mazaki knives

[labor of love]

Monkeys are aholes

 

[captaincaed]

Lived in Thailand. Can confirm.

 

[soigne_west]

So of the available 240’s right now. Who does everyone think I should buy from? CC, yoshi or k&s?

edit: this will be my first maz

 

[labor of love]

So of the available 240’s right now. Who does everyone think I should buy from? CC, yoshi or k&s?

edit: this will be my first maz

I’ve used OG cleancuts that are all the rave and I prefer the new CKC Mazakis, I’m assuming the Yoshihiro ones are similar so that’s what I would go with.
But everyone is different...the cleancuts might be lighter.

 

[lemeneid]

1,400 posts. Almost as many posts as knives he made this year.

Not this month???

 

[labor of love]

So of the available 240’s right now. Who does everyone think I should buy from? CC, yoshi or k&s?

edit: this will be my first maz

Yeah, someone just posted a bnib maz from cleancut in show your newest knife buy....I definitely prefer carbons.

 

[soigne_west]

Yeah, someone just posted a bnib maz from cleancut in show your newest knife buy....I definitely prefer carbons.

but there all sold out... I guess yoshi’s the way? Or wait?

 

[labor of love]

but there all sold out... I guess yoshi’s the way? Or wait?

I can’t prove they are, but I think they might be. The batches came out at about the same time and they appear identical to me.

 

[soigne_west]

Or maybe I’ll just throw up a WTB, I know most of you have like six each

 

[captaincaed]

Portland knife house had Maz that look like CC to me.

 

[Gregmega]

So of the available 240’s right now. Who does everyone think I should buy from? CC, yoshi or k&s?

edit: this will be my first maz

I went over to the Yoshi store (in Beverly Hills) and he was kind enough to let me fondle them. They’re great, they are likely the same batch as the CKC ones that I’ve seen/held. Buy with confidence. Maz’s are really consistent- from batch to batch. And they’re seemingly getting closer to an ultimate style, from all that I’ve seen, bought, borrowed from the 1st gen to now, I’m seeing a unification overall. Either way, they’re all performers and a great value no matter where they come from. (Except for that one weird batch that jns peddled a while back between gens 2 & 3 with the pippy longstocking nose)

 

[soigne_west]

I went over to the Yoshi store (in Beverly Hills) and he was kind enough to let me fondle them. They’re great, they are likely the same batch as the CKC ones that I’ve seen/held. Buy with confidence. Maz’s are really consistent- from batch to batch. And they’re seemingly getting closer to an ultimate style, from all that I’ve seen, bought, borrowed from the 1st gen to now, I’m seeing a unification overall. Either way, they’re all performers and a great value no matter where they come from. (Except for that one weird batch that jns peddled a while back between gens 2 & 3 with the pippy longstocking nose)

I ended up getting the K&S. just cause I preferred, for this knife, the non KU. Like Ashy said it was James words on the 2020's that sealed the deal for me, although i have no doubt that the Yoshi's are top notch. I'll update when the knife comes in.

 

[dsk]

I went over to the Yoshi store (in Beverly Hills) and he was kind enough to let me fondle them. They’re great, they are likely the same batch as the CKC ones that I’ve seen/held. Buy with confidence. Maz’s are really consistent- from batch to batch. And they’re seemingly getting closer to an ultimate style, from all that I’ve seen, bought, borrowed from the 1st gen to now, I’m seeing a unification overall. Either way, they’re all performers and a great value no matter where they come from. (Except for that one weird batch that jns peddled a while back between gens 2 & 3 with the pippy longstocking nose)

Yo I still enjoy my last jns batch maz. Mine doesnt seem nearly as exaggerated on the tip upsweep as some peoples. The one 210mm on bst is nuts

 

[Gregmega]

I ended up getting the K&S. just cause I preferred, for this knife, the non KU. Like Ashy said it was James words on the 2020's that sealed the deal for me, although i have no doubt that the Yoshi's are top notch. I'll update when the knife comes in.

