SOLD PRICE DROP Tanaka x Kyuzo 240mm Blue #1 Kurouchi Gyuto

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**05/06: Dropping by 15% to £465 + half the actual shipping**

They say good luck comes in threes, and just after I ordered this I had an opportunity to pick up an iron clad migaki, and a kurouchi extra height.

Lucky me, but one has to go.

I paid £478 at Kitchin Tools, plus a further £128 in import and customs fees - £606 in total. I have uploaded screenshots to evidence this and hopefully avoid a cameo in the flipper thread.

You might be thinking ‘that is a lot’ and you would be right, importing into the UK is not fun right now.

I’d like to try and get back close to what I paid and am asking £550 495 465 + half the actual shipping cost from the UK (which tends to run at approx £30 to the US and similar distances right now).


Specs:

Steel: Blue (Aogami) #1, Soft Iron Clad

Handle: Yakusugi Cedar & Buffalo Horn Ferrule Octagonal

Height at the heel: 51mm

Cutting edge length: >230mm (I don’t want to scratch the finish with my tape measure - the kurouchi is quite delicate, which I talk more about below.)

Thickness: 3.1mm (I don’t have callipers so this is taken from the KT website.)

Weight: 158g


PLEASE READ: I would like to flag that the knife arrived to me with a very very small dark spot on the core steel.

I decided to remove this with the lowest amount of intervention possible with a few light passes using some stone power and a cotton wool pad. The original spot is now almost imperceptible, but there are a handful of light scratches from the powder; you could completely eradicate both of these in less than 5 minutes but I thought it best to stop there having prevented any functional issues from developing and mindful that I would be putting it up for sale.

TxK knives seem to be quite prone to rust/corrosion - I had the same issue with the migaki when it arrived with me. I would recommend getting a patina established before too long if you’re going to use it, or take other measures if you’re a collector.

It’s also worth noting the kurouchi on these knives is infamously transient, don’t be surprised if it starts to come off when you are wiping it down after use.

I have posted video and pictures to show condition as explicitly as possible - let me know if there’s anything else you would like to know or see and i’ll be happy to help.

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**02/06: 10% Price drop**

See you in the flipper thread!

 

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**05/06: 15% Price drop**