Got some cool stuff on order for my stone shop and invoices don’t pay themselves.
Classic Birgersson Warikomi of mild steel clad and his absolutely sublime std core. The steel is hard, crisp, and doesn’t feel at all fragile at nail flexing thinness. I would pry an avocado pit out with this, but I’m never get scary board feel or noises like I’ve gotten with very thin hard steels other times. Definitely one of my all time favorite steels. Great taper, beautiful handle and all around an excellent performer.
I removed the slightly hollow grind on the bevels and applied a kasumi finish with stones. You’ll be able to easily follow the bevels and polish and thin as you go from here as there are no low spots left. Current photos are with patina but include the post polish photos too. Great banding in the cladding but not a lot of contrast to be had. Tons of fun to play with on stones still though.
246x59
208g
$420 including shipping in the USA
Classic Birgersson Warikomi of mild steel clad and his absolutely sublime std core. The steel is hard, crisp, and doesn’t feel at all fragile at nail flexing thinness. I would pry an avocado pit out with this, but I’m never get scary board feel or noises like I’ve gotten with very thin hard steels other times. Definitely one of my all time favorite steels. Great taper, beautiful handle and all around an excellent performer.
I removed the slightly hollow grind on the bevels and applied a kasumi finish with stones. You’ll be able to easily follow the bevels and polish and thin as you go from here as there are no low spots left. Current photos are with patina but include the post polish photos too. Great banding in the cladding but not a lot of contrast to be had. Tons of fun to play with on stones still though.
246x59
208g
$420 including shipping in the USA