I can’t say mine were aged, but if all my ho wood handles sin’s are the darkest. I oil mine with mineral oil and bees wax, but I do that with all my handles. His are the darkest, but I also like his the best.Watanabe 240 mm direct from Shinichi. 245x55mm. Weighing in at 220g!
Anyone get their handles...aged? It's quite dark. I thought the basic handle option was ho wood, but it doesn't look like it.
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Technically it's new handle day...but felt like replacing the dark ebony handle on the vintage carbon. This is from kitchintools and is bubinga burl...never heard of bubinga having burl before and very glad I grabbed it!
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I never heard of bubinga burl either but that sure is nice figuring
Agreed, I picked up a petty and gyuto from him as a gifts for a family member. The ironwood handles were beautiful.@Illyria
I can't recommend him enough, the guy is a gem
Whos the maker?
https://www.instagram.com/matk38/Whos the maker?
Whos the maker?
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To be completely honest I bought this knife because I liked the handle. The blade and overall knife is nice too but the handle was the hook for me. It’s a Shiro Kamo Gyuto 210mm x 52mm SG2/R2 Damascus steel blade. The handle is a lovely custom yellow cedar from Suji. it weighs in at a lightweight 164gms. A few more pics …
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The only use I’ve managed to put it to was to slice a bit of cold leftover lamb sirloin for a meal. It arrived nice and sharp so that was no problem. The left over meal was great though. A couple more pics …
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A recent thread suggests that this blade doesn’t do so well in the stiction department. It’s scheduled for an entry in the Naughty Schoolboy Great Potato Slap Down later today. Stay tuned and checkout the Naughty Schoolboy thread for results.
I thought you wanted to reduce the size of your collection!?
Not so much reducing the collection as much as not letting it grow like topsy. To do that I sold 25 of my A+ knives and have another 25 ready to go. That way I could justify (and fund) the purchase of knives that I was interested in having a look at. The Shiro Kamo is one of those knives. There are others as well. Some are unicorns that I will keep, some may end up being passed on. Either way the size of the whole collection won’t grow.
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To be completely honest I bought this knife because I liked the handle. The blade and overall knife is nice too but the handle was the hook for me. It’s a Shiro Kamo Gyuto 210mm x 52mm SG2/R2 Damascus steel blade. The handle is a lovely custom yellow cedar from Suji. it weighs in at a lightweight 164gms. A few more pics …
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A recent thread suggests that this blade doesn’t do so well in the stiction department. It’s scheduled for an entry in the Naughty Schoolboy Great Potato Slap Down later today. Stay tuned and checkout the Naughty Schoolboy thread for results.
My original comment was meant as a joke only… You didn’t have to explain or justify anything. You’re among friends here. Many of us share the same weakness… At least I do!Not so much reducing the collection as much as not letting it grow like topsy. To do that I sold 25 of my A+ knives and have another 25 ready to go. That way I could justify (and fund) the purchase of knives that I was interested in having a look at. The Shiro Kamo is one of those knives. There are others as well. Some are unicorns that I will keep, some may end up being passed on. Either way the size of the whole collection won’t grow.
Tell me more about this custom Tanaka cleaver.Custom Y. Tanaka Cleaver in Blue #1, iron clad
I haven't received it yet but here's the specs:Tell me more about this custom Tanaka cleaver.
Where did you get it from? Specs and everything look nice. I got one of the blue 1 from migoto, quite nice.I haven't received it yet but here's the specs:
Blue 1, iron clad
215 x 93mm, 420g
Spine 2.9mm tapering to 1.8mm
I requested just a basic migaki finish so I can polish it up myself.
Sent u a pmWhere did you get it from? Specs and everything look nice. I got one of the blue 1 from migoto, quite nice.
A cross-genre mash-up of two recent acquisitions..
I know there'll be some fountain pen geeks out there, so that's my recently arrived FC Model 46 with a custom Yukio Nagahara cursive italic grind on the nib. For the real geeks, it's Midori MD paper and Diamine Sapphire ink.
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