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$1800 
Making Eatingtool look like a deal$1800
Put them in the flipper thread 
Not sure how much, but I heard the prices went up. If true, I don't blame him, his stuff sells instantly, even at Eating Tools prices. Personally, I'd rather have the performance of a Kamon along with the amazingly engineered handles over pretty much any crazy damascus piece.
Not by that much, his new newsletter monosteel beast is a lot cheaper.
Help me be a bit less stupid - what is a slip joint? thanks.
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A non locking knife with a half stop. Like a swiss army knife or buck 110
Thanks!
I thought the 110 was a back lock.
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Oh whoops shows what I know. I skipped the uncle randy phase and never got a buck 110. Just swiss army knife then. Also technically an opinel is one I believe
Kamon upped his prices by 15% last year since everythig gets more expensive and his rent for the workshop went up quite some
Looks like there's still some tasty Joel Black in stock.
That price is significantly cheaper, but my understanding is there is no discount for retailers. That price also excluded shipping and, if applicable, PayPal fees. In my past experience my denty Gigantoku was about 15% higher price than a plain finished gyuto purchased about 6-8 months apart.
(1160€ +30 shipping) x 1.035 for PayPal fees= 1231.65 €
(1160 x 1.15) = 1334€ + 30= 1364€ x 1.035 for PayPal fees = 1411.74€
Excluding Paypal, at 20% retail markup that's about 1637€/$1781 and at 30% retail markup it is about 1773€/$1929.
Yep it is a folding knife without a blade locking mechanism. Not all slip joints have half stops though, many do not. The Buck 110 with it's "tail" back lock is actually considered the grandfather of all modern lockers. While there had been very isolated locking mechanisms in the past they were not popular and vastly out numbered by slip joints. Chuck Buck came up with the 110 in the mid-60's and it took the world by storm.
The next major leap was when Sal Glesser introduced the pocket clip.
And here we are today.
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choppuchoppu
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Are Ikenami from knifejapan and Tabata from CKTG the same company? They're both from Tanegashima Island and the website of tabata homono has a very similar catalog to Ikenami.
http://tabatahamono.jp/
http://tabatahamono.jp/
Infrared
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Yes, they are the same.
I love this kind of detective work. It's clear even with the lo-res photos on KJ and CKTG that the maker marks are almost identical – and it'd be pretty surprising if there were two knifemakers on the same small island making such a similar and specific range of knives (e.g. a 210mm cleaver).
EDIT: See this informative post on the 本種 kanji.
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Likely, tho the Ikenami I got seems a lot thinner than the Tabata based on CKTG’s pic
Some interesting stuff
choppuchoppu
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Thank you for the confirmation!
choppuchoppu
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Good catch
Is it a legit website?
Yes, they just redid the whole thing and is much easier to navigate.
tostadas
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River jump raffle
I mean, a last minute round trip flight to Vancouver might be cheaper than buying one hahaha
Sorry honey I bought another knife... Oh, and I'm flying to Vancouver this weekend to pick it up.
They are raffling off the opportunity to buy it? That's one way of doing it I guess.
