover style
focaccia, inside round, onion confit, tomme de m. seguin, poached egg, bacon, l,t, mayo.
basically a blt on top of a philly cheese steak.
because they're funny- Groucho Marx
coldsmoked, maple whiskey glazed duck breast with braised cortland apples, long pepper caramelized pecans and parsnip foam.