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JayGee, what chuka is that?Somehow snagged one of these..View attachment 82471View attachment 82472
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JayGee, what chuka is that?Somehow snagged one of these..View attachment 82471View attachment 82472
Could you show the spine, please.Just got in a new kitchen tool to add to the rotation, lefty grind. 242 x 52. First western handle knife I've bought in about 7 years.
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So kind of like Wat nakiri "KU"?Just some first impressions. It is a looker and Jiro knows how to sell the package. Came in a nice textured black box. The handle is ebony so it has a nice texture and it looks good in combination with the orange spacers. The Ku is not actually ku. It is hand hammered but I believe it is forced on with perma blue liquid ( used to blue guns). The finish of the blade is done by hand on stones and there is a nice graysh kasumi with a mirror finish on the hagane. You can see that someone really worked hard on this knife.
It is handle heavy due to thick metal in the handle, and the balance point is right where the scales of the handle begin. The handle is not thin as I thought, and sits comfortably in a medium size hand. 291g for a 218mm long and 58mm high, takes some use to, but once you start cutting you come to enjoy it. It comes naturally to push cut since it has a generous flat spot and it shreaded a potato to translucent chips. On the apples it dragged a bit due to the taller and almost flat blade road. It came with a very sharp edge and I can't wait to test the edge retention on this.
Never tried the Wat nakiri, but i have seen that many knife makers including Kato, fill in the scratches in KU with this finishing agent. It's a neat trick and seems to hold quite good.So kind of like Wat nakiri "KU"?
Well if Kato is using that bluing solution to fill scratches then Maxsim is giving misinformation. I specifically asked him about the marks after he corrected a post I made that they were made by a roller to straighten the blades. He said it was a reaction with the clay and that he didn't think Kato even owned a roller.Never tried the Wat nakiri, but i have seen that many knife makers including Kato, fill in the scratches in KU with this finishing agent. It's a neat trick and seems to hold quite good.
Could you show the spine, please.
Is there a gap between handle and bolster on the left hand side?
Tansu 235mm damasteel with snake wood handle and ringed gidgee saya.
My first damasteel blade and everything I'd expect from Mert.
This is just my asumption that what we are seeing here is some sort of bluing solution. It has all the look and feel so to say (maybe i am wrong). But there's nothing wrong with this, just a cosmetic touch-up.Well if Kato is using that bluing solution to fill scratches then Maxsim is giving misinformation. I specifically asked him about the marks after he corrected a post I made that they were made by a roller to straighten the blades. He said it was a reaction with the clay and that he didn't think Kato even owned a roller.
I tend to agree. I was never convinced by Maksim's explanation on IG. The marks tend to follow the direction a roller would take ie longitudinally. If it was clay they would be more random. Luckily whatever it is it seems durable and doesn't wear off exposing bare cladding.This is just my asumption that what we are seeing here is some sort of bluing solution. It has all the look and feel so to say (maybe i am wrong)
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I found this discussion on how the kurouchi may be obtained:I tend to agree. I was never convinced by Maksim's explanation on IG. The marks tend to follow the direction a roller would take ie longitudinally. If it was clay they would be more random. Luckily whatever it is it seems durable and doesn't wear off exposing bare cladding.
I found this discussion on how the kurouchi may be obtained:
https://www.bladeforums.com/threads/kurouchi-clay.1234205/The most plausable method for these traditional knives is described in that forum post as:
"Many Japanese blades have the black surface enhanced with an application of beeswax and turpentine ( often called a "blacksmiths finish" in the west). This is applied to the hot blade when the blade has cooled down to about 700-800F. It will smoke, and possibly burn, like crazy, but when the blade has finished cooling, there will be a black "varnish" baked into the rough upper area. Any of the black varnish on the other areas of the blade will be removed in grinding and sharpening. Rubbing in the black with steel wool makes for a nice sheen"
I doubt they use a roller
I am not a TF fanboy, have some unpleasant experience with TF directly, and in contrast to some people here I think that for its price, the quality (f&f) is crap. I know that some people don’t care about f&f, and see such a knife as project knife, but I don’t. For me, it is unacceptable that an 800$ knife is a project knife that comes with a ****** handle.Can't feel a gap.
I plan to get a 210 when Jon gets them back in stock.
The bigger 270 is my newest addition.
WHAT
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What knives are these?
The bigger 270 is my newest addition.
WHAT
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KNIFE
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Ryusen HamonoWhat knives are these?
It’s 53-54mm and 247mm. Not all the newest ones are like this apparently, just talked to a guy that said his new one from the same batch is 270 grams
The product page said 270grams when I bought mine. I didn’t know what to expect to be honest.Well mine came in today...was told it was 270g but came in 227ish. Will get some pics and specs but looks very close to yours.
I don't think he ever updates those specs from years ago. He gives the weight of the brushed 210WH as 186g but mine is 204gThe product page said 270grams when I bought mine. I didn’t know what to expect to be honest.
Sounds like our Katos are about identical.
JayGee, what chuka is that?
Jay
I didn’t expect the product page to be accurate. I’m quite happy I didn’t get a 270gram kato. And the other kato I have is a year old and like 240ish grams
Wish I got one of the 240 that just dropped. I’ve had mine about a year. It took me a year before I started using it so it is like a knife. Can’t stop using it actually.@Hassanbensober you took proper new Kato knife pics for me.
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