Guess that choil!

[nico1180]

These couldn't be more different, but Iove them all equally. Still getting used to the thick boy though.

Sorry those pictures looked better when I took them.... Mizuno honyaki, Kareu wh, Tanaka wide bevel

 

[kidsos]

 

[ModRQC]

I’d be tempted to call Yu Kurosaki on that one...

 

[ModRQC]

A trio of unexpensive Yo...

Get two out of three and I'll call the other one...

 

[Taz575]

Hiromoto AS for the 1st one?

 

[ModRQC]

Right steel, probably right maker for all I know, but sold under another branding.

 

[Taz575]

JCK Deep Impact or Harukaze As for the top? The other 2 remind me of my first Japanese knife, Kikuichi Elite carbon gyuto?

 

[ModRQC]

Deep Impact is the right answer.

No Kikuichi there. I don’t expect much people to guess bottom one but middle one is well known enough.

 

[Taz575]

Middle looks like a Tojiro DP a bit? They are usually kinda chunky like that.

 

[ModRQC]

It makes sense. However, it's a carbon blade. But yeah, it and a hundred others that look like it. These are all educated guesses you've made.

 

[M1k3]

Middle one Masahiro?

 

[tostadas]

Is it a Sakai Kikumori?

or Masakane SK... they look the same to me.

 

[Taz575]

I was going to guess Fujiwara carbon FKH or Misono Swedish, but I don't know if they are that thick or asymetric?

 

[ModRQC]

Middle one Masahiro?

A solid proposition... and a correct answer sir!

Thus, as promised, I call the third unit: morihei hisamoto 440C. A knife sharpened so asymmetrical that there’s basically an ura-like pattern at the tip left side OOTB.

And so flexible that with this configuration it would basically steer in a mid-air swipe...

 

[ModRQC]

I was going to guess Fujiwara carbon FKH or Misono Swedish, but I don't know if they are that thick or asymetric?

Good call. Don't know about the Fuji, but a Misono is indeed a bit thinner, a bit less asymmetrically ground, and a bit less beefy convex on the cutting side.

 

[ModRQC]

Is it a Sakai Kikumori?

or Masakane SK... they look the same to me.

Talking about the bottom one, I'd say the Masakane looked somewhat alike, although sharpened relatively symmetrically. Well, mine did/was.

 

[ModRQC]

In an effort to keep this thread updated with unrelated business discussed earlier, here's the TF Mabs I shared like 1-2 pages before as it is NOW. And almost where I'd want it to be before food separation is dramatically affected, but I foresee a last thinning session. The original Shinogi "residual presence" on the right side I believe is now completely gone.

Missing just a bit more effort behind the edge to enhance ops but... crazy work done and crazy grind now. 10 grams of steel removed: it started 211g / +18 and is now 201g / +14

 

[ModRQC]

And to get things moving forward, two new propositions:

 

[hennyville]

This one is very special.

 

[M1k3]

This one is very special. View attachment 127841

HVB? Raquin?

 

[hennyville]

HVB? Raquin?

This one is made in Japan )

 

[M1k3]

This one is made in Japan )

Off to the coffee maker for me!

 

[M1k3]

Since no one was able to guess I'll reveal the answer, it's a Dexter Basics cleaver.View attachment 127518


Now for another entry into the game.View attachment 127519

Mercer Millennia

 

[Jville]

This one is very special. View attachment 127841

Jiro??

 

[4wa1l]

Here's a bit of a different one.

 

[hennyville]

Jiro??

Toyama honyaki gyuto 270

 

[Jville]

Toyama honyaki gyuto 270

Geeze, this should of been obvious. The black rough choil should of gave it away. The honyaki seems to not have that lower grind righty bias. I guess that threw me off. I knew It was grasping straws saying jiro.

 

[Jville]

And to get things moving forward, two new propositions:

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First one Mazaki?

 

[Jville]

 

[ModRQC]

First one Mazaki?

Thanks for playing, but alas, it is not. However, quite a Sanjo-esque knife, to your credit.