Giovanny Torres
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Mine is due today also lol
Massdrop for KKF?
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Darktrader
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Finally DHL delivered last night. Never have seen such tight workmanship on wood shavings. The craftsman has some serious skills and must have been an apprentice to a master prosciutto slicer.
The 210 is just gorgeous, delightful in hand and has petrified the onion and tomato on the counter. Many thanks to all at KKF who made this happen. Robin - Thank you so much for an amazing instrument. Can't wait to put it through its paces later today.
The 210 is just gorgeous, delightful in hand and has petrified the onion and tomato on the counter. Many thanks to all at KKF who made this happen. Robin - Thank you so much for an amazing instrument. Can't wait to put it through its paces later today.
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Haha...
It will take some time to share the Dalman gyuto as it wasn't sent directly to me.
Thanks for making everything possible, Dalman and nakiriknaifuwaifu!
TM001
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Arrived late this afternoon. Excellent fit and finish. Feels great in hand but lighter than I expected. Unfortunately won't get to use it until tomorrow.
My first hamon! Thanks @RDalman for the awesome work! And thanks @RockyBasel @nakiriknaifuwaifu and @lemeneid for making this happen. I never would have taken the plunge into a knife this nice but for this really cool opportunity.
Better pictures soon hopefully.
Better pictures soon hopefully.
Giovanny Torres
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This is just my luck hahaha, it seems I'll be the last one to get mine after all.
Definitely interested to know how it reacts to acidic food, and how the edge holds up. Generally honyaki are very good through acidic food in my experience.
finally got mine today!!!!!
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@Giovanny Torres the nature of that contact may well be about the if and how you'll pay VAT and handling...at least that is my experience
Giovanny Torres
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I contacted DHL and they told me that they scanned the item wrongly at the depot, they will deliver today.
I've payed VAT already
So I actually run all my knives through a few tests before I take them in to work. So far here are my initial findings: mine is reactive before patina. Acids cause discoloration within a minute and rust begins to form within 5. So far the reactivity is pretty standard. I'll redo my test after patina and report back.
I also just put on my own edge on and will report back after a full shift today.
*full disclosure: my "tests" aren't scientifically rigorous. I wait to see how long before reaction with still water in one area and a small amount of lemon juice in another.
That's a sweet hamon, maybe my favorite of the ones I've seen so far!
Giovanny Torres
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And finally is here!
First impressions are really good as expected, nice FF and feels really solid in hand, mine came at 215mm
I can see why Robin sells all his knives within minutes when he puts on his website.
Thanks again @RDalman ,@RockyBasel ,@nakiriknaifuwaifu @lemeneid .
If it wasn't for this massdrop I would have many future frustrations trying to score a Dalman the "normal way"
First impressions are really good as expected, nice FF and feels really solid in hand, mine came at 215mm
I can see why Robin sells all his knives within minutes when he puts on his website.
Thanks again @RDalman ,@RockyBasel ,@nakiriknaifuwaifu @lemeneid .
If it wasn't for this massdrop I would have many future frustrations trying to score a Dalman the "normal way"
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The kiri box is so awesome!!! Glad I added it to my order too, really completes the package.And finally is here!
First impressions are really good as expected, nice FF and feels really solid in hand, mine came at 215mm
I can see why Robin sells all his knives within minutes when he puts on his website.
Thanks again @RDalman ,@RockyBasel ,@nakiriknaifuwaifu @lemeneid .
If it wasn't for this massdrop I would have many future frustrations trying to score a Dalman the "normal way"
Dalman: “Dammit my garbage can is full of all the damn wood shavings!”
Dalman: [light bulb goes on] “Huh, I’ll just chuck the shavings into the boxes all hipster style and save a trip to the curb”
KKF: “Sweet, hipster wood shavings so cool!”
Dalman: [light bulb goes on] “Huh, I’ll just chuck the shavings into the boxes all hipster style and save a trip to the curb”
KKF: “Sweet, hipster wood shavings so cool!”
DrEriksson
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Better have your watch checked.
Finally!!
Thank you once again to everyone involved for this wonderful opportunity to purchase one of Robins knives through the Drop!
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Thank you once again to everyone involved for this wonderful opportunity to purchase one of Robins knives through the Drop!
Nice board!
Almost completedplease post when you get it
Mine arrived late last week. I PM'd Robin to say thanks but didn't post anything here as Midwesterners don't do public displays of emotion, we are not a showy people..
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Nice humble brag 
J/K
J/K
RockyBasel
KKF Sponsor
And we threw in the Hamon for free
So apparently that weird squiggly line is a hamon and the overgrind is something called an s-grind. Both which add to the value of the knife. No need for anyone to sell me your knife anymore. 
I might be the first second owner of a Dalman KKF, so here is my post in the new knife thread.
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Beautiful work by @RDalman and awesome initiative from the KKF massdrop krew (@nakiriknaifuwaifu @RockyBasel ).
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Beautiful work by @RDalman and awesome initiative from the KKF massdrop krew (@nakiriknaifuwaifu @RockyBasel ).
You guys are late I was the first second owner
Damnit! Ok second second owner is still OK.You guys are late I was the first second owner
nakiriknaifuwaifu
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Well, everyone knows what this is:
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I purchased this from @esoo through BST. Erik was a perfect seller - always responsive, perfectly helpful when French customs decided to be jerks, on top of every aspect. 5/5.
French customs decided that a 200 euro tax fee was fair. So, that was sub-awesome.
He had used the knife for a few preps, so it came pre-patina-ed! Vendors should offer that service.
It had the original edge, which had been used, so it was far too dull for me. Therefore, the first step was a nice session with a Chosera 3k and some leather stropping. NOW it was blindingly sharp - all of the usual tests were trivial. Push cutting newspaper, shaving arm hair without edge pressure on skin, gliding through tomato skins under the weight of the blade. The steel doesn't feel particularly easy to sharpen - it's not shirogami or aogami, taking a good bit longer to raise a burr - but it is consistent.
Here are the dimensions from my knife spreadsheet:
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Performance is great after sharpening. Lunch prep for my GF and I was a large mixed salad, so a number of veggies were required. The tip glides through onions, sticking was minimal to normal for these items. It wedges a very tiny bit on a moderately thick carrot. The tomatoes were trivial to go through, even last in the series after the onions, cuke, carrots and apples. All peeling was also done with the knife.
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Even missed opportunities (the massdrop) can be unmissed.
Here's the post! Let's get some more pictures on here, I never tire of this knife.
Good call on the Suehiro 3k. The edge off of the Ouka has been an absolute dream on this knife. I find any more refined (like SG4k or Suita) and the steel starts to lose its teeth (though generally I prefer more refined edges), any less (1k and below) and it starts to feel like a saw.
By the way, the steel used is a simple steel in the shirogami range. The reason it's more difficult to sharpen is because it's a honyaki - I'm not sure specifically why (probably because the steel is ran so hard) but they generally all feel on the glassier side to my hands.
