Looking forward to the review!
Whole blade is made of White Steel #2. Double Bevel Edge 50/50. Blade tip part has narrower shape than regular Wa Gyuto , this shape of Wa Gyuto are common in Eastern area (around the Tokyo area) and popular among Japanese food chefs.
lus1:Still like the profile a lot.
If it's been out for awhile then I somehow missed it.
I wasn't 100% sure and I also didn't know that they made a gyuto with this different shape and not clad. If it's been out for awhile then I somehow missed it.
If it's been out for awhile then I somehow missed it.
Lolz. You sharpened mine.
Discussion of the mysterious clad Masamoto. From FF
Look at the Masamoto catalog carefully, and note the difference in price between sanmai and non-sanmai within a given style and line. You'll notice that sanmai costs a LOT more than non-sanmai. For example, the KS-3127 wa-gyuto (my beloved gyuto!) lists for ¥29,820, but the KS-2927, described exactly the same except for the phrase "three-sheet forged," i.e. sanmai, lists for ¥58,380. Masamoto most certainly charges a premium for being Masamoto, but I have never heard it suggested that you don't get what you pay for -- and they're charging double. That's not a game or a ripoff. And while I don't surf the American e-tailers of these knives much, I have not seen this KS-29XX gyuto series for sale in them, and suspect that the market is exclusively Japanese -- and unquestionably professional.
You don't like sanmai, many others we like to chat with don't like them, I haven't used them anything like enough to have an opinion, but it appears that there are folks with very high standards and serious professional skills who prefer them and will pay big bucks for them. Why, I honestly don't know, but I do think that the blanket dismissal is somewhat inaccurate.
For those who read Japanese, which I fake from Chinese, here is the text:
KS-31XX: 水牛柄牛刀
[I read this "water buffalo horn handled gyuto"]
KS-3124 (240mm): ¥26,880
KS-3127 (270mm): ¥29,820
KS-3130 (300mm): ¥33,810
KS-3133 (330mm): ¥41,790
KS-29XX: 水牛柄三枚打牛刀
[ I read this "water buffalo horn handled three-sheet struck gyuto"]
KS-2924 (240mm): ¥54,390
KS-2927 (270mm): ¥58,380
KS-2930 (300mm): ¥64,470
Yeah, that's definitely why there is a price difference. I just wonder if there is a difference in profile and geometry.
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