You've heard it a hundred times but I'll say it too, j-knives has been the most glorious rabbit hole to fall into! Quarantine saviour.
Rewind a few months ago and I was deciding on my first knife to replace my Vnox 8" and I went with the 210 Yoshikane SKD k-tip gyuto. I then decided I wanted a petty, picking the 150 Kurosaki VG10 Fujin. Next I wanted to see what the fuss is about with these so called lasers, and so I also bought a Shibata Kotetsu R2 Bunka. I also picked up a Wusthof Ikon bread knife and a set of Naniwa Pro stones along the way. All these knives have been fantastic to use, and I'll continue using them all but I'm absolutely addicted and already am eyeing up my next purchase! I am sick and there is no cure.
I know I want a 240mm carbon-steel gyuto as my next knife. And let's be honest, there are practically no jobs that I can't already do with the 210 gyuto, the 180 bunka, the 150 petty, my beater Vnox or the bread knife (I'm a cafe chef, majority vegetable food prep, cook everything and anything at home) so we all know this is just a vanity purchase, I just want to try something different, feel a different cutting sensation, learn something new. So here's the question(s)...
What knife would you recommend that would provide a different cutting sensation to what I'm experiencing at the moment? Or better yet, should I be asking... is there a specific grind you think is worth trying? As far as I'm aware the Yoshikane SKD is a convex grind while the Shibata Kotetsu is a flat grind, so is there a grind you think I should be targeting?
Or perhaps I should be asking this - my knives so far are all light to middle weight so should I aim for a heavier knife? Will simply a heavier heftier knife be enough to provide me that new sensation?
I just want to try everything and I don't know what to go for next. So far I'm thinking about a Watanabe Pro / Toyama / Catcheside but I'm more than ready to be swayed!
Rewind a few months ago and I was deciding on my first knife to replace my Vnox 8" and I went with the 210 Yoshikane SKD k-tip gyuto. I then decided I wanted a petty, picking the 150 Kurosaki VG10 Fujin. Next I wanted to see what the fuss is about with these so called lasers, and so I also bought a Shibata Kotetsu R2 Bunka. I also picked up a Wusthof Ikon bread knife and a set of Naniwa Pro stones along the way. All these knives have been fantastic to use, and I'll continue using them all but I'm absolutely addicted and already am eyeing up my next purchase! I am sick and there is no cure.
I know I want a 240mm carbon-steel gyuto as my next knife. And let's be honest, there are practically no jobs that I can't already do with the 210 gyuto, the 180 bunka, the 150 petty, my beater Vnox or the bread knife (I'm a cafe chef, majority vegetable food prep, cook everything and anything at home) so we all know this is just a vanity purchase, I just want to try something different, feel a different cutting sensation, learn something new. So here's the question(s)...
What knife would you recommend that would provide a different cutting sensation to what I'm experiencing at the moment? Or better yet, should I be asking... is there a specific grind you think is worth trying? As far as I'm aware the Yoshikane SKD is a convex grind while the Shibata Kotetsu is a flat grind, so is there a grind you think I should be targeting?
Or perhaps I should be asking this - my knives so far are all light to middle weight so should I aim for a heavier knife? Will simply a heavier heftier knife be enough to provide me that new sensation?
I just want to try everything and I don't know what to go for next. So far I'm thinking about a Watanabe Pro / Toyama / Catcheside but I'm more than ready to be swayed!