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[chefcomesback]

Has to be. White #2 doesn't get you those Hamons, I'm almost certain while W2 is known for getting you great hamons ...

Any low alloy steel with manganese content will get you hamons , hitachi white 2 and AISI W2 will get great hamons , hitachi White is difficult to source for reasonable price that's why many non Japanese makers including myself use W2 . Blue steel gets hamons but usually little less action than white or W2

 

[malexthekid]

Any low alloy steel with manganese content will get you hamons , hitachi white 2 and AISI W2 will get great hamons , hitachi White is difficult to source for reasonable price that's why many non Japanese makers including myself use W2 . Blue steel gets hamons but usually little less action than white or W2

You say less action... I say subtle and elegant

 

[evilgawd]

Just received my late xmas gift ... and its freezing rain so will have to wait before trying these out

 

[alterwisser]

Any low alloy steel with manganese content will get you hamons , hitachi white 2 and AISI W2 will get great hamons , hitachi White is difficult to source for reasonable price that's why many non Japanese makers including myself use W2 . Blue steel gets hamons but usually little less action than white or W2

And here I look like a fool making bold statements LOL....

I probably should've stated that I read somewhere that W2 is known for great hamons... and yes, most Western makers I know of use W2 for that. Chris, Ian Rogers (the K tip wild hamon Gyuto I have from him is W2), Fowler, Oatley ....

 

[gaijin]

And the danish sale made me a little bit... poorer in cash, richer in steel Munetoshi 165mm petty and 240mm Gyuto.

 

[swarth]

 

[schanop]

After a few years of having seen this Yoshikane SLD black damascus, I caved in to lastest Maksim's sale.

To me this knife comes in a very good package, very good balance for overall usage. It is not thin lazer type, but it is not a big knife either. The sample I have comes at 245mm long, 48mm tall at the heel, 170g overall weight. Spine thickness at the handle is about 3.5mm and has a very nice distal taper towards the tip.

Grind is wide bevel type with small amount of convexity through out the whole bevel. It comes with tiny edge at higher angle which cuts well OOTB. Not sure whether it was done at the factory or Maksim's shop.

Very please with this one, I am.

 

[JaVa]

After a few years of having seen this Yoshikane SLD black damascus, I caved in to lastest Maksim's sale.

To me this knife comes in a very good package, very good balance for overall usage. It is not thin lazer type, but it is not a big knife either. The sample I have comes at 245mm long, 48mm tall at the heel, 170g overall weight. Spine thickness at the handle is about 3.5mm and has a very nice distal taper towards the tip.

Grind is wide bevel type with small amount of convexity through out the whole bevel. It comes with tiny edge at higher angle which cuts well OOTB. Not sure whether it was done at the factory or Maksim's shop.

Very please with this one, I am.

Looks absolutely stunning!

 

[spoiledbroth]

I normally detest Damascus but something about that yoshikane really gets me going

 

[Krassi]

Hiho!

A new Watanabe 180mm Stainless Clad Kurouchi Tall Sujihiki. (Blade only and lots of stones)

More pictures here:
http://imgur.com/a/YEoz4

 

[Badgertooth]

Denka love!! Nice pickup. Let us know how it cuts

 

[Ruso]

Just got Itinomonn Stainless 210mm

 

[ynot1985]

how does this compare to your Heiji KU damascus?

After a few years of having seen this Yoshikane SLD black damascus, I caved in to lastest Maksim's sale.

To me this knife comes in a very good package, very good balance for overall usage. It is not thin lazer type, but it is not a big knife either. The sample I have comes at 245mm long, 48mm tall at the heel, 170g overall weight. Spine thickness at the handle is about 3.5mm and has a very nice distal taper towards the tip.

Grind is wide bevel type with small amount of convexity through out the whole bevel. It comes with tiny edge at higher angle which cuts well OOTB. Not sure whether it was done at the factory or Maksim's shop.

Very please with this one, I am.

