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Yes indeedy@RockyBasel Kaeru WH from JNS?
Yes indeedy@RockyBasel Kaeru WH from JNS?
I have one too - could not be happierCheers! So far, so good. Have only had a chance to use it once—just received it yesterday. Love the profile, specs, weight. Beautiful knife.
Jesus Christ, All is my dream unicorn!1
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1. Genkai Masakuni 300mm Yanagiba Honyaki Sanbonsugi Crescent moon BNIB
2. Okishiba Masakuni 360mm Yanagiba Mt Fuji Full Moon BNIB
3. Okishiba Masakuni 330mm Yanagiba Honyaki
4. Tatsuo Ikeda 330mm Sakimaru Takobiki BNIB
Thanks! Small collection. That's the entirety of it. I have a 6 knife rack. So there space for 2 more before I call it quits and lose a wife over it lol.Jesus Christ, All is my dream unicorn!
Mazaki, my first from @pkjames (K&S) Dec 2020 profile. My first successful choil shot as well.
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you mind taking a shot of it against something flat? I wanna see how muchof a flat spot the new profile has.
I tried to do it with the paper cutout from the pdf...but would rather see the real thing.
Haburn 240 polished to 1 micron, etched in FeCl then coffee with a final polish with sunshine cloth. Ironwood, mammoth and carbon fiber handleView attachment 111137View attachment 111138View attachment 111139View attachment 111140View attachment 111141View attachment 111142
Nice polish job as well!Haburn 240 polished to 1 micron, etched in FeCl then coffee with a final polish with sunshine cloth. Ironwood, mammoth and carbon fiber handleView attachment 111137View attachment 111138View attachment 111139View attachment 111140View attachment 111141View attachment 111142
I attached a new photo to my original post showing the flat spot.you mind taking a shot of it against something flat? I wanna see how muchof a flat spot the new profile has.
I tried to do it with the paper cutout from the pdf...but would rather see the real thing.
He’s really great at what he does, on par with the best guys out there. I don’t think he’s controversial, he just has a low threshold for BS. He’s super passionate. If you have an opportunity to work with him- do not pass. The work he does on Yanick’s knives is absolutely bananas.I think he was gone before my time, but I've heard a lot about him. Kind of a controversial figure?
So got a lot of knives from this guy today - he deploys an ancient Swedish quenching technique - really cool stuff
250x60
253 gm
Cuts like a dream!
HSS1
Feels amazing in the hand
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Thanks for the perspective. His sharpening skills have been held in high regard as far as I've heard.He’s really great at what he does, on par with the best guys out there. I don’t think he’s controversial, he just has a low threshold for BS. He’s super passionate. If you have an opportunity to work with him- do not pass. The work he does on Yanick’s knives is absolutely bananas.
He’s great to me for my lefty requests. A real pleasure to deal withThanks, always nice to deal with Koki. It was actually originally ordered in September 2020, but because it was lefty it took a few months. Koki didn’t complain about it being a high maintenance request and gave me periodic updates.
Thanks for the perspective. His sharpening skills have been held in high regard as far as I've heard.
I agree that attitude is a factor.IME there are other sharpeners is USA (I’ve sent to several over the years) who do work which is easily just as good, but without the shenanigans. I won’t name them publicly as I don’t want to impugn anyone else in the conversation.
My take on business / customer service is you can kinda measure their integrity when things go wrong or not as planned. By that I mean, it’s quite possible to have a positive business experience with little to no interaction… you place an order online, it ships within the specified time, safely arrives via courier/post, done. But when there are issues or something happens (such as forgetting to ship an item, problem/delay during shipping, etc.)… do you want to be told to fk off, or do you want to have a back and forth dialogue to try and resolve the situation? I don’t think that’s being high maintenance, I think that’s part of doing business, but I’m no expert.
Xerxes Hollow grind, as always excellent work.
Mack
I'm impressed how he's able to do these strong asymmetric grind and keep everything else true.Xerxes Hollow grind, as always excellent work.
Mack
Wait, is that a Hattori KD?
I have been using it all weekend - and it is a dream-cutter. Robin is just so good at what he does. Fantastic knife - good news is that he will have more HSS1 on his site, after the Honyaki-Massdrop of courseGosh that steel is great. I will take it, please and thank you. Seriously, enjoy. Let us know how it sharpens up on the stones when you finally have to do that in a year or so...
Remind me since I'm a knucklehead. Was the steel for these shared? Matters 0% to me, just curious.Forgot the specs
Dalman Honyaki
245x55
211 gm
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