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$45 shipped conus
188g
249mm edge
49mm tall
2mm spine at heel to 1.7mm halfway to 1mm 1cm from tip
Lots of pitting. Not sure how to price it. . . Will lower it a bit over time. It has a differential hardening line. . . But lots of pitting and asymmetry. Very right bias. Heel is thicker than the rest of the knife, which you can see dramatically from the bevel height changes. Not the thinnest behind the edge example from Takahashi hamono but still a good knife, and I lowered the edge angle from when I got it. Burr comes off easily. Steel feels like white steel 1/3 toward SKD. Is not as hard as honyaki I've tried. Fine banding throughout hard and soft steel. Not much hamon activity at all, so no gray hazy line like honyaki typically have (I wouldn't call this knife a honyaki, but it is differentially hardened monosteel AND supposedly forged haha). Handle gaps, especially on right side near ferrule. There were so many stray grind marks when I got it. Refinished with 400 grit fingerstone synth, and then sic and sandpaper
188g
249mm edge
49mm tall
2mm spine at heel to 1.7mm halfway to 1mm 1cm from tip
Lots of pitting. Not sure how to price it. . . Will lower it a bit over time. It has a differential hardening line. . . But lots of pitting and asymmetry. Very right bias. Heel is thicker than the rest of the knife, which you can see dramatically from the bevel height changes. Not the thinnest behind the edge example from Takahashi hamono but still a good knife, and I lowered the edge angle from when I got it. Burr comes off easily. Steel feels like white steel 1/3 toward SKD. Is not as hard as honyaki I've tried. Fine banding throughout hard and soft steel. Not much hamon activity at all, so no gray hazy line like honyaki typically have (I wouldn't call this knife a honyaki, but it is differentially hardened monosteel AND supposedly forged haha). Handle gaps, especially on right side near ferrule. There were so many stray grind marks when I got it. Refinished with 400 grit fingerstone synth, and then sic and sandpaper
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