MrHiggins
Senior Member
270 Toyamas are in stock at JNS. Mine is amazing. If you don't like it (and I can't imagine you won't), I honestly think there's a robust secondary market for that particular knife.
fyi, labor's workhorse from kippington is one of the finest knives i've come across if i didnt already have a go-to workhorse that i am thrilled with, i would totally have a kip if that tells you anything.. which brings us to mario ingoglia the knife that unexpectedly stole my heart. he might be able to make you one at your budget, doesnt hurt to ask.That's not a bad idea, 52mm and up is basically all I want, sub that on a 270 and I lose interest. Kippington is something I forget about.
fyi, labor's workhorse from kippington is one of the finest knives i've come across if i didnt already have a go-to workhorse that i am thrilled with, i would totally have a kip if that tells you anything.. which brings us to mario ingoglia the knife that unexpectedly stole my heart. he might be able to make you one at your budget, doesnt hurt to ask.
it should be between those two makers i think. but at 255 length instead of 270 unless you are dead set on that size. to be honest my bulk prep knife was takeda for the longest time because when youre doing tedious work for hours, you want something light. wasnt doing bulk prep any more so i let it go, soon after i started missing having a tall knife so i replaced it with a masashi sld which was great knife but i missed the food release from takeda.
then i re-read what you are after, seems you need fancy handle and saya which the akebono comes with. i've always been intrigued by these mostly cause of the sweet profile.
Watanabe is out, I've decided he's making me a deba in blue #2
Don't restart that war!He doesn’t make anything . But back on topic: just get a new mazaki from jns and be done with it
He doesn’t make anything . But back on topic: just get a new mazaki from jns and be done with it
Not in stock and I have a custom knife coming from him next year already. It's between akebino and toyama at this point, and I'm aware of Watanabe being a small factory lol
A custom Mazaki?! Do tell!
Toyama is a great knife, every knife I tried from him did not disappoint
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