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tcmx3 said:
me singing to my Shi.Han knives:

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I totally get this, After an interminable, uncomfortable detour to Her Majesty‘s HWDC Customs death compound for ‘enhanced testing‘ my Jiro nakiri finally made it to my door from Aus today. I celebrated with this song, mentally at first. And then I broke out a bag of onions to massacre in time to the classic drop.

It was fun. I am liking Jiro and his hefty taper already. Photos to follow

 
Picked up this catchside from @alterwisser.
235x52mm.

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Martyn said:
So the twins arrived yesterday. Only 4 days from Japan to UK.
Heiji 240 ss and 240 carbon.
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May I ask about the costs at import into the uk? I have just had a delivery from Germany and had to stump up £67 in VAT and charges, even though the seller reports they have already levied VAT
 
Aidan said:
May I ask about the costs at import into the uk? I have just had a delivery from Germany and had to stump up £67 in VAT and charges, even though the seller reports they have already levied VAT
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roughly 30% iirc
 
Aidan said:
Approx. 40% of £215
At that rate it is worth just ordering direct from Japan and taking my chances.
Curses on Brexit, well no need to, it is cursed to eternity
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That's better than I thought but still crazy though. You guys have free medicare so I guess that's the price.
 
Some Jiro pics to go with the tune earlier


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From BST and arrived only a couple of days ago, but having some satisfying early experiences despatching veg with purpose so far.

Won’t get into the ’is Jiro worth it’ argument at this stage, but I will say that it feels bloody lovely in hand. You can sense there’s been some attention and love in the making, and that the odd imperfection rings true as the wabi-sabi of a craftsman still perfecting their craft. Not that wabi sabi of a near productIon line that seems strangely indifferent to improvement or even arsed to space out some rivets vaguely evenly or weld without the aid of saki. Seems vaguely easier to justify the price with that in mind, or my mind at least.
 
Busy weekend here. Also arrived one Nakagawa in Silver 3, sharpened by Morihiro. Been upgrading my stainless after a very positive experience with Yamatsuka’s forged ginsan and couldn’t resist this combo.

Needs a proper workout, but the grind feels substantial (200g) and damn fine in hand.


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