I took a quick search on here but couldn't find much information. What are the thoughts on the Munetoshi Honyaki? How is the heat treat treat? Exactly how bad is the fit and finish? Thanks in advance everyone.
Thanks Matus! And that is interesting about the hamon.I had a chance to see a few of these and used one briefly. The F&F is ... OK. One can give it a quick rub with FS, or have a full go at it. However I did not find the finish 'bad' as to be bothered by it. The steel feels definitely hard on stones - that should not be a surprise as we know that about Munetoshi already. The knife is a workhorse - both in weight and grind. Not super thin behind the edge, but cuts well. I must say - I was very tempted to get one. Oh and BTW - the strange 'line' that one can see in the photos on JNS - is not the edge of the hamon. Hamon is actually a few mm higher. This line is probably a left-over from the clay during the HT or something like that.
Thanks for the info! I don't think JNS has a weight listed, how much does yours way?I own one; I am very beginner with my skills and my knife vocab, so I won't be able to give a detail professional feedback like Matus.
However I proof and agree with the points
"The F&F is ... OK ... did not find the finish 'bad' as to be bothered by it"
"steel feels definitely hard on stones"
"Not super thin behind the edge"
"cuts well"
I am not very sure if the weight matches other Workhorse knives I own, I find my Mune on the lighter end of knives.
And I will like to add that the edge retention is very very very good.
I did indeed! That sparked the question lol, sure looks like it performs well!Don't know if you saw these recent vids:
https://www.instagram.com/p/B5Alug_DwWH/
https://www.instagram.com/p/B5An_Qoja-6/
... Oh and BTW - the strange 'line' that one can see in the photos on JNS - is not the edge of the hamon. Hamon is actually a few mm higher. This line is probably a left-over from the clay during the HT or something like that.
If I remember correctly there was one of these blades in the November Special section on JNS... Honestly, can’t explain why but I doesn’t click with me. There is no particular reason but probably it is because I already have a couple of Honyaki knives...
All sound like much better knives than the mune Honyaki IMOJNS currently having a sale on the 210 Honyaki Gyuto. Its within the price range of some other knives I'm also currently looking at.
Unsure if its worth picking it up over my other options... only reason being its a honyaki...
My other options within the price range are:
- Hitohira Togashi W1 Migaki 210
- Hitohira Tanaka Yohei W1 240
- Kagekiyo W2 210
- Takada no Hamono B2 Suiboku 210
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