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labor of love said:
What’s yoshihiro like customer service wise? I wouldn’t mind talking to them about one.
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I didn’t have much contact with them about the mazaki. I placed certain requests in order notes. Don’t think they cared.

Contacted them before about a Masashi to get answers on specs. Not sure if they’d actually go through inventory to look for variances you’d want but I never pushed the issue too much.

They work out of Beverly Hills and I received my knife in 2 days so I’m guessing it’s a full operation they run from there.
 
labor of love said:
What’s yoshihiro like customer service wise? I wouldn’t mind talking to them about one.
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Not terrible. I bought my first maz from them a while ago. They answered all my questions. Forgot the guy’s name. Something with a J like jensen or something. He made it sound like all the 240’s were pretty similar in size. Height of around 52-53. Not sure about the 270’s. I really have been wanting a 270 but just haven’t pulled the trigger because of other interests/loss of hours at work. I’m not saying their on Jon’s level of customer service but I didn’t have a horrible experience.
 
TSF415 said:
I think that’s the one I traded with him. It was from ckc. The thing was super bad ass and I never would have given it up except it had a pretty strong lefty grind. I bought one from yoshihiro to replace it. It’s nice but not nearly as hefty or bad ass as that one.
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Ckc is carbon co, right. I've checked theirs out look nice. Wonder why they'd send you a lefty grind.
 
Robert Lavacca said:
Not terrible. I bought my first maz from them a while ago. They answered all my questions. Forgot the guy’s name. Something with a J like jensen or something. He made it sound like all the 240’s were pretty similar in size. Height of around 52-53. Not sure about the 270’s. I really have been wanting a 270 but just haven’t pulled the trigger because of other interests/loss of hours at work. I’m not saying their on Jon’s level of customer service but I didn’t have a horrible experience.
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Yes, his names Jensen. I contacted him about the 210 Maz to get actual measurements in early April. As Robert says, level of CS is good but not to Jon @JKI standard.
It was out of stock on the site but he found 2 more on the shelf. Specs were good ie oversized 210, with some weight. I just couldn't pull the trigger on a W#2 blade like this. Had it been B#2 I would have succumbed. I'm sure we'll be seeing a lot more B#2 in the near future, so happy to wait.
 
DitmasPork said:
That's a beaut! Pointier than the previous batch.
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One of the things that made me pull the trigger. Nice profile with a longer flatspot, too.

Malcolm Johnson said:
How does she handle? Looks great
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Very predictably. Well rounded in that it has equally good separation and release through product. No problems through a variety of ingredients including mushrooms, sweet potatoes, onions, and carrots. Edge and spine are straight as an arrow.

I was very surprised by how well the spine and choil are finished.
 
Runner_up said:
One of the things that made me pull the trigger. Nice profile with a longer flatspot, too.



Very predictably. Well rounded in that it has equally good separation and release through product. No problems through a variety of ingredients including mushrooms, sweet potatoes, onions, and carrots. Edge and spine are straight as an arrow.

I was very surprised by how well the spine and choil are finished.
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I had one from the latest kns batch and wasn’t too impressed with how it moved through food. This one looks like it’s better overall ground... it definitely has me tempted.... I miss that thick spine out of the handle and weight.
 
got mine from Knifewear Garage Sale. after using it for a week, it's hefty and cut through easily for small ingredients but wedges on onion and carrot. the cladding is stupidly reactive, I have my oil applicator standby after I use it.

overall, it pretty nice, I cut my palm sugar easily without any problem and the OOB could be better, the edge retention is pretty good overall.

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kingdingelling said:
Ordered a Migaki in 210 mm from cleancut yesterday. Really looking forward to it. I'm a little confused because of the handle. The description says ho-wood, some pictures showing keyaki I think...we will see ;)
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the last batch was keyaki, yours will probably be ho. just my guess.
 
kingdingelling said:
Ordered a Migaki in 210 mm from cleancut yesterday. Really looking forward to it. I'm a little confused because of the handle. The description says ho-wood, some pictures showing keyaki I think...we will see ;)
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I emailed them about that two weeks ago. They said that current stock is the lighter colored Ho wood handle. The darker colored handles were from a previous keyaki wood handled batch. They weren't sure what the next shipment will use.
 
now that im down to just my kipp, i definitely need another gyuto (am I officially a heretic?). im torn between the ckc 240 or going deep and getting a shihan 52100 or aebL. I'm still wishy washy on those craggy KU finishes but its growing on me.
 
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