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

[HansCaravan]

This is by far my favorite thread on the site. So many pretty blades and unique patinas to marvel.

 

[Jeff]

wow - this one looks like it was left at a crime scene!

 

[Homechef]

Getting an interesting patina start on this one. Almost looks like a ghost chasing the hamon. -Togashi White 2 for anyone wondering

 

[Cliff]

Y. Tanaka B1 after some pork

 

[drsmp]

Tobias Heldqvist

 

[Romain]

Konosuke "Monster" Kaiju

 

[Bico Doce]

Migoto white 1 240

 

[ptanks15]

@KAMON Knives Massdrop after a few sessions cutting cooked beef
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Beautiful. Not jealous at all.

 

[BillHanna]

Spåre 26c3

 

[gabdo]

trying to capture this wild splash of turquoise patina on my FM 255

(might be due to my blood, as it took a good chunck of my thumb last night )

 

[k7598]

Kamon

 

[Bear]

Really enjoying my new Isasmedjan, Jonas did a great job on the lefty grind

 

[Greasylake]

Sakai Toshimasa
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[drsmp]

Patina updates on Tobias, Turner and Yanick gyutos

 

[cooktocut]

Really loving this one

 

[M1k3]

Really loving this one
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Almost thought it was a cleaver made in Sakai.

 

[cooktocut]

Almost thought it was a cleaver made in Sakai.

Sure wish it cost the same as a cleaver made in Sakai

 

[BillHanna]

Sure wish it cost the same as a cleaver made in Sakai

I also would like a Sakai price when you sell it.

 

[tostadas]

Sure wish it cost the same as a cleaver made in Sakai

What kind of Sakai price are you thinking?

 

[tostadas]

 

[Greasylake]

Sakai Toshimasa
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Reposting cause it looks like the pictures broke? Not sure what happened there.

Sakai Toshimasa

 

[cooktocut]

What kind of Sakai price are you thinking?

I don’t own enough j-knives to even know what the price point of a cleaver from there would be… but can’t help but think it must be cheaper than oatley lol

 

[Jville]

I don’t own enough j-knives to even know what the price point of a cleaver from there would be… but can’t help but think it must be cheaper than oatley lol

How much was the Oatley cleaver?

 

[cooktocut]

How much was the Oatley cleaver?

If I ever sell it, I’ll be happy to post the original sale price. Or via DM, if you’d like. Seems a little taboo otherwise. I just googled “Sakai cleavers” when the original comment was posted and was met with a lot of the under $100 beater cleavers. So I could be way off base, but that’s what I was using as a reference.

 

[Jville]

If I ever sell it, I’ll be happy to post the original sale price. Or via DM, if you’d like. Seems a little taboo otherwise. I just googled “Sakai cleavers” when the original comment was posted and was met with a lot of the under $100 beater cleavers. So I could be way off base, but that’s what I was using as a reference.

Understand, no worries… to give a different perspective. If we are including chukas, which would basically be anything Sakai. The migoto blue I got was $773 without shipping and the heji ss cleaver( I know not Sakai but still Japanese Chuka) I used to have was originally listed at $1000, I got it on a good sale price. So they are definitely not usually $100. There are others that are cheaper but still way more than $100, usually.

 

[cooktocut]

Understand, no worries… to give a different perspective. If we are including chukas, which would basically be anything Sakai. The migoto blue I got was $773 without shipping and the heji ss cleaver( I know not Sakai but still Japanese Chuka) I used to have was originally listed at $1000, I got it on a good sale price. So they are definitely not usually $100. There are others that are cheaper but still way more than $100, usually.

Yeah I know absolute diddly about Japanese knives and makers nice cleavers are a rarity no matter what though

 

[cooktocut]

On the subject of nice cleavers being a rarity, I seem to recall someone saying they were going to post their rectangle collection and never did…

 

[Jville]

On the subject of nice cleavers being a rarity, I seem to recall someone saying they were going to post their rectangle collection and never did…

Yeah, I think I remember someone saying something about that. , when I remember who it is I’m going to bust him out.

 

[cawilson6072]

Kisuke 180mm Nakiri in Aogami 2. I know that initial odor has been a thing with these (I can atrwst when new), but I just processed a bag of red onions and no odor at all now that I have some decent mag and other surface patinas working.

 

[cooktocut]