Nice one. Or patana-ise your iron-clad Blue 2 Watanabe, and I think you're also well off.
If I gave you $500 which knife are you getting?
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Nice one. Or patana-ise your iron-clad Blue 2 Watanabe, and I think you're also well off.
jimbob
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That knife on the specials watanabe site has been haunting me!
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I do not need another knife ... but a custom made 180 single bevel petty from some of the Japanese makers via JKI could still be squeezed in 
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I'm actually thinking of buying another, I heard from Shinichi, that there will be no more
jacko9
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Wow - a lot has changed in 5 years as far as price and availability goes. Interesting that I was searching for information about a Stainless Clad Watanabe Gyuto and it has been mentioned that they will go out of stock in the future. Well it's five years later and he still has a few on his web site - tempting!
Supraunleaded
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Bryan Raquin honesuki, where are you???
You missed a lot, I guess! He was only(?) selling iron clad for a while, but then recently made the switch to only stainless clad. A few months ago now?
What’s hilarious to me is how much prices have changed. (Or maybe the replies were fanciful to begin with?) This thread was supposed to be about what you’d do with $500, right? Lots of the replies are like
Shig
Kato
Catcheside monosteel
Tilman Leder
...
Good luck finding any of these for $500.
jacko9
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I was lucky to pick up a 210 Kato Workhorse at JNS for close to the $500 a "few years back" and a Shig Santoku (only shig I could find at a "reasonable" price). Then I discovered the Honyaki made knives yikes! I was lucky enough to pre pay for a 240 Kato years ago and managed to get it (not the Kasumi knife but a very nice KU) and the dealer let me have it for the pre-paid price ;-)
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What's cool about this thread now is that even though what used to be $500 isn't anymore (shige, kato, ...), now if this was a $250 thread, there'd be a wealth of options that weren't around when katos and shigs were cheap. So, there's some balance there...
parbaked
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Kaeru 210 gyuto and $375 of masks and toilet paper...
CiderBear
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Watanabe gyuto with a keyaki handle.
As long as we’re making wishes.... it’s all a tossup for me.
Watanabe pro 180 nakiri, but with a burnt chestnut d-handle and horn ferrule and with a polished surface instead of the terrible kurouchi.
watanabe or toyama 150 petty, polished again
a yoshikazu tanaka 240
that toyama honesuki from bst
maybe a gesshin ittetsu 240
Ittetsu single bevel 180 petty or shigehiro 180 petty.
i want them all.
Watanabe pro 180 nakiri, but with a burnt chestnut d-handle and horn ferrule and with a polished surface instead of the terrible kurouchi.
watanabe or toyama 150 petty, polished again
a yoshikazu tanaka 240
that toyama honesuki from bst
maybe a gesshin ittetsu 240
Ittetsu single bevel 180 petty or shigehiro 180 petty.
i want them all.
bahamaroot
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1/2 a Kato
jacko9
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As long as we’re making wishes.... it’s all a tossup for me.
Watanabe pro 180 nakiri, but with a burnt chestnut d-handle and horn ferrule and with a polished surface instead of the terrible kurouchi.
watanabe or toyama 150 petty, polished again
a yoshikazu tanaka 240
that toyama honesuki from bst
maybe a gesshin ittetsu 240
Ittetsu single bevel 180 petty or shigehiro 180 petty.
i want them all.
I have two (one went to the granddaughter) Wat 180 Pro nakiri's KU and the finish on those is pretty stable and uniform. If I get a 240 Wat B#2 Stainless Clad Gyuto it will be a smooth finish though. I do have a JNS Toyama 150 Petty polished and it's a great knife.
which half?
Seeing as the thread's been revived... and someone else is paying, I'd add 30 bucks of my own money and opt for a Takamura R2 Uchigumo 210 gyuto.
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There one on eBay right now for $500 so you wouldn’t even have to
Something from @Kippington or @HSC /// Knives
Keith Sinclair
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Half of a Mizuno white steel Honyaki 240mm.
As long as we’re making wishes.... it’s all a tossup for me.
Watanabe pro 180 nakiri, but with a burnt chestnut d-handle and horn ferrule and with a polished surface instead of the terrible kurouchi.
watanabe or toyama 150 petty, polished again
a yoshikazu tanaka 240
that toyama honesuki from bst
maybe a gesshin ittetsu 240
Ittetsu single bevel 180 petty or shigehiro 180 petty.
i want them all.
oh, I forgot: a 180 or 195 mm denka!
a @Kippington, no doubt.
dont most of these cost over 500? is martell really sub 500? thats cool
knives id buy right now under 500:
Lew griffin
Heldqvistmide
Isasmedjan
Joel Adler
The Nine
of course none could be obtained immediately, just purchased
knives id buy right now under 500:
Lew griffin
Heldqvistmide
Isasmedjan
Joel Adler
The Nine
of course none could be obtained immediately, just purchased
