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?
1500 gyuto (Just for fun)
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MowgFace
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240 Tsukasa Hinoura River Jump from Bernal in 2016.
Something from @milangravier
Buy this and blow the budget by over $1000.
https://thecooksedge.com/products/yoshikazu-ikeda-white1-mizu-honyaki-namiukashi-gyuto-270mm
https://thecooksedge.com/products/yoshikazu-ikeda-white1-mizu-honyaki-namiukashi-gyuto-270mm
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.
Take the 1.5k, make a gyuto, go on a vacation, bring the gyuto
tostadas
Hobbyist / Craftsman
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
How nice of you to buy us $1,500 knives.
@Kippington, you up to making a 270mm Fish Hook in ApexUltra yet?
@Kippington, you up to making a 270mm Fish Hook in ApexUltra yet?
Jovidah
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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).
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).
Exactly! Collect experiences, not things!Take the 1.5k, make a gyuto, go on a vacation, bring the gyuto
Ok Ok, don´t beat me, I leave immediately.
Kamon, Huber, Hangler, Bidinger, Bazes, Yanick, Devin Thomas
Welp it's an experience to cut with great knives and cherish them
As you slowly up your budget you don't worry as much, at least if they are still tools for you
BillHanna
Gotta get ready for ARM
Isas wrought clad rust bucket integral birch stack super size rectangle.
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.
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
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+ beer
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DitmasPork
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240 Yoshiaki Fujiwara
Uncle Danny
Sorry about that pineapple pizza thing
Something cool from Kamon 
My only knife? That means utility is the #1 priority which makes for an easy answer. @HSC /// Knives in cru/z wear.
Jovidah
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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.
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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.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.
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.
And then I'd use the remaining $900-$1,000 on a fancy smancy knife I rarely use.
tostadas
Hobbyist / Craftsman
And keep the one with more wabi sabi
I think I'll get a 24cm to bring the budget down a bit.
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.
I've seen a few takobiki that large but I'm not sure anyone does a gyuto that big.
They have biiiiig watermelons.
