F&F is fit and finish
Amazing the difference in bloomery Iron knives from JNS. I have a bloomery Toyama and it is nowhere near as nice as this. The contrast in yours is spectacular compared to mine. Really beautiful knife and I hope you love the extra height, I think thats super cool.Munetoshi Bloomery Iron Full Kasumi Extra Height
Haven’t tried it yet but stunning at a visual level
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Thanks! For anyone interested, there is still one available online at JNSAmazing the difference in bloomery Iron knives from JNS. I have a bloomery Toyama and it is nowhere near as nice as this. The contrast in yours is spectacular compared to mine. Really beautiful knife and I hope you love the extra height, I think thats super cool.
I think 54-55You popped up on my IG feed with this and I immediately ran over here to see what's what. Gorgeous knife. What's the height?
Absolute fire…. I was struggling about picking that one upMunetoshi Bloomery Iron Full Kasumi Extra Height
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There’s still one available on JNS….Absolute fire…. I was struggling about picking that one up
Tosa squid knife. I was eyeing them when I was considering 180 petties a little while back.What is it?
Don’t tell me these thingsThere’s still one available on JNS….
dehory beat me to it, but yeah, a mean little squid knife!What is it?
Site lists just short of 4mm, I'd have to unpack the knife roll and eyeball to verify. It's definitely a chonker tho.How thick is she at the spine
Spare honyaki in 26c3
Perfect weight based on what I was looking for - a couple of small nits on the fit and finish but overall I’m excited!
Knife came tipped during shipping - what’s the general etiquette on this? Not something I want to fix myself or ship back to him for repair. Do makers usually cover the cost of a local repair?
IMO some kind of make good is certainly appropriate.Knife came tipped during shipping - what’s the general etiquette on this? Not something I want to fix myself or ship back to him for repair. Do makers usually cover the cost of a local repair?
He lives in SF and Bernal is in SF. He could drive over and pay ~$20 and be done without risking it getting tipped again in the mail.IMO some kind of make good is certainly appropriate.
What exactly feels fair to both parties is a bit harder to say. The cost to him to cover shipping the knife one-way back to Sweden would probably be roughly the same as what it’d cost you (shipping both ways plus cost of service) to get it to JKI for tip repair — that’s probably what I’d request.
Indeed.He lives in SF and Bernal is in SF. He could drive over and pay ~$20 and be done without risking it getting tipped again in the mail.
Yep was going to take it to Bernal - thanks.He lives in SF and Bernal is in SF. He could drive over and pay ~$20 and be done without risking it getting tipped again in the mail.
Agreed that he should at least mention it to Spare and see if he’d be willing to cover the cost.
Santuko (knife on right is a Santuko, right?) has a nice profile.My first CS knives...think I'm in love!
Alright that's annyoing but also so freaking minuscule and easy to fix. Grab your coarsest stone, grind down the spine until you hit the tip. Then go for a finer stone for a more polished spine. You can also round the spine a bit if you want but no real advantage. Sending it somewhere to fix it would be waste of time and money. This is like 5 to 10 mins max.
Agree with you both, but at the same time, if this is a particularly important or special knife (and bnib to boot), I completely understand wanting the job done professionally first time. If the dude tips it himself three months from now, yeah, grab a stone and knock it out sure. But this knife still has that new car smell, I get wanting to make sure the work is done right.This is a really easy fix.
Do it yourself.
It will be satisfying.
You’ll get plenty of coaching here.
Not worth two trips to Bernal to drop it off and pick it up…
If I lived near bernal this would be my excuse to go to bernal just to peruse and have fun....Yep was going to take it to Bernal - thanks.
I get this for sure and think buyer is within their rights to want a professional fix, but... if you have a coarse stone it's almost not worth the hassle, you'll spend more time taking it to your local shop or the post office than doing it yourself and really not rocket science.Agree with you both, but at the same time, if this is a particularly important or special knife (and bnib to boot), I completely understand wanting the job done professionally first time. If the dude tips it himself three months from now, yeah, grab a stone and knock it out sure. But this knife still has that new car smell, I get wanting to make sure the work is done right.
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