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I would like to hear more about the Manaka Hamono? Have you use it yet?
 
The Manaka Hamono has just arrived at the office so I have no comments on performance yet. So far it seems very sharp out of the box as I ran my fingertip lightly across the edge.
 
Yesterday I got the mazaki too, let see how it performs, but I was not impressed by how it looks - looked like a rush job.

Today I should get a Manaka Hamono

“Great minds think alike”😊😊😊
 
Manaka Hamono - KISUKE Aogami 1 Honwarikomi Tsuchime Kurouchi Wa-Gyuto 245mm with octagonal rosewood and black pakka wood handle.

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My Mazaki knives

Mazaki 240mm kasumi white steel iron-cladded gyuto with ho wood D-shape handle. Steel is charcoal, water quenched for extra hardness.
Mazaki 210mm nashiji white 2 steel handled with ebony, corian, and nickel silver rings.
Mazaki 210mm aogami 2 damascus.

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240 Dalman-Birgersson collaboration warikomi convex grind with masur birch handle.
240mm x 57mm
Water quenched warikomi laminate with HT to HRC 65-66

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A sweet knife which came packaged with Swedish Krytoniter candy.

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Leave it to Cleaver

CCK 1803 SS Chopper #3 with SS handle
CCK SS Bone Chopper? #2 with SS handle (not sure of catalog number)
Tesshu (Munetoshi) Bone Chopper with koa handle
Dalman 185 x 80mm thin cleaver

CCKs are the beaters

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The workhorses

Yoshiaki Fujiwara 240mm Kiritsuke Gyuto 馬車馬

Special Yoshiaki Fujiwara 240mm Gyuto. 馬車馬

(Kato: Nr 3 )

Both BNIB direct from JNS. Not for Sale or for Trade.

My gyuto is actually from a special batch and is numbered 3. If I recall correctly, this batch was sold in 2014 with 3 workhorse gyutos and each had their number engraved on the tang. The descriptions are taken from the emails from JNS to confirm my orders. Can't remember what else made them do special.

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you don’t need to know what made them special - just look at them, they ARE special- thanks, amazing!
 
The Kato and the Kato-esque

Bought a used Kato standard so I can finally use a Kato while my BNIB Kato remain BNIB.
I can now compare it with another knife I bought previously which the previous owner had smdescribed as Kato-esque in grind.

EM Knives 240 x 58mm gyuto in 1.2442 monosteel

Kato 210 standard gyuto kasumi finish

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Kato 210 standard gyuto kasumi finish with custom handle.
205mm x 46mm
202 grams
The handle is described by the previous owner as Koa? and bone spacer. I don't know exactly what the handle material is, seems like either koa or ringed gidgee. Perhaps someone more knowledgeable can let me know.
I can finally try out a Kato and leave my BNIB Katos BNIB.

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OMG unicorn knives - the other knife (non-Kato) who is that, that looks like a great knife
 
EM Knives 250mm x 58mm 1.2442 mono with compression koa handle. Amazing chatoyance.
Blade at 253mm
Heel at 58mm
262 grams

Described by the previous owner as
"WH grind with Kato-esque grind, good distal taper, nailing flexing edge.
One-piece compression Koa handle, with visible dowel through the top.
Balance point on makers mark. Super clean.
This reminds me very much of a cross between my Tilman, Devin, and Kato.
Takes a really nice patina over time.
Not super reactive but definitely a carbon steel."

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Video of the handle from maker's IG
 
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