My favorite color is BLUE!.............A patina thread.

[plantgainz]

I got one of those as well. Pretty sure I won't be keeping mine, though. A couple of test cuts, and it's just a bit too chunky for my taste at the moment. And the spine and choil need easing, which kind of ruins the KU, so that's kind of a point of no return.

Very pretty, though.

It's the best purchase of the year imho, it's a demon. Give it a second chance

 

[Homechef]

Aged Yanick patina

 

[plantgainz]

Fav knife at the moment, big fan of Sumiiro slept on this for too long.

 

[plantgainz]

Merion
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Insane!

 

[Dwergi]

It's the best purchase of the year imho, it's a demon. Give it a second chance

Dunno, balance point is so far forwards that it just feels unwieldy. And it cracks carrots and wedges in potatoes. Maybe it's better on proteins, but I'm basically a vegetarian-in-law, so if it doesn't do onions and carrots and potatoes well, I've not got much use for it.

I've got a TxK to compare it to, and it's just such a beautiful feeling compared to the Shinkiro.

 

[plantgainz]

Dunno, balance point is so far forwards that it just feels unwieldy. And it cracks carrots and wedges in potatoes. Maybe it's better on proteins, but I'm basically a vegetarian-in-law, so if it doesn't do onions and carrots and potatoes well, I've not got much use for it.

I've got a TxK to compare it to, and it's just such a beautiful feeling compared to the Shinkiro.

Mine ghosts both carrots and potatoes really don't know. Just with it's weight, and food release is insane. I just compared it with my fav knife ever, Toyama Ku Nakiri, and besides their differences it's a tie

 

[daveb]

Sir!!! Is it for sale?? Shige kiteji chuka??

@suk joon choi

Tacky. Pls stop.

 

[ZeeVee]

Stupid sexy Shihan...

 

[NotAddictedYet]

Stupid sexy Shihan...
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telegraphic wire? really like his old mark

 

[bonitoflakes111]

Awesome

Maillet starting a really nice patina:
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[bonitoflakes111]

Looks sweet

Awesome

 

[Dwergi]

Looks sweet

Please stop.

You have now posted something like 30 1 or 2 word replies to people in a few hours. It's rather transparent that you're trying to reach 50.

 

[dehory]

Please stop.

You have now posted something like 30 1 or 2 word replies to people in a few hours. It's rather transparent that you're trying to reach 50.

It’s the first time I can remember someone quoting their own comment spam like they’re trying to get a combo multiplier on a spam rampage beat-em-up.

 

[Dwergi]

Mine ghosts both carrots and potatoes really don't know. Just with it's weight, and food release is insane. I just compared it with my fav knife ever, Toyama Ku Nakiri, and besides their differences it's a tie

I felt like I was taking crazy pills, so I went back and tried. And then I recorded two videos and uploaded them to YT to prove my point. I don't have a tripod, and when I tried to figure out a good alternative support system my kids started fighting, so this is as good as it gets in about 8 minutes of effort split into 5 sessions across 8 hours...

This is the Shinkiro cutting a carrot (I don't know why this is a short, vertical video maybe?):

Note the super scientific metric of "the unsupported carrot jumping distance" or, as I've now decided to call it, the "cracking distance" - it's like a centimeter.

Now here's my Shindo bunka:

Other side stays put, maybe moves a millimeter sometimes.

That's ghosting to me. I didn't even try my Tanaka x Kyuzo, because that just feels like cheating.

Either yours is very different to mine, or we just have very different criteria.

 

[ZeeVee]

telegraphic wire? really like his old mark

Wrought over W2. Been my daily driver for about a year now. Love the simple stamp too.

 

[YannR]

 

[enrico]

Aged Yanick patina

you already know how i feel about that no neck yanick.

 

[fortheloveofmoar]

you already know how i feel about that no neck yanick.

Arroused?

 

[plantgainz]

I felt like I was taking crazy pills, so I went back and tried. And then I recorded two videos and uploaded them to YT to prove my point. I don't have a tripod, and when I tried to figure out a good alternative support system my kids started fighting, so this is as good as it gets in about 8 minutes of effort split into 5 sessions across 8 hours...

This is the Shinkiro cutting a carrot (I don't know why this is a short, vertical video maybe?):

Note the super scientific metric of "the unsupported carrot jumping distance" or, as I've now decided to call it, the "cracking distance" - it's like a centimeter.

