Withdrawn (Price Drop; Updated Pictures) BNIB Ikeda Honyaki 240mm Gyuto Knife

[nhb22]

Update:

I wonder whether some people are turned off by the awful looking lacquer so I went ahead and acetoned the knife. The lacquer is super thick. It took me 20 minutes and 7-8 passes to clean most of it off. The knife looks stunning in person after the lacquer is removed. Very good and even convex grind and thin BTE. Such a lovely knife. Kinda surprised myself this one hasn’t moved at this price. Pretty certain this knife retails for around $1,200 at most of the places. See updated pictures and a short video below.

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BNIB Ikeda Honyaki

Bought from ProTooling.

The page is no longer available on ProTooling, but it seems to be the 240mm version of this knife on Epicedge.

https://www.epicedge.com/shopexd.asp?id=96590

Shirogami 3 and oil quenched

With a ruler, the knife looks to be 231mm x 47/48mm ish. It weighs 222.8g.

Somehow I need cash quickly again. I am hoping for a quick sale and the price reflects that.

Let's try $875 $850 $825 $800 $700 including G&S fee and CONUS shipping. Will cover the first $15 for outside of CONUS.

 

[nhb22]

 

[nhb22]

 

[Thetalai]

BNIB Ikeda Honyaki

Bought from ProTooling.

The page is no longer available on ProTooling, but it seems to be the 240mm version of this knife on Epicedge.

https://www.epicedge.com/shopexd.asp?id=96590

Shirogami 3 and oil quenched

With a ruler, the knife looks to be 231mm x 47/48mm ish. It weighs 222.8g.

Somehow I need cash quickly again. I am hoping for a quick sale and the price reflects that.

Let's try $875 including G&S fee and CONUS shipping. Will cover the first $15 for outside of CONUS.

‘Somehow I need cash quickly again’ your knife turnover is a thing to behold

 

[PPIIBBSS]

Huh, TIL shirogami 3 steel exists

Beauty, this one

 

[nhb22]

Huh, TIL shirogami 3 steel exists

Beauty, this one

yea man. i think shirogami 3 is particularly good for this application. it gets to a very good hardness after quenching.

 

[PPIIBBSS]

yea man. i think shirogami 3 is particularly good for this application. it gets to a very good hardness after quenching.

Yeah I just did some reading, and it's been very interesting. I've actually been wondering about the difference between honyaki and mizu honyaki. Now I know!

I don't wanna go too far off topic on a BST post, but this has been very informative for me!

 

[Thetalai]

Huh, TIL shirogami 3 steel exists

Beauty, this one

3x Oil quenched unless I’m wrong..?

 

[PPIIBBSS]

3x Oil quenched unless I’m wrong..?

Yep yep, exactly. From my admittedly brief research, it seems mizu honyaki are water quenched #1 or #2 steel, while honyaki are oil quenched, and often use #3 steel

 

[jedy617]

3x Oil quenched unless I’m wrong..?

No. White 1, 2 and 3 are simple combinations of almost all iron and carbon. White 1 has the most carbon, while white 3 has the least. In simple matters all other things being considered, white 1 has the most edge retention, and 3 has the most toughness.

 

[jedy617]

Yep yep, exactly. From my admittedly brief research, it seems mizu honyaki are water quenched #1 or #2 steel, while honyaki are oil quenched, and often use #3 steel

Mizu means water, if you see abura that means oil. You can have any of the whites/blues oil or water quenched...but yes you usually see white 3 in oil.

 

[ashy2classy]

Ooooof!

 

[ashy2classy]

nhb can you find a steel stretcher and make the height 49-50mm????

 

[HolyDiverScallop]

Just heat it up and hit it with a hammer a few times. How hard could it be?

 

[nhb22]

nhb can you find a steel stretcher and make the height 49-50mm????

I think the Japanese argue this is the perfect height!

 

[ashy2classy]

Bump for an amazing knife. Still searching for a steel stretcher

 

[labor of love]

Oh I love it as is. Right knife at the wrong time for me.

 

[nhb22]

Let's do $850 for the Easter Weekend.

 

[Vertigo]

Bump for an amazing knife. Still searching for a steel stretcher

I really need KKF to go through a "270s are rad" phase, immediately regret it, and post all their impulse purchases at a discount.

 

[nhb22]

I really need KKF to go through a "270s are rad" phase, immediately regret it, and post all their impulse purchases at a discount.

I used to be a 210mm guy. Then I went —> 225mm as my sweet spot —> 235mm ish is not too bad —> I need at least 245mm —> 255mm is my new sweet spot —> 260mm-265mm is pretty good too. Don’t know what’s next for me yet…

 

[Vertigo]

I used to be a 210mm guy. Then I went —> 225mm as my sweet spot —> 235mm ish is not too bad —> I need at least 245mm —> 255mm is my new sweet spot —> 260mm-265mm is pretty good too. Don’t know what’s next for me yet…

I had a random KS show up at 293 and was like "well I guess I'm a 293 guy now...."

 

[Gavva]

I used to be a 210mm guy. Then I went —> 225mm as my sweet spot —> 235mm ish is not too bad —> I need at least 245mm —> 255mm is my new sweet spot —> 260mm-265mm is pretty good too. Don’t know what’s next for me yet…

I know I prefer 225-235(sweet spot, I think). But when a hard to get maker notifies you, "Yo, I have a knife for you.” You thank them profusely but at the end they say it might be a little longer than what I was looking for. No going back at that point, hahaha.

 

[nhb22]

I know I prefer 225-235(sweet spot, I think). But when a hard to get maker notifies you, "Yo, I have a knife for you.” You thank them profusely but at the end they say it might be a little longer than what I was looking for. No going back at that point, hahaha.

definitely happened to me before...then you find the knife that's much longer than your normal preference actually balances pretty well...

 

[ashy2classy]

Bump for a legendary knife (and seller). I want this so bad but I know it'll probably sit in the drawer. Willing to go halves with someone if we can figure out how to make it work.

 

[labor of love]

Dude stop blowing up my spot. I’m trying to buy this in a week or so when I’m not broke.

 

[nhb22]

Bump

 

[nhb22]

Bump

 

[nhb22]

Let's drop another $25 to see if it does the trick. If not sold, I will probably start using it...

 

[nhb22]

Bump

 

[nhb22]

I wonder whether some people are turned off by the awful looking lacquer so I went ahead and acetoned the knife. The lacquer is super thick. It took me 20 minutes and 7-8 passes to clean most of it off. The knife looks stunning in person after the lacquer is removed. Very good and even convex grind and thin BTE. Such a lovely knife. Kinda surprised myself this one hasn’t moved at this price. Pretty certain this knife retails for around $1,200 at most of the places. See updated pictures and a short video below.