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[Geigs]

Won the Raquin lottery. 315 Monster Gyuto incoming, described by Bryan as his favourite big gyuto he's made.

The Eagles has landed. 350 grams. Balance about 2 inches in front of handle.

 

[A.Malcolm.ations]

The Eagles has landed. 350 grams. Balance about 2 inches in front of handle.View attachment 104779View attachment 104780View attachment 104781View attachment 104782View attachment 104779View attachment 104780View attachment 104781View attachment 104782View attachment 104783

What an absolute machine

 

[RockyBasel]

Love it. But it definitely highlights intrinsic value when stacked up against the others you have there. I finally replaced my Tanaka ironwood with this, and feel pretty good with this finally as my stainless option:
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The knife Damascus pattern goes partly well with the white slippers of yours

 

[RockyBasel]

European delivery on the week of thanksgiving. Every one of them exceeded my expectations.

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It’s the European triumvirate!

Each the pinnacle of EU craftsmanship - huge fan of Yanick!

 

[RockyBasel]

Love it. But it definitely highlights intrinsic value when stacked up against the others you have there. I finally replaced my Tanaka ironwood with this, and feel pretty good with this finally as my stainless option:
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I thought the Hana was the top of the line?

 

[RockyBasel]

The Eagles has landed. 350 grams. Balance about 2 inches in front of handle.View attachment 104779View attachment 104780View attachment 104781View attachment 104782View attachment 104779View attachment 104780View attachment 104781View attachment 104782View attachment 104783

Yowzee! Love it! It’s a beautiful beast

Me want

 

[RockyBasel]

Getting my Takamura mixed with tanaka

 

[damiano]

Took delivery today of two sale items over at JCK - Mizuno blue #1 gyuto and Masamoto KS 240 suji. Also in the pic my ss clad Watanabe pro 225 to round it off

Now I only need a deba!

 

[Jville]

Wait til you see what this turned into

Waiting for the answer on this one.

 

[Runner_up]

2nd hand Heiji off BST. This one definitely needed a fair amount of TLC. One more session on the stones and it will be "good enough"

 

[RockyBasel]

This one landed last week. This knife provided a degree of soul satisfaction

It is not a kitchen beast
Nor a sublime Swede
It is Simple, old school
Joyous cutting tool
Finesse not brute power
And the steel, oh my, what flowers

It’s cheaper, and more available than Mazascus!

 

[Brian Weekley]

One of the nicest aspects of KKF is the friends you make along the way. A while back I commented in a post that I had been looking for a Comet to add to my collection. As Trey has taken a break from knife making I wasn’t having much luck. Along came Hassenbensober to my rescue by offering his Comet Honyaki Gyuto. It was perfect as I was looking for a daily user. 238mm blade length, 220mm edge length, 50mm high, 3.65mm thick at the heel. Probably 26C3 carbon steel with a HRC of 63-64. 180gms. Here is a few more pics.

Adding to my luck recently was advice from marc4pt0 to pick up one of the new Anova Precision Ovens. I did and have been using it for the past month or so. I picked up a cheap top round roast on sale this week and thought it would be perfect to roast in my new oven to welcome the Comet Honyaki to the family. Here’s a couple more pics.

Though the pics show that the roast was a bit dry it was in fact perfectly moist. I dry brined the roast for 48 hours, seared the roast in beef fat for 6 minutes, then used the Anova oven for a 22hr sous vide roast at 135F. Amazing! My new Comet made short work of the roast and was easily capable of wonderfully thin slices. Two winners courtesy of two KKF friends.

 

[RockyBasel]

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One of the nicest aspects of KKF is the friends you make along the way. A while back I commented in a post that I had been looking for a Comet to add to my collection. As Trey has taken a break from knife making I wasn’t having much luck. Along came Hassenbensober to my rescue by offering his Comet Honyaki Gyuto. It was perfect as I was looking for a daily user. 238mm blade length, 220mm edge length, 50mm high, 3.65mm thick at the heel. Probably 26C3 carbon steel with a HRC of 63-64. 180gms. Here is a few more pics.

