Knife findings

[Gavva]

Ed’s hometown

 

[labor of love]

Need Hasegawa steak plate

 

[nhb22]

Ed’s hometown

bingo. i think we should convince Edd to do a KKF massdrop for steak knives and these plates in a bundle!

 

[nhb22]

Need Hasegawa steak plate

the light color material is too easy to stain and the black color material is too hard

 

[Shein]

Speaking of steak knives, I was looking for the perfect wooden plates and found these ones that are hand-made in Holland, MI. Does the name of that town ring a bell?

https://hollandbowlmill.com/product/12-inch-walnut-wooden-plate-bees-oil-finish/

Eddworks

 

[aporigine]

the light color material is too easy to stain and the black color material is too hard

patina

 

[Loogan]

Two handleless in stock

https://tokushuknife.com/products/shibata-koutetsu-sg2-migaki-195mm-battleship-gyuto-no-handle

 

[Gshep91]

I just bought a Heldqvist paring to use as steak knife...if I keep telling myself these small knives can all be used as steak knives, I will probably end up using 5 steak knives on a single steak...

And the problem is…?

 

[Hualicopter]

Shindo offers the best value buy out there. Polish the choil and spine and they’re really something! I’ve given a couple as gifts - never fail to impress.

Haha, I already have a standard Shindo Nakiri, which is plenty of height for my needs.

If I didn’t have a standard I would have bought it. I am contemplating finishing up my choil and spine though. What did you use to do it?

 

[SwampDonkey]

I've got the 2nd last one.

I have now officially got more Shindo to dethrone the cult leader @SwampDonkey

220 gyuto, 170 nakiri, Tall nakiri, 165 bunka (rehomed)

And I bought 3 of my groomsmen Shindo nakiris...methinks the title stays home a bit longer

 

[MowgFace]

220 gyuto, 170 nakiri, Tall nakiri, 165 bunka (rehomed)

And I bought 3 of my groomsmen Shindo nakiris...methinks the title stays home a bit longer

My man!

I appreciate your kind of enabling.

I did similar for my wedding. Gesshin Stainless Petties laser engraved for my wedding party.

 

[JPAU]

If I didn’t have a standard I would have bought it. I am contemplating finishing up my choil and spine though. What did you use to do it?

I am sure that there is more sophisticated equipment for chamfering etc but I just used sandpaper.

 

[Gshep91]

Sat debating that Bloomery on JNS and it sold right when I decided to go get it lol

 

[enrico]

 

[enrico]

Thought this would’ve sold much quicker….. to be a right handed person

https://moderncooking.com/collectio...nd-1-2419-05-curly-acacia-german-silver-inlay

 

[simona]

Lefty honyaki deba custom..


https://www.cleancut.se/butik/knivmodeller/deba/smedjaaspen_honyaki_deba_left-detail

 

[xsmx13]

Thought this would’ve sold much quicker….. to be a right handed person

https://moderncooking.com/collectio...nd-1-2419-05-curly-acacia-german-silver-inlay

Spoiled ass righties...

 

[Yoshi]

My man!

I appreciate your kind of enabling.

I did similar for my wedding. Gesshin Stainless Petties laser engraved for my wedding party.

I would really caution against starting any sort of conversation with @SwampDonkey

Dude is by far the filthiest enabler on kkf. It all started with 1 nakiri, and 38 pages later, I suddenly found myself ending up with 5 Shindo, 2 okubo, 1 Yoshikane, 1 Shihan and 2 Eddworks.

 

[Heckel7302]

I would really caution against starting any sort of conversation with @SwampDonkey

Dude is by far the filthiest enabler on kkf. It all started with 1 nakiri, and 38 pages later, I suddenly found myself ending up with 5 Shindo, 2 okubo, 1 Yoshikane, 1 Shihan and 2 Eddworks.

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Oh padawan, you have so much more room to grow. It only really starts to feel like a problem after 25 or so knives. Don't worry, you'll get there.

 

[Yoshi]

Oh padawan, you have so much more room to grow. It only really starts to feel like a problem after 25 or so knives. Don't worry, you'll get there.

