Japanese Knives Kochi with a Machi

[jessf]

Scroll down to about the middle of the page

http://www.echefknife.com/about-knives

Yeah i found that one but the written portion is a bit vague and the diagram is pointing to the neck. You'd call it a shoulder if it was refenrecing a step. Calling it a notch means it's notched or abutted on two sides by material.

https://goo.gl/images/jJRg84

Found another.

And XooMG, i actually copied and pasted your "authority" comment almost verbatim from a post you made earlier in a separate thread about youtube. So if it urked you to read it here, don't say stuff like that. Saying something "is" without evidence to point to is basically saying it "is cause i say so" and im not that easily persuaded.

 

[XooMG]

And XooMG, i actually copied and pasted your "authority" comment almost verbatim from a post you made earlier in a separate thread about youtube. So if it urked you to read it here, don't say stuff like that. Saying something "is" without evidence to point to is basically saying it "is cause i say so" and im not that easily persuaded.

I am aware if what I wrote, and it does not irk me. I am not arrogating; I think poor translators and Japanese illiterates are causing confusion for anglophones, when it is not a problem for those of us who use Japanese. The only unambiguous use in English I've seen is in swords, which is the use the knife folks borrow from.

 

[preizzo]

Love the Maki! As Jon says it s more comfortable while cutting with a pinch grip (in my opinion).
They look great!

 

[milkbaby]

Love the Maki! As Jon says it s more comfortable while cutting with a pinch grip (in my opinion).
They look great!

Mmmm, maki... I love sushi too! :groucho:

 

[milkbaby]

yeah... xoomg is right here... the gap is not the machi... the machi is the feature where the neck cuts in to become a thinner tang. its the feature that allows the spine of the knife to be more in alignment with the top of the handle, and makes the neck of the wider.

I am still curious if leaving the machi gap is different practice in different regions of Japan. It seems some retailers will install with the machi butted right up to the handle but other knives don't and have a gap.

 

[preizzo]

😂😂😂Damm the Maki are good...... 🤣🤣

 

[JBroida]

I am still curious if leaving the machi gap is different practice in different regions of Japan. It seems some retailers will install with the machi butted right up to the handle but other knives don't and have a gap.

yes... its most common in sakai and tokyo... tokyo tends to leave the largest gaps

 

[labor of love]

I'm happy with how it turned out though... i've been thinknig about switching the whole line over... what do you guys think?

Do it. There's a zillion knife lines that don't do this sort of thing and not enough to choose from that do.