 

[swarth]

 

[tienowen]

After 3 weeks of making, and 3-day ship to Hawaii my knife already come. Yanagi Kiritsuke with custom ebony handles 300mm Ginsanko steel and Moribashi 150mm. Here some picture to share

 

[LifeByA1000Cuts]

ǝʞᴉl sƃuᴉɥʇ ʇsod noʎ ǝɹoɟǝq ʞuᴉɥ┴ "ǝƃɐʞɔɐd uo ǝnlɐʌ uǝ ʞϛ˙ㄥ ʇnd ʎluo ʎǝɥ┴ " ɯnɹoɟ ɔᴉlqnd ɐ uᴉ ʇɐɯɹoɟ ǝlqɐpɐǝɹ ǝuᴉɥɔɐɯ uᴉ

 

[add]

Sweet!

Might want to take it to the stones before use though...

 

[schanop]

how does this compare to your Heiji KU damascus?

Grind is quite a big different. Yoshikane has a wider bevel, Heiji is shorter, typical Heiji's grind. Damascus treatment on Yoshikane is more loud, Heiji is subtle with gold-like colour in KU area. Heiji is a custom, long and tall Santoku. I like them both, tee hee.

 

[aboynamedsuita]

Is that a Kato black box?

I had one arrive today as well

240 Damascus gyuto

 

[Omega]

Mmmm damn.. That damascus Kato is one gorgeous knife

 

[inzite]

Is that a Kato black box?

I had one arrive today as well

240 Damascus gyuto

o la la ! beauty!

 

[trilby]

www.instagram.com/trilbyrouxt

Looking for some help to identify a 150mm blade I picked up last weekend at "traders village" here in Houston Texas.

Houston has several different Asian ethnicities represented. It isn't rare to come across some interesting blade's at flea markets, and occasionaly thrift stores. Thrift stores are the best place for dog toys and black work slacks lol. Im pretty happy with it for what I paid so like I said I am considering giving it a touchup.

I am considering re handling it and would like to have an idea what its worth first. Is that weird? I wanna re handle something that I'm actually gonna use often and appreciate it daily.

Thank ya'll for checking this out about the help ahead of time!!

Chef Nik

 

[Vancouverguy]

TFujiwara Yanagi size comparison to my 215mm Shig .. currently waiting on a handle, + a Kato Workhorse Nakiri bought from B/S/T recently, Just did a sharpening session.

 

[Badgertooth]

I don't think that Fujiwara yanagiba got enough love the first time you posted. Trio of favourite makers right there.

 

[milkbaby]

Wow, totally dig the looks and grind of the Yoshikane SLD! How's it performing?

TFujiwara Denka, Kato damascus are beautiful...

 

[TimoNieminen]

Newest are the two on the left:

I decided I wanted a reasonably good hard-edged, but still reasonably cheap, stainless Chinese knife. So I bought two. Stainless-clad VG10, supposed to be HRC61 +/- 1. The big one is 390g, and the smaller one is 260g. (The small one on the right is 137g.)

From Taiwan, branded RiteNife. I bought the small one on the right about a year and a half ago, and liked it, so had confidence in the quality of the line. Sharpened and tried the big one - so far, so good.

I need to get better light and take better pictures (1cm squares on the background)

 

[hambone.johnson]

Newest are the two on the left:

I decided I wanted a reasonably good hard-edged, but still reasonably cheap, stainless Chinese knife. So I bought two. Stainless-clad VG10, supposed to be HRC61 +/- 1. The big one is 390g, and the smaller one is 260g. (The small one on the right is 137g.)

From Taiwan, branded RiteNife. I bought the small one on the right about a year and a half ago, and liked it, so had confidence in the quality of the line. Sharpened and tried the big one - so far, so good.

I need to get better light and take better pictures (1cm squares on the background)

I have the middle one. A cook of mine is from Taiwan and when he took vacation I asked him to bring me home a cleaver. That's the one he bought me. I like it for my home cleaver it's small enough to be really quick with home prep and I'm cleaver preferenced anyway so it's a nice compromise. I want to spend a day really thinning it though as it seems to have picked up some shoulders relatively quick. Still very hard as you mentioned and will get very sharp and stay that way.

 

[XooMG]

Once you thin them a bit, they should really shine, assuming the edge holds up.

 

[berko]

ive had one of these as well. good value! handle is crap tho.

 

[BeepBeepImAJeep]

Xerxes 21er San Mai (Puddeleisen and sc125) Gyuto UserFriendly (between Laser and Workhorse) with copper and rokkaku-hanmaru moor oak grip.