Help identifying this Gyuto

[tommystery]

Hi everyone,

Wandered into a store selling Japanese knives yesterday and trying to identify one of the knives I saw. It's the Gyuto with the brown oval handle at the left end of the table.

Thanks!

 

[Badgertooth]

Has a kind of akifusa thang going on

 

[tommystery]

@Badgertooth thanks! I just found it, it is an Akifusa

 

[Badgertooth]

Good knives. Very underrated generally, but very much rated by those who have them.

 

[StephenYu]

looks like an akifusa

 

[tommystery]

Good knives. Very underrated generally, but very much rated by those who have them.

Any general thoughts on these against something like -

Masakage Koishi
Kurosaki
Kanehiro

 

[Badgertooth]

Take the akifusa. Then the koishi if carbon steel is your bag.

 

[valgard]

If you can pick in person Koishi can be very good, I have no experience with Kanehiro or Akifusa.

Any general thoughts on these against something like -

Masakage Koishi
Kurosaki
Kanehiro

 

[K813zra]

If you can pick in person Koishi can be very good, I have no experience with Kanehiro or Akifusa.

That is my rule with Masakage knives in general. I want to hand pick them! My first Yuki and my Koishi were both porkers! Much, much thicker than shots of other peoples knives show. Kanehiro is also a Kato made knife and should be similar. I prefer the Son's knives to the father but will take a Kurosaki over either, hands down. Funny, isn't it?

My Akifusa is much more laser like than workhorse like. A good knife at a good price.

 

[Ivang]

I love my kurosaki r2 gyuto, it is my daily driver in a pro setting, haven't used the other ones though