1500 gyuto (Just for fun)

[DreamSun]

If you got 1500 USD to purchase a single gyuto for daily use (will be the only knife you get to use) which one would you get?

 

[MowgFace]

240 Tsukasa Hinoura River Jump from Bernal in 2016.

 

[ethompson]

Something from @milangravier

 

[Logan A.]

Buy this and blow the budget by over $1000.

https://thecooksedge.com/products/yoshikazu-ikeda-white1-mizu-honyaki-namiukashi-gyuto-270mm

 

[Heckel7302]

Something special from Milan or Yanick, but alas with books closed the money just sits in my bank account waiting to win the newsletter lottery.

 

[MSicardCutlery]

Take the 1.5k, make a gyuto, go on a vacation, bring the gyuto

 

[tostadas]

A very tall heeled one, with a short stubby handle, and a flat profile and a flat spine parallel to the edge. Also maybe remove the tip too so the front edge is kinda parallel with the choil

 

[M1k3]

How nice of you to buy us $1,500 knives.

@Kippington, you up to making a 270mm Fish Hook in ApexUltra yet?

 

[Jovidah]

Even if I got it for free, a knife that pricey wouldn't really be functional for me, as I'd just end up babying it because ohmygawd what if I put a scratch on it. For me, when the pricetag is too high it detracts from its utility as a tool.
So I'd much rather get something that's like 500 maximum and use the rest to buy other stuff (whether that's other knives, pans or whatever).

 

[jaydee]

Take the 1.5k, make a gyuto, go on a vacation, bring the gyuto

Exactly! Collect experiences, not things!
Ok Ok, don´t beat me, I leave immediately.

 

[JayS20]

Kamon, Huber, Hangler, Bidinger, Bazes, Yanick, Devin Thomas

Collect experiences, not things!

Welp it's an experience to cut with great knives and cherish them

Even if I got it for free, a knife that pricey wouldn't really be functional for me, as I'd just end up babying it because ohmygawd what if I put a scratch on it

As you slowly up your budget you don't worry as much, at least if they are still tools for you

 

[BillHanna]

Isas wrought clad rust bucket integral birch stack super size rectangle.

 

[SwampDonkey]

I think the telegraph wire clad ShiHans are uniquely beautiful. Maybe that cladding with A2 core so reactivity is only a patina thing not and I get the edge retention of a semi-stainless.

After recently testing one, seems like a good do-everything knife.

 

[Heckel7302]

I think the telegraph wire clad ShiHans are uniquely beautiful. Maybe that cladding with A2 core so reactivity is only a patina thing not and I get the edge retention of a semi-stainless.

After recently testing one, seems like a good do-everything knife.

I asked about a wrought clad A2 and it’s not possible. Assume the same for telegraph.

 

[sumis]

+ beer

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[DitmasPork]

If you got 1500 USD to purchase a single gyuto for daily use (will be the only knife you get to use) which one would you get?

240 Yoshiaki Fujiwara

 

[Uncle Danny]

Something cool from Kamon

 

[False_Cast]

My only knife? That means utility is the #1 priority which makes for an easy answer. @HSC /// Knives in cru/z wear.

 

[Jovidah]

As you slowly up your budget you don't worry as much, at least if they are still tools for you

It seems to be levelling out quite a bit for me.... althouhg admittedly, so does my income.
Maybe I'm just biased in this regard since I'm Dutch. I don't like shiny brand new cars for similar reasons; I rather have something that doesn't look too pristine so I don't have to feel too guilty about abusing it.

 

[labor of love]

2 denkas

 

[SwampDonkey]

It seems to be levelling out quite a bit for me.... althouhg admittedly, so does my income.
Maybe I'm just biased in this regard since I'm Dutch. I don't like shiny brand new cars for similar reasons; I rather have something that doesn't look too pristine so I don't have to feel too guilty about abusing it.

In that vein, the first good scratch on my new truck was actually a relief. I could stop trying to keep it perfect and enjoy taking it off-road without fretting at every small branch or bush.

 

[WildBoar]

A DT ITK in AEB-L has been the knife I use 75%+ of the time. A Martell in AEB-L would serve just as well. Or a Mario.

And then I'd use the remaining $900-$1,000 on a fancy smancy knife I rarely use.

 

[tostadas]

2 denkas

And keep the one with more wabi sabi

 

[ag36]

Buy this and blow the budget by over $1000.

https://thecooksedge.com/products/yoshikazu-ikeda-white1-mizu-honyaki-namiukashi-gyuto-270mm

I think I'll get a 24cm to bring the budget down a bit.

 

[ahhactive]

Isasmedjan/lundberg gyuto and pocket the rest

 

[Nemo]

1500 mm is a big knife.

I've seen a few takobiki that large but I'm not sure anyone does a gyuto that big.

 

[WildBoar]

1500 mm is a big knife.

I've seen a few takobiki that large but I'm not sure anyone does a gyuto that big.

They have biiiiig watermelons.