Moritaka 165mm nakiri, first carbon knife and i still miss it
What's that you are doing with your voice?
Are you mocking me?
Moritaka 165mm nakiri, first carbon knife and i still miss it
My TF Morihei Hisamoto Nakiri was a revelation. Gaku gave it a 'Fine Finish" on stones and tidied up the blade road. Cuts like a straight razor.Morihei Hisamoto White 1 nakiri (has best cutting feel of knives I own) (OOTB, 7th j-knife)
Denka gyuto 195 (used, edge had some micro chips, but had a certain "feel" to it, 8th j-knife)
I've heard similar things about TF. The Denka was used when I got it, but had a lot of tiny little chips. Been fine since I tuned it up though. The Morihei had been flawless before I put it to the stones.TF's tend to be a little chippy until the edge has been refined on stones.
That's exactly how I felt when I got my first j-knife. Blew me away compared to my German chef's knife. I figured nothing could beat the feel of that nakiri. Then I tumbled down the hole and have been blown away a few more timesI'd only used German stainless steel knives to that point. The Shimo totally blew me away and propelled me down this very expensive rabbit hole.
I got a really whoa today from the Yoshikane, the first few time I use it on meat and normal veggies I don’t feel that much different from my other good knives, they all cut good. but today I diced a whole butternut squash and the Yoshikane just slide through everything, I usually have a hard time with squash using thicker spines knives, but Yoshi did even better than my lasers, it just cut, there are no crack, no stiction. Holy it is a good knife.Thanks to this thread I just got a Yoshikane, the first whoa for me tho is Takamura R2 210mm gyuto, then Kobayashi Kei
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Kochi & Yoshikane (thin, thin, thin cutting machines)
Kippington hook-grind, Alexander Bazes (for combination of cutting performance and food release)
Bidinger B-grind (pure food release)
Same here. I still get that feeling everytime I use it.My most profound woah moment: cutting carrots with my Birgersson Blades 240. My jaw about hit the floor.
@Björn Birgersson is a wizard
Same here. I still get that feeling everytime I use it.
Birgersson for president!
No, it’s just Better than denka so not much to see here…Man, you people are making me all too curious with your big-ups for Birgersson.
I worry it‘s a Swedish conspiracy and you‘re getting a bit greedy with your fine Dalmans, Issawotsits and Birgersson blades, hogging a bit too much of my attention at least, Cut it out ok, or my bank a/c will suffer shortly.,
I keep buying knives to try them - and then I keep most of them!Shibata Kotetsu Bunka R2 - nothing went through carrots like that knife.
Kono MM. I keep buying knives to try them and then when I come back to the MMs everything else gets sold.
I keep buying knives to try them - and then I keep most of them!
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