soigne_west
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Kip petty
Kip petty
Isasmedjan honyaki
And a little coinflipping with couple othersAaaand that's why the hvb had to go
Is it what I think it is?Tater skater
Idk, What you think?Is it what I think it is?
Alterego?Idk, What you think?
Beige Lion?Alterego?
JanusBeige Lion?
Ah, no, just a standard MunetoshiJanus
A tale of two knives.
Picked up one of those fabled ironclad Toyamas off BST last week courtesy of @Hz_zzzzzz . I think I am the 3rd or 4th owner and the knife had been touched up a handful of times. While not at all thick behind the edge, it lost some of that nail flexing thinness associated with Toyamas/Watanabes so I did some minor work on a SG500 and took off some extra meat at the tip. Compared to my stainless clad Wat, the Toyama has a bit more meat in the midsection of the grind. The Wat is a more purely effortless cutter while the Toyama has more forward heft and better food release
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Toyama choil
Second knife is the HVB I’ve had for a few weeks. Killer workhorse with high shoulders/shinogi line. Got a good feeling for the grind over a couple of weeks and last week, I decided to finally do some work on it to gear it towards my preferences. Eased/rounded the shoulders, more so on the left side, and thinned it out a tiny bit behind the edge to get some of that sweet, sweet near zero edge feeling while cutting. @captaincaed , @IsoJ now I have to get my hands on a Kippington workhorse to compare
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HVB choil
Please excuse the loud music in this one
As a side note, I foresee a lot of sweet potato fries in my diet this week.
Tater skater
Are you talking dirty now? I can’t load my own videos (a new kind of self-loading….)Love the hi def
Great videos, thanks for posting. You should definitly try Kippingtons work when you get a change.
@kpham12 nothing wrong with that! I've never tried the Kip WH, but I did like the HVB quite a lot, and when I'm employed again, will likely get another. It can do those sheet cuts like you did with the carrots better than I expected. That's becoming my new acid test for almost any knife I try
Red potatoes with Kanehide TK
Red potatoes with Kanehide TK
This video just told me to go work on my draw cuts/tip draws
The guide knuckles of my off hand have sacrificed some skin to the knife gods on more than one occasionYour off hand actually does most of the work. Your knife hand is a big dumb animal that occasionally tries to maim the real hero who's lining everything up to be cut.
Kamon is at least as sexy on the board as they are looking.I'd personally love to see something from @marc4pt0 in here. I've personally been curious about how Newham and Kamon look on the board.
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