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Adding to my luck recently was advice from marc4pt0 to pick up one of the new Anova Precision Ovens. I did and have been using it for the past month or so. I picked up a cheap top round roast on sale this week and thought it would be perfect to roast in my new oven to welcome the Comet Honyaki to the family. Here’s a couple more pics.

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Though the pics show that the roast was a bit dry it was in fact perfectly moist. I dry brined the roast for 48 hours, seared the roast in beef fat for 6 minutes, then used the Anova oven for a 22hr sous vide roast at 135F. Amazing! My new Comet made short work of the roast and was easily capable of wonderfully thin slices. Two winners courtesy of two KKF friends.

As you observe, The KKF community is a great community- truly global, very helpful, and extremely knowledgeable. One of them Moved from Ireland to Switzerland and our kids go to the same school!

I have my eye on some of his 75 knives, but he is not having any of it

 

[AFKitchenknivesguy]

Kramer Shokunin blackwood nakiri 52100

 

[nakiriknaifuwaifu]

Kramer Shokunin blackwood nakiri 52100

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nice, the one on the 'bay?

 

[AFKitchenknivesguy]

nice, the one on the 'bay?

No sir

https://kramerknives.com/product/blackwood-nakiri/

 

[esoo]

Kramer Shokunin blackwood nakiri 52100

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How is the grind on these?

 

[AFKitchenknivesguy]

How is the grind on these?

Haven't got it yet, but its supposed to be thin and with Kramers personal grind, I've used his custom knives before, I expect it to be outstanding.

 

[esoo]

Haven't got it yet, but its supposed to be thin and with Kramers personal grind, I've used his custom knives before, I expect it to be outstanding.

hmmm. I’ve got a ZKramer and always wondered how the grind would be on an original.

 

[Barmoley]

hmmm. I’ve got a ZKramer and always wondered how the grind would be on an original.

There is a comparison somewhere that someone did. The summary was the knives were similar.

 

[tchan001]

My Xerxes has finally arrived after almost 2 months.

 

[4wa1l]

I've wanted to try a TF for ages and lucked into one of these. 210mm Morihei Hisamoto Kurouchi w/ fine finish. A little rough around the handle but the blade road looks pretty good to me. Weighs 217g and feels great in hand. Can't wait to put it to use.

 

[AFKitchenknivesguy]

There is a comparison somewhere that someone did. The summary was the knives were similar.

Ironically I wouldn't know since I haven't used a ZKramer.

 

[Mikeadunne]

Got this little petty from shihan last week about 185mm. I now have four petty/suji between 180-200mm...bc I have a problem.

Also a cheaper way to try his stuff out. Unfortunately I like it and will probably have to buy a larger/pricier example.

 

[Barmoley]

Ironically I wouldn't know since I haven't used a ZKramer.

https://www.kitchenknifeforums.com/threads/kramer-zwilling-10-chefs-knive-arrived.1424/

 

[Jeezuinn]

Love it. But it definitely highlights intrinsic value when stacked up against the others you have there. I finally replaced my Tanaka ironwood with this, and feel pretty good with this finally as my stainless option:
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Looks very interesting!

 

[Jeezuinn]

255mm Black Lotus gyuto

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https://instagram.com/stories/black...urce=ig_story_item_share&igshid=10uk9chcbi7u3

Really nice,been eyeing his stuffs. Definitely in my to try list

 

[esoo]

https://www.kitchenknifeforums.com/threads/kramer-zwilling-10-chefs-knive-arrived.1424/

Thanks for the link. Will have to read when I've got time.

 

[Jeezuinn]

Not exactly new,but finally got it handled. Kato standard 240mm

 

[Hz_zzzzzz]

Finally my 210 denka arrived... ordered in July, shipped by sea ship on 10/1, received on 12/2 today.

It’s perfectly straight and has no visible low spot or imperfection. Looks like a very good specimen of denka. 213mm*52mm. 216 gram.