awesome blades. congrats! is the takada W1?
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It is B1. Very lucky to be able to snag it.
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Can't resist a tall Kurouchi, especially in B1, extra especially when Bernal put the big Yoake on sale. They get a hard time for fit and finish. It's certainly not the Hado, and I haven't put it to the stones yet. But initial impressions are positive, no rough edges I need to smooth out. I am not planning to turn it into a polish mule, but the weight, profile, and distal taper are spot on for me. It's odd that this comes from Sakai.
Nice. I’m jealous lol
I believe this is the tall one with 52 heel.
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Lew Griffin integral Western gyuto in 52100 with walnut burl handle, 232 / 56.5 / 252g:
Couldn’t resist when this one was available…
Couldn’t resist when this one was available…
Brief ad hoc comparison:
I recently got a Fook Kee Cleaver from @TokushuKnife, and also a Manaka Cleaver from Chef's Edge.
The Fook Kee arrived with a damaged heel, (which they readily compensated me for), so it immediately went to the sandpaper and stones for thinning and sharpening without any preliminary testing. The profile now looks a bit odd, but works just fine. It is closer to 230mm than the listed 250mm.
The Manaka arrived in good shape, but with what I'd consider a thick-behind-the-edge grind, (cracked open apples) and a lackluster edge, (wouldn't cleanly slice paper towels). So it also went to the stones, albeit without thinning (yet).
At my current location I only have sandpaper, an SG 500, and a huge Belgian Blue available, so everyone gets treated equally.
The handles seem comparable, (the Manaka may have a pakka wood ferrule vs. horn on the Fook Kee), but both are fine and well aligned. Manaka in walnut, and rosewood for the Fook Kee.
The Manaka's steel definitely feels harder on the stones, but neither are difficult to work with.
The Fook Kee has some distal taper, the Manaka does not. Both are fairly thin stock - maybe 2.5mm at the handle.
The Manaka has a slightly eased choil, but sharp spine (good for scraping?), the Fook Kee was unrelieved everywhere. These are easy and worthwhile adjustments I don't mind making - I prefer rounded/polished edges everywhere.
The Manaka is definitely heavier. (No scale, or calipers here - sorry).
Manaka on the left, Fook Kee on the right:
Manaka tip:
Fook Kee tip:
Manaka spine:
Fook Kee spine:
Manaka choil:
Fook Kee choil:
I recently got a Fook Kee Cleaver from @TokushuKnife, and also a Manaka Cleaver from Chef's Edge.
The Fook Kee arrived with a damaged heel, (which they readily compensated me for), so it immediately went to the sandpaper and stones for thinning and sharpening without any preliminary testing. The profile now looks a bit odd, but works just fine. It is closer to 230mm than the listed 250mm.
The Manaka arrived in good shape, but with what I'd consider a thick-behind-the-edge grind, (cracked open apples) and a lackluster edge, (wouldn't cleanly slice paper towels). So it also went to the stones, albeit without thinning (yet).
At my current location I only have sandpaper, an SG 500, and a huge Belgian Blue available, so everyone gets treated equally.
The handles seem comparable, (the Manaka may have a pakka wood ferrule vs. horn on the Fook Kee), but both are fine and well aligned. Manaka in walnut, and rosewood for the Fook Kee.
The Manaka's steel definitely feels harder on the stones, but neither are difficult to work with.
The Fook Kee has some distal taper, the Manaka does not. Both are fairly thin stock - maybe 2.5mm at the handle.
The Manaka has a slightly eased choil, but sharp spine (good for scraping?), the Fook Kee was unrelieved everywhere. These are easy and worthwhile adjustments I don't mind making - I prefer rounded/polished edges everywhere.
The Manaka is definitely heavier. (No scale, or calipers here - sorry).
Manaka on the left, Fook Kee on the right:
Manaka tip:
Fook Kee tip:
Manaka spine:
Fook Kee spine:
Manaka choil:
Fook Kee choil:
Package from Tonny at Tetogi arrived today with 2 new toys 
:
Hitohira Togashi Blue 1 Stainless 270 Suji
very much looking forward to slicing some large roasts with this come thanksgiving.
Hitohira Kikuchiyo Rou Silver #3 240 mirror polished:
Wow this thing is more gorgeous in hand than online. Need to take some pictures in the sunlight next. Feels very nice in hand and want to put it to work soon.
:Hitohira Togashi Blue 1 Stainless 270 Suji
very much looking forward to slicing some large roasts with this come thanksgiving.
Hitohira Kikuchiyo Rou Silver #3 240 mirror polished:
Wow this thing is more gorgeous in hand than online. Need to take some pictures in the sunlight next. Feels very nice in hand and want to put it to work soon.
