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Sold $125 shipped spf
142g
185mm edge
204mm machi to tip
6.6mm spine at handle
6.5mm heel
5.1mm halfway
3.2mm tip shinogi
22 x 16 handle mm
112 mm long handle
25mm x 18mm at end handle
25mm tall edge
Not a JKI Jin. I got this one cheaper, so listing cheaper. High speed steel. Thick as a deba at spine and geometry, but narrow like a yanagiba. Basically a deba lol. Tip is a bit on the yanagi side but still thicker than almost all yanagi
Blade is straightened (came very straight though). Steel isn't super duper hard and is quite straightforward to bend. Definitely not the hardest steel I've sharpened -- Hide blue 1 is harder for example. But this is much more abrasion resistant, and also the wide bevel is almost entirely hard steel, so basically honyaki. Steel is really nice -- strops like white steel and can shave off arm hair, but is tougher and more wear resistant. It's a lot like what people expect from Togo steel. Having owned a couple examples of Togo steel which vary quite a bit, I would put this in the category of such steels. I've also owned old high speed steel blades too, and they tend to blend these properties of white steel edge taking and sharpenability with wear resistance. These things eat sandpaper by the way.
Like almost all Jins, it's a heavier knife for its size, handle has some sort of shellac type coating. Handle and ferrule meet where wood is split and goes over the ferrule at some spots.
Friction fit saya, rounded choil and underside of neck from maker. Spine is sharp still though.
142g
185mm edge
204mm machi to tip
6.6mm spine at handle
6.5mm heel
5.1mm halfway
3.2mm tip shinogi
22 x 16 handle mm
112 mm long handle
25mm x 18mm at end handle
25mm tall edge
Not a JKI Jin. I got this one cheaper, so listing cheaper. High speed steel. Thick as a deba at spine and geometry, but narrow like a yanagiba. Basically a deba lol. Tip is a bit on the yanagi side but still thicker than almost all yanagi
Blade is straightened (came very straight though). Steel isn't super duper hard and is quite straightforward to bend. Definitely not the hardest steel I've sharpened -- Hide blue 1 is harder for example. But this is much more abrasion resistant, and also the wide bevel is almost entirely hard steel, so basically honyaki. Steel is really nice -- strops like white steel and can shave off arm hair, but is tougher and more wear resistant. It's a lot like what people expect from Togo steel. Having owned a couple examples of Togo steel which vary quite a bit, I would put this in the category of such steels. I've also owned old high speed steel blades too, and they tend to blend these properties of white steel edge taking and sharpenability with wear resistance. These things eat sandpaper by the way.
Like almost all Jins, it's a heavier knife for its size, handle has some sort of shellac type coating. Handle and ferrule meet where wood is split and goes over the ferrule at some spots.
Friction fit saya, rounded choil and underside of neck from maker. Spine is sharp still though.
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