WTS A pair of very nice Takefu knives (Makoto suminagashi gyuto&Y. Kato R2 Bunka)

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Selling my favorite knife that I purchased earlier in in my journey with Japanese blacksmiths.

Makoto Kurosaki VG10 suminagashi 210 gyuto

Purchased from Carbon Knife Co. a little over a year ago. This is a beautiful knife, and surprisingly hard to beat for performance. The grind is a very nice convex that cuts very smoothly, and the Migaki finish has no drag. The heat treat seems to be excellent, it is due to be sharpened, but it is still the original edge! Excellent fit and finish(this sort of ruined me for a lot of knives!) beautifully polished choil and spine. Ebony and black pakka ferrule. Excellent condition, but there are some light scratches on the core steel from stropping.

47.5mm at the heel
158 grams
1.8mm spine
214mm edge length

Now $175 shipped!

 

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Adding my second favorite takefu knife to this posting as well!

This is a Yoshimi Kato R2 nashiji bunka. This knife seems a little unusual in that it has a very nice distal taper, not usually something you would see on a takefu r2/sg2 knife. Really nice grind, not as hollow as some but very lasery. It is awesomely on onions/shallots/garlic. Very skinny at the tip. Excellent finishing, and a nice rosewood handle. Has been sharpened once on SP1500/SG3000.
47mm at the heel
3mm spine at the heel
167 edge length
142.5 grams
Both $175 shipped now. I’ll do a discount on both together if anyone is interested!

 

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Bump for a student of Morihiro and Hiroshi Kato apprentice!

 

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Keeping the Kato for now, Makoto $165!