Most common maker in your kit?

[alterwisser]

I need one more Dalman to have one for every finger ...

i still have all my fingers!

 

[daddy yo yo]

I need one more Dalman to have one for every finger ...

i still have all my fingers!

Cut one off - problem solved!

 

[M1k3]

Cut one off - problem solved!

Make it two, to maintain symmetry.

 

[alterwisser]

Cut one off - problem solved!

or you could help save aand sell me a Dalman

 

[Iggy]

I try to keep repetitions low, just to try more, but nevertheless:

Xerxes 4
Herder 4
Masamoto 3
JJ Tritz 3
Vintage Sab 3
TF Denka 2
Heiji 2
Jiro 2
Shig 2
Y. Tanaka 2

All the others are one off.
I think the makers, that I had the most knives from over the years would be:

Kato (5)
Shig (5)
Watanabe (5)
Jürgen Schanz (6)

edit... of course I forgot Zwilling ... should be around 10-12 in total from the early days...

 

[daveb]

KKF's favourite $800 project knife

FTFY

 

[ian]

 

[Benuser]

Misono, Herder, Sabs.

 

[Chang]

I have enough Mazaki's to fit every role needed inside my roll. 210 gyuto, 240 gyuto, 270 suji, 180 petty, and a 190 bunka-toku.

Besides from that, 2 Kemadi, 2 HSC/// (soon-to-be-3), and everything else is just a one-off because I'm a poor, but functioning knife addict.

 

[Matus]

Apparently Munetoshi - 210 honyaki, 165 petty and the butcher.

 

[OnionSlicer]

There was a time, not too long ago, when I had 6 mercers.

Now I've got 9 knives, all by different makers; and no mercers.

 

[RockyBasel]

6 Toyama
5 Shigs

 

[AFKitchenknivesguy]

Wustof

Oh you said kit...sounds like a pro question. Plus not that I use any of the latter, most of them are steak knives too.

 

[Chuckles]

Mario (5)

Next is two each: Martell, Harner, Marko, LaSeur, Mizuno, Shigehiro, Mr. Itou, Mac Pro, probably a couple more.

 

[Sergey Yakunin]

4 Watanabe
4 Vintage Sabatier
2 Munetoshi

 

[daddy yo yo]

Watanabe, Shigefusa, Kamon, Xerxes, Mazaki...

Here are my Watanabe knives:

 

[daveb]

You win the forum for 2day.

 

[ModRQC]

Since trying to have more than one exemplary from any maker never did work so well for me, I try to buy various makers and steels instead.

I kind of have a lot of knives though that were ground by the same guy....

 

[IsoJ]

I had to do inventory, Zwilling 7

 

[Cliff]

3 x Mazaki -- 150 pety, 240 and 270 gyuto
3 x Masamoto
3 x Ashi Ginga
2 x Misono
2 x Wat

 

[ModRQC]

I had to do inventory, Zwilling 7

When you have more knives of a brand than there’s different letters in the name, it’s too much... just a rule of thumb...

 

[WildBoar]

I remember Warrens collection of Carter dammy knives -- that was a sight to see.

And Seth's collection of Shigs.

This was all 8 or so years ago.

 

[IsoJ]

When you have more knives of a brand than there’s different letters in the name, it’s too much... just a rule of thumb...

I think this is enough pain for me

 

[Ruso]

S. Tanaka

 

[dafox]

Another cheapskate here, 6 Fujiwara Kanefusa FKM's.

 

[NO ChoP!]

2 Mazaki
2 Wakui
2 Yoshikane
2 Tanaka
2 Makoto
2 Sukenari
3 Yoshimi Kato

 

[bruce8088]

9 TFs!

 

[jacko9]

4 Konosuke Fujiyama's
2 kato
2 Shigefusa
2 T-F
2 Toyama
2 Watanabe

 

[Keith Sinclair]

Holy moly nice knives

2- Watanabe
2- TF white steel
1- Gengetsu
1- Kochi

Say what you like about TF bought this small blade off BST to upgrade her Taksmura R2. Under 200$ perfect cutting assem grind, exposed machi, nice handle. We both grab it a lot.

 

[Alder26]

Here are my Watanabe knives:

Thank you for posting this. I feel better about my 5 Wats....and jealous?