Now here's my Shindo bunka:

Other side stays put, maybe moves a millimeter sometimes.

That's ghosting to me. I didn't even try my Tanaka x Kyuzo, because that just feels like cheating.

Either yours is very different to mine, or we just have very different criteria.

Probably different knife but even the shindo seems to crack so I don't get it honestly

 

[Dwergi]

Probably different knife but even the shindo seems to crack so I don't get it honestly

If the videos didn't manage to explain then I've got nothing more. Except a bunch of words:

I don't have a force gauge so I'm not going to be able to prove numerically that I was pressing far less on the Shindo than the Shinkiro, but you can use the sound of the blade hitting the board as a proxy. Louder means there was more force left over after cutting through the carrot. Cracking distance is basically the same measurement really, since horizontal velocity is basically waste (though arguably assists in food release, which I don't prioritize that heavily).

And assuming the carrot is the same density, which I think we can since they were halves of the same carrot, that means both are measurements of how much extra force was applied to cut the carrot over the minimum. A hypothetical perfect blade wielded by a perfect user that "ghosts" through would cause no sound hitting the board.

I think most real blades will crack a sufficiently large carrot to some extent, since you'd need an essentially infinitely thin blade not to do so, but I think it's still a question of amounts. The more it cracks, the less clean slices you're getting and the more force you're having to exert.

Ultimately, I think this is a question of preferences. Most of my cutting ends up being hard vegetables, so if the knife isn't good at that then I just won't use it. Also, lots of people on this forum lean towards (IMO) ridiculously thick, long and heavy knives. I don't really have much interest in those.

 

[plantgainz]

If the videos didn't manage to explain then I've got nothing more. Except a bunch of words:

I don't have a force gauge so I'm not going to be able to prove numerically that I was pressing far less on the Shindo than the Shinkiro, but you can use the sound of the blade hitting the board as a proxy. Louder means there was more force left over after cutting through the carrot. Cracking distance is basically the same measurement really, since horizontal velocity is basically waste (though arguably assists in food release, which I don't prioritize that heavily).

And assuming the carrot is the same density, which I think we can since they were halves of the same carrot, that means both are measurements of how much extra force was applied to cut the carrot over the minimum. A hypothetical perfect blade wielded by a perfect user that "ghosts" through would cause no sound hitting the board.

I think most real blades will crack a sufficiently large carrot to some extent, since you'd need an essentially infinitely thin blade not to do so, but I think it's still a question of amounts. The more it cracks, the less clean slices you're getting and the more force you're having to exert.

Ultimately, I think this is a question of preferences. Most of my cutting ends up being hard vegetables, so if the knife isn't good at that then I just won't use it. Also, lots of people on this forum lean towards (IMO) ridiculously thick, long and heavy knives. I don't really have much interest in those.

I don't like thick blades at all totally with you.
But you should start to cut with proper technique on a variety of veggies to see what the knife has to say not a single pressing movement that you will never use under any circumstances

 

[Dwergi]

I don't like thick blades at all totally with you.
But you should start to cut with proper technique on a variety of veggies to see what the knife has to say not a single pressing movement that you will never use under any circumstances

That was a one-handed demonstration of my point, not how I cut carrots in reality.

I'm sorry that I don't like your favourite knife. You're still allowed to like it!

And in the meantime, someone else will (hopefully) get my Shinkiro for cheaper and maybe they'll end up liking it too.

 

[plantgainz]

That was a one-handed demonstration of my point, not how I cut carrots in reality.

I'm sorry that I don't like your favourite knife. You're still allowed to like it!

And in the meantime, someone else will (hopefully) get my Shinkiro for cheaper and maybe they'll end up liking it too.

Hahaha sure I'm not Nihei I won't take it personally

 

[ekamas]

Tanaka-Izo after picanha duty.

 

[masdf]

.....

That's ghosting to me. I didn't even try my Tanaka x Kyuzo, because that just feels like cheating.
..

Thanks for this, I feel like there needs to be a whole thread with ghosting videos.

 

[enrico]

My most used 240 it seems, Forgecraft.

 

[deltaplex]

Is this one of the thinner or thicker ground ones, stock?

 

[Rideon66]

Feeling a little Blue today.

 

[fortheloveofmoar]

 

[billybunka]

Msicard really a pleasure to use this knife