You’re gonna be amazed. It should be noted though- the migaki and the ku are almost a completely different species. The ku feels more robust & sturdy, while the migaki has an almost finesse vibe, and I mean in the best way for both. Not to be the devil’s advocate here, but you’re really gonna need both after your first taste [emoji12]....

 

[Gregmega]

Yo I still enjoy my last jns batch maz. Mine doesnt seem nearly as exaggerated on the tip upsweep as some peoples. The one 210mm on bst is nuts

Yeah some of those were just odd. But as I said before- like em or not, they’re all great performers. Some just fell off the ugly tree[emoji1].

 

[jimmy_d]

Measurements are pretty similar to CKC that other members have. Mine came with a rather flat grind so food sticks quite a bit. It's pretty thin behind the edge, but can be thinner.

Do you have the KU? You have a choil shot?

 

[jimmy_d]

I ended up getting the K&S. just cause I preferred, for this knife, the non KU. Like Ashy said it was James words on the 2020's that sealed the deal for me, although i have no doubt that the Yoshi's are top notch. I'll update when the knife comes in.

Did James get more in? I thought they were sold out...

 

[soigne_west]

Did James get more in? I thought they were sold out...

I think I got the last one

 

[captaincaed]

Is it just me or has Maz nearly doubled in price in the past year?

 

[J.C]

Is it just me or has Maz nearly doubled in price in the past year?

which vendors are you refer to?

 

[labor of love]

Just you.

Which knife do you see that’s doubled? 240mm have gone from $230 to nowadays $280-$313 as far as I can tell.

 

[captaincaed]

Crap I think I was looking in AUD. Mah baaaad

 

[captaincaed]

Anyone actually tried the new one James is gushing over?

 

[JoBone]

Hope for a little insight on this one. I picked up this Yoshi Mazaki 3rd hand from the large sell off of the collector in CA that passed away. For those who don’t know the story, a person won an auction of a storage box which contained about 100 high end knives.

This particular one does not have the typical Mazaki signature, but is part of the Yoshi Mazaki series. I am thinking it is an older model, but would like to hear what others think.

 

[CiderBear]

Hope for a little insight on this one. I picked up this Yoshi Mazaki 3rd hand from the large sell off of the collector in CA that passed away. For those who don’t know the story, a person won an auction of a storage box which contained about 100 high end knives.

This particular one does not have the typical Mazaki signature, but is part of the Yoshi Mazaki series. I am thinking it is an older model, but would like to hear what others think.

Ohhh I need to hear more about the box

 

[JoBone]

Ohhh I need to hear more about the box

I don’t have much info and don’t wish to hijack this thread, but I got a couple from eBay and a few direct from the seller. I thought it was his collection, but he was just lucky as hell (Yeah, we all wish we were there)

Some of those made it to the flipping alert thread about some Shigs in January. I picked up a few including this Mazaki, a Shig KU santoku, Kato WH, sukenari k-tip and a Saji rainbow gyuto. Been enjoying all of them.

 

[Viggetorr]

Hope for a little insight on this one. I picked up this Yoshi Mazaki 3rd hand from the large sell off of the collector in CA that passed away. For those who don’t know the story, a person won an auction of a storage box which contained about 100 high end knives.

This particular one does not have the typical Mazaki signature, but is part of the Yoshi Mazaki series. I am thinking it is an older model, but would like to hear what others think.

Looks like one of the earlier batcher, with a more santoku-ish profile. He transitioned away from that profile pretty quickly, but I know some people on here would pay extra to get one of those in KU.

 

[Gregmega]

Looks like one of the earlier batcher, with a more santoku-ish profile. He changed away from that profile pretty quickly, but I know some people on here would pay extra to get one of those in KU.

I’d agree. Looks like the first gen ku nash from a couple years ago. Good find. I had one but it was one of the duds with a bum heat treat sadly. I have the kns one from James’ first batch of 2, and it is a beast.

 

[Carl Kotte]

Dare I say that the Mazaki style is catching on?

 

[M1k3]

Mazaki-son