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Went from Takamura R2 to Mazaki to Birgersson for long periods of time. For more than a year now though I've been using a CCK-1303 for everything - vegetables, meats, amazon boxes, clamshell packaging, home defense etc. So easy to sharpen and cuts so well!

It's a bit hard to catch on camera but you can feel it widen when pinching the spine and sliding towards the tip.

I just checked my Yoake and it has the same bulge over the tip but not as pronounced. Could it be intentional rather than a grinding error?

Seems like the Kramer is holding its own against a lot of top-end knives. :) Is it your beater? Was it professionally thinned?

No no! I meant how you see people stropping usually is to strop one side, edge trailing, then they flip the knife and strop in the other direction, then flip back again and so on. I just don't have the dexterity to flip without the edge hitting the leather so I gave up on that and just do 5-10...

Yeah I've just been dragging it over the strop relying on the blade weight as well to try and minimize the leather movement to avoid the angle change. Additionally I stopped using the belt strop and have been relying on a wood-backed strop and just do multiple passes per side before switching...

I thought we're supposed to strop at a slightly lower angle than the sharpening angle to prevent the apex from getting rounded? For example, if we sharpen at 12%ish, then we should strop at 11% or lower. I've only seen this mentioned a couple of times over the years and recently saw Ryan...

I can't even tell the difference between HAP40 (Kohetsu) vs SG2 (Takamura) on a Naniwa Pro 1000. Both seem to form a burr quickly and lose it readily. Haven't tried zdp-189 yet because my blade won't get dull and I prefer using carbon steel knives almost exclusively now.

Hatsukokoro Yoake 250mm blue #1

My current favorite at that price is the Hatsukokoro Komorebi 240mm from a Tosho Knife Arts sale for $270 followed closely by the Yoake 250mm for $224 from Home butcher.

I thought it was the best sub on reddit! There were some real gems posted now and then and the recommendation threads were always fun. Some things did aggravate me though. The main thing being a reddit issue where the really good posts would get buried pretty rapidly and then archived giving...

I was tempted to pick up a Kanjo Western but in ZDP-189 but eventually passed because it appeared really thick BTE with a hefty tip. Was the HAP40 version the same? I'm curious to hear your thoughts about it.

Voted freak. I have 34 gyutos. I just may be a Gyutosexual!

I just checked my 240mm and it's convex.

I have the western handled version and its the best cutter I own. It's not super-reactive either. Was delivered in the best packaging in a cardboard cylinder. Sharpest out of the box cylinder too!

Spill the vendor's name!

Yeah the cladding is the rust magnet. The core steels can easily go 10-15 minutes.

Check out the Yoshikane Kiritsuke (k-tip gyuto). The 210mm version is about 52mm heel height. The regular gyutos are shorter.

Could throw in a blues only month or powder metallurgy month as well. :D

May the Santuko be with you! (Yes I intentionally spelt it wrong.)