That's so great! It reminds me of when I got a Kochi nakiri. It blew me away. I called my wife in and made her cut a carrot with it. After she was done, she asked me if the carrot was cooked. That's how smoothly the thing cut.
Thanks. I wanted something I don't already own. Been following his work for a while and thought I would give him a try. Such an easy person to work with. Good thing he also lives like 2 hours away so mail takes a day to get to me.
Are those Toyama's? I've never seen those kanji's before.
Sure are!
Wow what lighting and aperture did you use to get these pics?I snagged a new in box 210mm Toyama nakiri off of BST and damn, it's a big bit of metal with an awesome looking grind! My next largest nakiri is a 173 x 52mm Mazaki and it is absolutely dwarfed by the Toyama. I'm looking forward to giving it a try and if it is as fun to use as it looks, then I'll take the time to round and polish some of the rougher surfaces and give it a new handle.
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I think this is one of the clearest choil shots that I have ever taken and if you look hard enough, you can still see a few tea towel fibres that got snagged on the rough ground choil
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I also took some macro images of the edge to see what was going on there and it's ground to a zero grind on one side, with a small, ≈12° microbevel on the other side.
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All non-macro photos were taken in indirect light on an undercover balcony, the choil and tip shots were made facing the sky and the macro images were made indoors with a USB microscope. All of the non-macro photos were shot at F7.1, ISO 320 and auto shutter speed.
Had this knife. Can understand your sentiments towards it. I regret selling it
sold all my macro lens cuz I got tired of taking pictures of insects and flowers…maybe I need to buy another one so I can take pictures of my knives lol
Do you have choil and spine pics? How’s the food release
$650
Knife pic on the hood of a car. There should be a magazine dedicated to these
Look, I spend like 72 hours a week between two kitchens with awful florescent lighting, and more time in my car commuting between them than the few hours I actually ever get at home. Don't judge
Yes.
You don’t have one?!?
Man I liked it so much I'm fighting the dumb urge to get another exact one for future-proofing, despite knowing it's in my best interest to go try other stuff... Thank fug I got no money left to be impulsive about it!
Me too. I don’t have an iron-clad Toyama. Shame, shame. I don’t want to pay for the JNS tax to get that dammy.
So I m not crazy? Prices seem steep on there but because a lot of the knives aren’t widely sold elsewhere I wasn’t sure to what I could compare them
Wasn’t looking at those specifically. Had my eyes on some long petties and handles. I’ve done some investigating and the mark up is enormous
If you are asking need as on a necessary base, you are on the wrong forum, go for it
