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How does it stack up against Shun, Miyabi, Yaxell, etc?

Kurosaki's food release is not particularly good cuz it is a flat grind

Sorry, I made it too sharp you cut yourself. ;););)

LOL

It was Dorikano according to Eitan's ig story.

The whole reason I creates this thread is just for me to see if his knife would be worth buying or not lol. And I know what makes a good knife. It is you who obviously doesn't know how to read comprehensively. I've expressed my sentiments so many time I'm not gonna repeat here.

This seems to be more of a credible review so far here. I'm not judging a knife purely by look at all. I'm just saying it seems a bit expensive for just kurouchi.

But aren't there so many other kurouchi knives with great performance?

Isasmedjan only charges about 400USD for his regular knives, for example. People also seems to be happy with the performance of his knives. Or does it performs inferiorly to Raquin's? Idk for certain though, since I've never tried either.

That's why I didn't include Kato in the discussion. I'm not saying that the aesthetic is the most important quality of a knife at all. I'm just saying in the era of abundance of great performance custom knives, why choose a knife that performs well, but doesn't look unique. I thought the whole...

That is another whole new level I don't want to compare with, but yeah basically I have the same thought about it. I guess him being old kinda makes his knife more expensive?

Yeah, that's what I meant, sorry for misunderstanding. His knives are kinda production line-ish (even though it's handmade) and he doesn't put any effort in making it look special.

He always do his knives the same way and no new experimentation. If that is not minimal effort idk what is. I'm not saying minimal effort = bad quality at all. Rustic relates to its look. A knife can be rustic but well-finished. Again, I'm not judging anything, just making speculation.

Where did I say I judged? I just postulated the possibility of their similarity, seeing that they both are pretty well-respected knife makers.

Thanks for an honest and non-sarcastic comment. This is what I was looking to ask. And absolutely, we should support custom makers. Tansu knife is the first 'custom' knife I got (from BST section) and I was neither impressed by the heat treatment nor the grind. I guess I gotta buy a Raquin this...

Nope, that's why I created this thread.

Isasmedjan, for example.

Would you be so kind to tell me, please? I really don't know, that's why I created this thread. It might be easier for me to understand to, say, compare Raquin with Isasmedjan, which are the two makers I think seem similar in style, except Isasmedjan has more variation.

Of course, it's a huge work to make a knife, but it's the same as other great knifemakers as well. The difference is Raquin doesn't have any variation, just the same ol' kurouchi. I'm certainly not trying to downplay the effort that goes into making a knife here. Take Isasmedjan for example, his...

Well yeah, of course. Grind, steel, and heat treatment are also important, but there are other less hyped makers with equally good grind, steel, and heat treatment, but with better finish and handle in addition too. Why is Raquin specifically so hyped?