SOLD [CONUS] Toyama KU 240 mm

[myguidingmoonlight]

For sale is a (used) 240mm Toyama KU Gyuto with burnt chestnut handle that I bought from Michael. This used to be my dream knife but unfortunately I haven't been using it much recently, tastes change I guess.

Specs:

Dimensions: 240mm x 55mm

Spine width (unchanged): Handle - 4.2mm, Above Heel - 3.5mm, Middle- 2.4mm, 1cm from the tip - 1.3mm

Weight - 225g

Details:

Used it for several meals. Sharpening consists of: multiple maintenance stropping on a 4k grit Belgian Blue stone. And some convex 'sharpening' on an 3k Ouka - this one was purely to soften up the slightly thick tip and reintroduce some edge convexity. I was careful to not remove much of the original geometry.

The tip (and edge) is slightly thinner and cuts nicer now, at the cost of superficial scratches on the bevel (you can see them in the video).

Still a great cutting knife with 99% of its life left, just need a bit of a beauty spa.

Asking Price:

Selling for $375 though PayPal G&S, shipping separate from asking price.

Pictures and video:

 

[myguidingmoonlight]

Bump, $360 for a decently rare Toyama that's $500 new.

 

[myguidingmoonlight]

Bump, $345. I need this moving but this is as low as it gets.

I think this is fair considering this is 30% off from retail for some cosmetic imperfections and 99.9% the performance of a brand new Toyama KU.

 

[myguidingmoonlight]

Here's a video of a carrot cracking-test on this Toyama to show a bit of how it cuts. (volume on ) This is on a carrot fresh out of the fridge.

 

[myguidingmoonlight]

Bump, still available!

 

[myguidingmoonlight]

Bump, still available.

Here's another video of the bevel in more neutral lighting.

 

[myguidingmoonlight]

SPF.