Sadly there are more than 1 filthy enabler lurking around, I've blown past the 25 marks a long time ago LoL but swamp is still the worst

 

[Genghis_F]

I would really caution against starting any sort of conversation with @SwampDonkey

Dude is by far the filthiest enabler on kkf. It all started with 1 nakiri, and 38 pages later, I suddenly found myself ending up with 5 Shindo, 2 okubo, 1 Yoshikane, 1 Shihan and 2 Eddworks.

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I’d be happy to save you from the evil donkey, let me take the Okubo Shihan and Edd works off your hands…the donkey is attracted to these things. If you give them me, he’ll loose interest in you
I know, I’m a great humanitarian!

 

[SwampDonkey]

*rubs hands together *

Just need to get him on Munetoshi and Unshu Yukimitsu then my work is complete.

 

[RickH]

*rubs hands together *

Just need to get him on Munetoshi and Unshu Yukimitsu then my work is complete.

This filthy enabler helped me into a 270 Unshu Yukimitsu and, just yesterday, a Shindo tall nakiri. Be forewarned!

 

[MowgFace]

Love me some Munetoshi.

Still trying to abstain from a Bloomin' Iyo'

 

[pitted_soul]

*rubs hands together *

Just need to get him on Munetoshi and Unshu Yukimitsu then my work is complete.

I think I have been inadvertently knife stalking you. The only one I am missing is Unshu Yukimitsu. In fact, I am wholly unfamiliar with him.

 

[SwampDonkey]

I think I have been inadvertently knife stalking you. The only one I am missing is Unshu Yukimitsu. In fact, I am wholly unfamiliar with him.

Just means you have good taste

@deltaplex was my own enabler on this one, if I recall correctly.

https://knifejapan.com/unshu-yukimitsu-hamono-kurouchi-gyuto-200mm/

I got a custom 230x51 k-tip. It's about the closest thing to a laser I still own, about 3 mm at pinch but tapers to 2 FAST gets super thin BTE and has a scary thin tip. Did a bit of write up in the Mirepoix Musings competition

Lovely steel, I can get it sharper than anything else in my collection and it is legitimately serotonin-inducing to rub on a coticule. Feels pretty hard on board but not glassy on stones. Buttery.

 

[aporigine]

dat choil

 

[Genghis_F]

Just means you have good taste

@deltaplex was my own enabler on this one, if I recall correctly.

https://knifejapan.com/unshu-yukimitsu-hamono-kurouchi-gyuto-200mm/

I got a custom 230x51 k-tip. It's about the closest thing to a laser I still own, about 3 mm at pinch but tapers to 2 FAST gets super thin BTE and has a scary thin tip. Did a bit of write up in the Mirepoix Musings competition

Lovely steel, I can get it sharper than anything else in my collection and it is legitimately serotonin-inducing to rub on a coticule. Feels pretty hard on board but not glassy on stones. Buttery.

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I have the kensaki from him
It’s an amazing cutter but suffers from a bit of stiction
Do you have the same issue with the gyuto?

 

[SwampDonkey]

I have the kensaki from him
It’s an amazing cutter but suffers from a bit of stiction
Do you have the same issue with the gyuto?

Yeah it's a bit of a specialist tool for me these days. It is exceptional on softer stuff, likely my best, but isn't fun on hard dense sweet potatoes or butternut. Like one cut will laser through but the next will want to get suctioned in to the butternut. It's weird. Better than my Yoshi 240 though. I just don't love that feeling on a thinner knife so I get spooked and reach for a certified squash buster in that scenario.

I grab it when I'm doing a mandolin approximation by hand. Works well on holy trinity cajun recipes. Oddly enough the grind works well for sashimi/raw fish where some of my more convex knives that are better on cooked steak etc don't do as well. No idea why

 

[xsmx13]

I would really caution against starting any sort of conversation with @SwampDonkey

Dude is by far the filthiest enabler on kkf. It all started with 1 nakiri, and 38 pages later, I suddenly found myself ending up with 5 Shindo, 2 okubo, 1 Yoshikane, 1 Shihan and 2 Eddworks.

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That just sounds like good informed decision making to me.