So I recently finished my quest for the five major hitachi Carbon steels with a 180mm blue 2 Hakata by Tsubaki a couple weeks ago, and so far it’s been a major disappointment!
First, the spine...
Since the spine is not flat, but has a parabolic slope upwards before it aggressively dips down for the kiritsuke style tip, it makes pushing ingredients across the cutting board impossible. There’s no flat part on the board to push ingredients with. When I first tried it I couldn’t believe how short sighted I was when I purchased it. I was so mad at myself because it’s such a glaring design flaw: not only does the Hakata have a stupid design, IT MAKES ME FEEL STUPID FOR BUYING IT!
Second problem with the Hakata is the profile. I thought it was going to be mostly flat. It is a very flat profile, but not like a Nakiri, it has to large flat spots with kinda a sudden little curve about an inch up from the pinch grip. So it’s like either chop under ur pinch, or angle your pushes aggressively towards the delicate tip. It’s just hard to get a feel for it, and is hard to get into a groove.
-this might only be a Tsubaki thing, or on my particular knife.
Anyone own a Hakata and actually like it? For me, it’s just on my knife magnet taunting me for being such an idiot buying this thing. Maybe after a couple sharpening sessions I’ll get it to a point where it’s more comfortable, but every time I use it i say screw it halfway thru and grab a different knife
First, the spine...
Since the spine is not flat, but has a parabolic slope upwards before it aggressively dips down for the kiritsuke style tip, it makes pushing ingredients across the cutting board impossible. There’s no flat part on the board to push ingredients with. When I first tried it I couldn’t believe how short sighted I was when I purchased it. I was so mad at myself because it’s such a glaring design flaw: not only does the Hakata have a stupid design, IT MAKES ME FEEL STUPID FOR BUYING IT!
Second problem with the Hakata is the profile. I thought it was going to be mostly flat. It is a very flat profile, but not like a Nakiri, it has to large flat spots with kinda a sudden little curve about an inch up from the pinch grip. So it’s like either chop under ur pinch, or angle your pushes aggressively towards the delicate tip. It’s just hard to get a feel for it, and is hard to get into a groove.
-this might only be a Tsubaki thing, or on my particular knife.
Anyone own a Hakata and actually like it? For me, it’s just on my knife magnet taunting me for being such an idiot buying this thing. Maybe after a couple sharpening sessions I’ll get it to a point where it’s more comfortable, but every time I use it i say screw it halfway thru and grab a different knife