Kiyoshi Kato
yoshimi kato is a takefu village maker, son in law of hiroshi kato
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Kiyoshi Kato
yoshimi kato is a takefu village maker, son in law of hiroshi kato
Thank you both. I thought what I'd read seemed a little too pedestrian for that kind of talk but wanted to check. This world can be soooo confusing!
tostadas
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pretty sure that’s Ikano Kato although possibly his son Hayashi 
Not to be confused with Cato (Fong) Infamous for his freezer ambush
silylanjie
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Nakagawa Blue 1 Damascus Wide-bevel Gyuto
https://www.knivesandstones.com.au/collections/nakagawa-blue-1
https://www.knivesandstones.com.au/collections/nakagawa-blue-1
tostadas
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Tetsujin Metal Flow back in stock
https://knivesandstones.us/collecti...s/tetsujin-blue-2-tanryusen-gyuto-210mm-240mm
https://knivesandstones.us/collecti...s/tetsujin-blue-2-tanryusen-gyuto-210mm-240mm
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Sweet! I still wish I had bought this one when it was available: Gyuto (244mm) — Bazes Blades
Holy that got to be one of the prettiest knife I see, and the grind looks perfect too.
Aka Yoshiaki Fujiwara
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darn im too late to enter
JNS stocked up some Toyamas. Get ‘em while they’re hot!
https://www.japanesenaturalstones.com/toyama-noborikoi/
https://www.japanesenaturalstones.com/toyama-noborikoi/
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https://bernalcutlery.com/collectio...l-rosewood-horn-handle?variant=42466346926301
Pretty nice price on a used Tsourkan suji...
Pretty nice price on a used Tsourkan suji...
Some drop from Greg Cimms
I was looking for cookwares but came across this…This looks like a insane deal.
https://www.globalkitchenjapan.com/...cts/suisin-inox-honyaki-wa-series-gyuto-knife
https://www.globalkitchenjapan.com/...cts/suisin-inox-honyaki-wa-series-gyuto-knife
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That's actually how it's been priced for quite a while, but yes, their pricing on that knife is the best I've seen. Every now and then they have a 10% off during certain holidays / sales seasons; you might be able to stack that to get it even cheaper.
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'Honyaki' is a bit of a misnomer, at least to the educated KKF'er.
Agreed.
Yea are those even differentially hardened?
No, and even if you did try to differentialy harden stainless steel there would still be no hamon.
Is that why there aren’t Blue Super honyaki?
There’s nothing honyaki about this Suisin, just their marketing term for a mono steel blade, same for Mashihiro “honyaki”.
I am not exactly sure why you don’t see it, but it does have a lot of Tungsten in it compared to white 1 or 2 ( which has practically none) and more than blue 1 and 2. This makes the steel extremely wear resistant which would make finishing it really hard in terms of time consuming and material consuming in terms of belts and abrasives. Because of this I just think it doesn’t make sense for Japanese artisans to do. Especially when you could not really see a hamon on it either if you did do it. You can see this comparing white and blue honyaki. White steel, W2, 26c3 gives the best hamons, but also aren’t as wear resistant, which in turn makes it easier to finish.
Also I forgot to add tungsten makes the steel harden faster which means that the clay isn’t as effective in controlling the differing heat treatments on different parts of the blade. That’s why the hamon isn’t as clear. In summary, as tungsten 
hamons
hamonsPretty nice Black Lotus Mosaic Twist damascus:
https://www.blacklotusknives.com.au...e!&ss_campaign_sent_date=2022-02-20T22:34:21Z
https://www.blacklotusknives.com.au...e!&ss_campaign_sent_date=2022-02-20T22:34:21Z