Lew Griffin integral Western gyuto in 52100 with walnut burl handle, 232 / 56.5 / 252g:
Love it…. Congrats!
Couldn’t resist when this one was available…
Hitohira Kikuchiyo Rou Silver #3 240 mirror polished:
Wow this thing is more gorgeous in hand than online. Need to take some pictures in the sunlight next. Feels very nice in hand and want to put it to work soon.
Beautiful isn’t it?! I had hard time taking photos of my Mirror and fully mirror polish.
Absolutely love it. Have you used either yet? how does the finish hold up? my only other ginsan is a Nakagawa 150 petty
I’ve used my fully mirror polish once. It was kind of scary using it at first because I didn’t want to scratch up the finish.
I need more playing time with it at work. I like it so far which it doesn’t give me that brittle feels.Nice knives! Have you had a chance to try the Rou out? Curious about its performance. Definitely a beautiful knife!Package from Tonny at Tetogi arrived today with 2 new toys
Hitohira Togashi Blue 1 Stainless 270 Suji
very much looking forward to slicing some large roasts with this come thanksgiving.
Hitohira Kikuchiyo Rou Silver #3 240 mirror polished:
Wow this thing is more gorgeous in hand than online. Need to take some pictures in the sunlight next. Feels very nice in hand and want to put it to work soon.
Just arrived tonight so not yet but I plan to in the next week or so, I just have so many new acquisitions to rotate in beforehand
I just bought a knife from a good friend who is just starting out as a maker. This one might be one of his first 3 or 4. His name is Sam Diab and he is also a chef.
26c3 honyaki steel, differentially hardened. Stabilized maple, gold dinobone trustone, blue &white g10, and cherrywood handle.
26c3 honyaki steel, differentially hardened. Stabilized maple, gold dinobone trustone, blue &white g10, and cherrywood handle.
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New Knife Day 4 out of 6. Makoto Tadokoro Marushin 240mm Gyuto Ginsan Mirror Polish with Ebony and Horn handle. Almost 1 month of wait for this to arrive. Such a beautiful fit and finish on this knife and im pretty sure that the performance won’t disappoint me at all. 
Beautiful!New Knife Day 4 out of 6. Makoto Tadokoro Marushin 240mm Gyuto Ginsan Mirror Polish with Ebony and Horn handle. Almost 1 month of wait for this to arrive. Such a beautiful fit and finish on this knife and im pretty sure that the performance won’t disappoint me at all.
Other than mirror finish and the ebony handle upgrade, did you make any other special requests (e.g. extra length or height)? Would also be curious to know how much the knife weighs with an ebony handle…New Knife Day 4 out of 6. Makoto Tadokoro Marushin 240mm Gyuto Ginsan Mirror Polish with Ebony and Horn handle. Almost 1 month of wait for this to arrive. Such a beautiful fit and finish on this knife and im pretty sure that the performance won’t disappoint me at all.
This was purchased at Bernal cutlery. It has some good weight on it and maybe it’s coming from the ebony handle.
New gem from Martin Huber!
214x53
174g
Poplar burl
His pics because mine suck.
214x53
174g
Poplar burl
His pics because mine suck.
tostadas
Hobbyist / Craftsman
440g manaka
BillHanna
Gotta get ready for ARM
5.99/mo 
Top 2 on the left. A monster Hyde and Isas from BST.
Figured I’d show the current collection, have 6 missing.
240 yoshikane
210 PIE
200 Merion
180 Wat pro
230 B&B (current passaround)
230 Keskin
Much love to all you enablers
Figured I’d show the current collection, have 6 missing.
240 yoshikane
210 PIE
200 Merion
180 Wat pro
230 B&B (current passaround)
230 Keskin
Much love to all you enablers
BillHanna
Gotta get ready for ARM
Some familiar faces 
Half of these come from about 4 of you guysSome familiar faces
Also just realized I didn’t add in my @MSicardCutlery Suji with a handle by @tostadas apologies! I promise it isn’t forgotten about!
Newham Magnacut 
That was the deal of the month for sure on BST. Such a beautiful piece.
2 more members of the family arrived today with 3 more still to arrive. 1 from a fellow member on BST and another hot from Japan. The current yen to USD conversion has been a terrible enabler for me lol. Definitely going to have to let some of the less used/older knives go on BST. My drawer is almost full and the 2 blocks from Jones only have a few slots left to fill.
Sakai Kikumori Nakagawa Blue 1 240 dammy and a Miura Itadaki Tanaka Aogami Super 240
Sakai Kikumori Nakagawa Blue 1 240 dammy and a Miura Itadaki Tanaka Aogami Super 240
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Beautiful collection.
