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[aboynamedsuita]

Yesterday I received a big box of 8 knives that I had some work done to by Jon at JKI

I'll start off with these since I see a similar knife posted very recently… Watanabe blue 2 mirror polished honyaki 270 sujihiki, 240 gyuto, 150 petty

The alloy banding is pretty crazy especially in the suji… here's a pic I saw on IG of the intermediate process while bringing out the hamon:

Next up are some katos… 210 Damascus gyuto and 240 Kurouchi gyuto with saya. The KU was my first BST purchase… I think I done good

Murray Carter ~9sun (bit over 270) and ~5.3sun (bit over 160) stainless clad white #1 Funayuki. The little one is getting a Stefan handle while bigger one has a really nice ichii handle and can be yours over on BST

And lastly a 270 NAS Takeda gyuto… reground the way they ought to be :knife:

 

[Omega]

Phew.. What a box man. The close up shot of the Honyaki during the polishing process is amazing. Although my jealousy for your KU Kato grows and grows ;( You'll have to tell me how the Honyaki gyuto performs!

 

[LucasFur]

To the masakage kujira owner - Where did you find it 20% off?

And k didn't know watanabe honyaki's where layered like that! So beautiful

 

[fatboylim]

Tjangula, that is one heck of a box of heavy weight goodness. I think that Kato would be the only kurouchi knife I would ever buy... if you were crazy enough to sell it!

 

[user 29468]

the Ku Kato look's soooo nice !!

 

[Marek07]

Good grief Tanner! Watanabes, Katos, a Murray Carter and a massive Takeda - all given the Jon treatment. Who's been a good boy then? Santa's come early even if it was you that forked out for it.

And the Kato 240 Kurouchi gyuto was your first BST purchase?!? You done more than good… you headed down the rabbit hole in style! :thumbsup:

 

[Ivang]

Konosuke fujiyama w1 kiritsuke gyuto 270

 

[cheflarge]

Purdy! lus1:

 

[gaijin]

My first cheapie... to have something cheaper to practice with the stones...

Kanetsune KC332. $30 + shipping from eBay. But the edge straight out of the box is a little too good to start with the stones, so I fed an old Morakniv to the stones instead. I still have some practicing to do with the stones.

 

[LifeByA1000Cuts]

Hehe ... I first thought "Ikenami HAP40? He's really serious about his sharpening practice...."

 

[gaijin]

Hehe ... I first thought "Ikenami HAP40? He's really serious about his sharpening practice...."

Hehe.. nono... the steel is specified as "Takefu Shiro 2".

 

[capslockpirate]

And lastly a 270 NAS Takeda gyuto… reground the way they ought to be :knife:

How's the takeda perform now that it's reground? Considering getting mine done, I like it as is but there's still that part of me that would like if it didn't wedge as much.

 

[Soso]

Yu Kurosaki. Aogami Super. Silver birch handle.

 

[LucasFur]

How's the takeda perform now that it's reground? Considering getting mine done, I like it as is but there's still that part of me that would like if it didn't wedge as much.

If you don't want to send it in take a look at how I ground mine down myself and it cuts great now. From my understanding others have had similar success.

http://www.kitchenknifeforums.com/showthread.php/27273-Takeda-thinning-(LucasFur-Method)?highlight=

 

[nevin]

 

[Eloh]

 

[Soso]

[video=vimeo;194829743]https://vimeo.com/194829743[/video]

Doesn't Vimeo work? It says it should but nothing shows..

 

[tgfencer]

Kenichi Shiraki Honyaki from James at K&S during his BF/CM sale.

 

[YG420]

Kenichi Shiraki Honyaki from James at K&S during his BF/CM sale.

Very nice! What size and what steel?

 

[Krassi]

Hiii!

Here is my first real custom knife:
the "Xerxes K-Petty of Doom!

It is a 170mm Kiritsuke-Style Petty made by "Xerxes" from Germany
made of sc125 steel with dark grey pre patination
and swamp-oak Handle with Rokkaku-hanmaru shape and with blonde+dark Cow horn bolster
..and its awesome

here is a little cutting test with MC Drunken Master on the mic, talking in german gibberish
https://youtu.be/DpaSLxn8-xM

Seeya Daniel!

 

[tgfencer]

Very nice! What size and what steel?

True 240, White 2

 

[foody518]

@Krassi that looks stunning

 

[Krassi]

Thanks! @foody518
was all according to my plan and turned out to be 120% what i expected.. fit and finish is one of the best that i could hold in my hand and its light like a feather and cuts awesome (i gave it some Ohira Ao Renge Love and polished the sides with uchigumori slurry careful because the patina is badass)

 

[daddy yo yo]

Yu Kurosaki. Aogami Super. Silver birch handle.

Did the knife come as shown? And if so, where/who from? Who made the handle?

 

[Soso]

Yepp it did, minus the box. www.cleancut.se made the handle. One made only.

https://vimeo.com/194829743

 

[Vancouverguy]

I would like to thank @Orange for the Tako+ Usuba! Safely here!
The tako Looks amazing!


Current Shig Collection!

 

[Mute-on]

Nice start! Only 26 more to catch Floris

 

[Vancouverguy]

Nice start! Only 26 more to catch Floris

If only I have the funds to get the kitaeji's :hungry:

 

[Krassi]

Ahh very nice Kurosaki Nakiri Soso! Handle should be from Robin Dalman if i am not wrong. He makes handles or rehandles knifes for cleancut. Looks very cool with that combination!

 

[aboynamedsuita]

How's the takeda perform now that it's reground? Considering getting mine done, I like it as is but there's still that part of me that would like if it didn't wedge as much.

I'll let you know once I have a handle on it… I may try it out before but it has such a small tang for a knife it's size that it is so awkward to hold. I didn't really mind mine before either, but wanted a bit of an improvement. Jon was great to work with and even mentioned that going too thin can affect food release as a trade off.