philosobyte
Member
Hi all, I'm a 25-year old guy who has always cooked at home with Chinese cleavers.
I was excited to begin my journey and order my very first non-cleaver, a Toyama 240mm SS clad gyuto from JNS. Then I read about the smoke odor which comes with JNS deliveries. I figured it couldn't be that bad, right?
My sense of smell is terrible, so when I opened the packaging, my first thought was "is the odor part of the handle or just the packaging?" So I brought the Ho wood handle right up to my nose and gave it a good sniff. Big mistake. I immediately started dry coughing. Not having learned my lesson, I sniffed the packaging as well and continued coughing. A few minutes later, the dry coughing turned into wet coughing. I chucked the knife (carefully!) and its packaging into my garage. I continued to cough intermittently for the next few hours. I had no idea sniffing a wooden handle would have such a strong effect on me!
But, luckily, my throat is no longer itchy this morning. The knife is beautiful. I'll leave it in the garage for another week or two for the odor to dissipate. If that doesn't help, maybe I'll try cleaning the wood. Just, please don't make the same mistake I did haha.
I was excited to begin my journey and order my very first non-cleaver, a Toyama 240mm SS clad gyuto from JNS. Then I read about the smoke odor which comes with JNS deliveries. I figured it couldn't be that bad, right?
My sense of smell is terrible, so when I opened the packaging, my first thought was "is the odor part of the handle or just the packaging?" So I brought the Ho wood handle right up to my nose and gave it a good sniff. Big mistake. I immediately started dry coughing. Not having learned my lesson, I sniffed the packaging as well and continued coughing. A few minutes later, the dry coughing turned into wet coughing. I chucked the knife (carefully!) and its packaging into my garage. I continued to cough intermittently for the next few hours. I had no idea sniffing a wooden handle would have such a strong effect on me!
But, luckily, my throat is no longer itchy this morning. The knife is beautiful. I'll leave it in the garage for another week or two for the odor to dissipate. If that doesn't help, maybe I'll try cleaning the wood. Just, please don't make the same mistake I did haha.