Withdrawn Konosuke SKD 240 and YS 210 (US) (price reduction)

[Bear]

A couple of Kono's that just don't see the love enough, they both have been sharpened and have a couple of water stains, YS is the original bronze green.
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SKD Gyuto 240mm Ebony

Height 49mm
Edge Length 241
Wt. 170g
Price $360, $330

Konosuke YS Gyuto 210mm

Height 46mm
Edge length 214
Wt. 152g.
Price $320 $290

 

[Dabquero710]

****, that ys looking sexy.

 

[captaincaed]

I think everyone should at least try a Yoshi once in their lives. Cold soaked potato.

 

[jsph]

so... pretty...

( is that an asymmetric grind on the skd -- beveled on the knaji side, flat on the other? )

 

[Bear]

slightly, to tell you the truth I really never noticed it till I took these shots, here's another choil shot.

 

[jsph]

that's interesting. ya, one side looks almost dead straight. maybe the finish and hammering make it harder to see from the side...?

such a pretty knife.

 

[SeattleB]

Mine is perfectly even.

 

[Bear]

Its a choil shot, allot depends on where the hammer marks end on the choil, if you look above one side ends right at the choil the other side ends in front of the choil. I've come to like choil shots but take them with a grain of salt.

 

[jsph]

"... with a grain of salt." -- right, absolutely; choil shots are super tricky to take and to interpret (plus there are many knives where the grind is different from heel to tip). ... and it's an important point that this particular knife is reported to be a symmetric grind in general, from what i can tell online [such a pretty knife, i had to read/see more online!] and as seattleb confirms, so it's not likely to be a big difference in the first place, or maybe not a difference at all and just something irrelevant at the spine itself. much more relevant is the current price making it dangerously tempting and a big test of my recent vows and pledges re: such purchases at the moment. ... but... so... pretty... (both of them, actually, but the skd's a knock-out, and so uncommon-looking.) thanks very much.

 

[chiffonodd]

A couple of Kono's that just don't see the love enough, they both have been sharpened and have a couple of water stains, YS is the original bronze green.

Been curious about the YS/YS-M for a bit. Can you clarify what you mean by YS is the original bronze green?

 

[Jason183]

Been curious about the YS/YS-M for a bit. Can you clarify what you mean by YS is the original bronze green?

I think Yoshikane is no longer making the original bronze green finish, the current YS line is either YS-M(midnight) or SKD Tsuchimi hammer finish.

 

[Pointless1]

Been curious about the YS/YS-M for a bit. Can you clarify what you mean by YS is the original bronze green?

The early ones had killer bronze-green kurouchi while later ones went to generic blackish kurouchi. The green is awesome.

 

[chiffonodd]

So YS = Yoshikane Sanjo (probably?)

And

YS-M = Yoshikane Sanjo-Midnight

?

They are really beautiful knives regardless and also seem to be great performers.

GLWS my self control is decreasing rapidly

 

[Jason183]

So YS = Yoshikane Sanjo (probably?)

And

YS-M = Yoshikane Sanjo-Midnight

?

They are really beautiful knives regardless and also seem to be great performers.

GLWS my self control is decreasing rapidly

IDK what YS really stand for, but I was thinking the same thing Yoshikane Sanjo

 

[Bear]

The early ones had killer bronze-green kurouchi while later ones went to generic blackish kurouchi. The green is awesome.

You got it, there's nothing wrong with the black (-M) but I've always liked the green.

It's hard to get the color right but this is pretty close

 

[Dan E]

Too bad those aren’t shipped to Asia, they are beautiful blades!

 

[Bear]

The YS is SPF for now.

 

[Bear]

I decided to keep these with me, I guess I've had second thoughts.