"Thicker" Manaka 240mm Blue #1 Gyuto:
IIRC this variant is only carried by Miura and it is what "thicker" suggests; an absolute beefcake of a gyuto.
In this case, I found it to be a little too beefy (dislike of the synthetic kasumi aside) and sought to do some work on it but it's been on pause for a few months now.
A lot of work has already been put in and IMO (although I am not an expert) it should be ready for higher grit stones after a bit of sandpaper to level out the low spots that resulted from my novice hands.
Purchased for $471.20 (post 10% discount) from Miura, asking $350 shipped CONUS via PayPal G&S.
Morihei TF 135mm Fine Finish Petty:
Used once to make a Korean fruit salad side dish.
Has not been sharpened or stropped.
Minimal wabi-sabi (see attached video when it was new); the handle area is flush barring a few marks that I'm not 100% sure how to describe.
Paid ~$300 USD, asking $210 USD shipped CONUS.
Heiji 240mm SS Gyuto:
Used once on a potato before I decided that it needed a sharpen out of the box but never ended up finishing it. Selling as is for the next owner to finish.
No tools at the moment but this feels true to Heiji's running over their stated length (although not much over 240mm IMO on this one).
Re. current vendors and availability: Strata has a few IIRC at a price premium, JKI is currently out of the 240s, direct is probably a few month wait as usual, and Japan-messer no longer ships international the last I heard from Hiroshi himself.
Heel height: 51mm
Heel to edge length: 244mm
Asking $300 shipped CONUS.
Shigefusa 300mm Kitaeji Yanagi
Purchased from a friend but this has been wasting away in my kitchen as I seldom cut fish.
Price direct from JNS is 10,000 dkk or ~$1449 at the moment.
Used a handful of times and never sharpened or stropped.
This does not have a kiri box (standard blue Shigefusa box).
Asking what I paid: $1300 shipped CONUS.
IIRC this variant is only carried by Miura and it is what "thicker" suggests; an absolute beefcake of a gyuto.
In this case, I found it to be a little too beefy (dislike of the synthetic kasumi aside) and sought to do some work on it but it's been on pause for a few months now.
A lot of work has already been put in and IMO (although I am not an expert) it should be ready for higher grit stones after a bit of sandpaper to level out the low spots that resulted from my novice hands.
Purchased for $471.20 (post 10% discount) from Miura, asking $350 shipped CONUS via PayPal G&S.
Morihei TF 135mm Fine Finish Petty:
Used once to make a Korean fruit salad side dish.
Has not been sharpened or stropped.
Minimal wabi-sabi (see attached video when it was new); the handle area is flush barring a few marks that I'm not 100% sure how to describe.
Paid ~$300 USD, asking $210 USD shipped CONUS.
Heiji 240mm SS Gyuto:
Used once on a potato before I decided that it needed a sharpen out of the box but never ended up finishing it. Selling as is for the next owner to finish.
No tools at the moment but this feels true to Heiji's running over their stated length (although not much over 240mm IMO on this one).
Re. current vendors and availability: Strata has a few IIRC at a price premium, JKI is currently out of the 240s, direct is probably a few month wait as usual, and Japan-messer no longer ships international the last I heard from Hiroshi himself.
Heel height: 51mm
Heel to edge length: 244mm
Asking $300 shipped CONUS.
Shigefusa 300mm Kitaeji Yanagi
Purchased from a friend but this has been wasting away in my kitchen as I seldom cut fish.
Price direct from JNS is 10,000 dkk or ~$1449 at the moment.
Used a handful of times and never sharpened or stropped.
This does not have a kiri box (standard blue Shigefusa box).
Asking what I paid: $1300 shipped CONUS.
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