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I can’t say mine were aged, but if all my ho wood handles sin’s are the darkest. I oil mine with mineral oil and bees wax, but I do that with all my handles. His are the darkest, but I also like his the best.
tostadas
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Custom Y. Tanaka Cleaver in Blue #1, iron clad
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Technically it's new handle day...but felt like replacing the dark ebony handle on the vintage carbon. This is from kitchintools and is bubinga burl...never heard of bubinga having burl before and very glad I grabbed it!
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Yes indeed, great wavy pattern
Putting the Kamon massdrop to work today for the first time.
Great pic!
Agreed, I picked up a petty and gyuto from him as a gifts for a family member. The ironwood handles were beautiful.
Whos the maker?
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Andrei Markin.
To be completely honest I bought this knife because I liked the handle. The blade and overall knife is nice too but the handle was the hook for me. It’s a Shiro Kamo Gyuto 210mm x 52mm SG2/R2 Damascus steel blade. The handle is a lovely custom yellow cedar from Suji. it weighs in at a lightweight 164gms. A few more pics …
The only use I’ve managed to put it to was to slice a bit of cold leftover lamb sirloin for a meal. It arrived nice and sharp so that was no problem. The left over meal was great though. A couple more pics …
A recent thread suggests that this blade doesn’t do so well in the stiction department. It’s scheduled for an entry in the Naughty Schoolboy Great Potato Slap Down later today. Stay tuned and checkout the Naughty Schoolboy thread for results.
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I thought you wanted to reduce the size of your collection!?
Not so much reducing the collection as much as not letting it grow like topsy. To do that I sold 25 of my A+ knives and have another 25 ready to go. That way I could justify (and fund) the purchase of knives that I was interested in having a look at. The Shiro Kamo is one of those knives. There are others as well. Some are unicorns that I will keep, some may end up being passed on. Either way the size of the whole collection won’t grow.
Wow, love that handle! I wonder if Shiro Kamo is making his blades thinner these days? My 210 weighs in around 190g.
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My original comment was meant as a joke only… You didn’t have to explain or justify anything. You’re among friends here. Many of us share the same weakness… At least I do!
No worries brother … I didn’t take it the wrong way at all. Some explanation was fair because I disappeared for a while from BST and New Knives while I was making the first round of my adjustments. I’ve had quite a few new knives coming in lately with the result that I have had a bigger than normal presence on New Knives. I actually have four new knives due in today. It’s been a wonderful experience changing over my collection a bit. I have noticed that makers that I like have been “evolving” their style and production. Look at Ben Kamon, for example. The recent evolution in his work has been mind boggling. Newcomers like Birgersson, Spare and others. It’s nice to be able to keep up with them without blowing my collection through the roof. One this is for certain, though, and that for every dollar of knives I sell, a dollar fifty worth of knives gets added.
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Got a modern Sabatier hrt. 50's. 10" . All my knives are thin behind the edge, wanted a beater knife for harder things like removing avocado seeds. It's carbon steel, like my Kau Kong chopper cleaver hrt50's cut through chicken bones at work edge can always be made sharp again. Handle is olive wood. One of pins had hairline space filled it with epoxy. Then put three coats pure tung oil & clear bullseye shellac 50/50 mix Buffed it. Helps water resistance easy to clean.
I know theres alot of back and forth on these knives but i managed to get this 240 denka thinned by knifewear with saya and a carry case for one hell of a deal off facebook!
Jville
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Tell me more about this custom Tanaka cleaver.Custom Y. Tanaka Cleaver in Blue #1, iron clad
tostadas
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I haven't received it yet but here's the specs:
Blue 1, iron clad
215 x 93mm, 420g
Spine 2.9mm tapering to 1.8mm
I requested just a basic migaki finish so I can polish it up myself.
Jville
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Where did you get it from? Specs and everything look nice. I got one of the blue 1 from migoto, quite nice.
tostadas
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Sent u a pm
outofgamut
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As a fellow dual knife/fountain pen geek I approve of this comment. Could also add photography, I'm sure there's a not insignificant group of us out there.
Krouton
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Yoshikane SKD 240mm from KnS
