DitmasPork
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Just in—210 Shigeki Tanaka from Sugi Cutlery, handle by Joe. Won this from his raffle—re-gifted to my wife for her first ‘wa knife.’ Functional, pretty, perfect ‘wife knife’ IMO.
Stunnning!!! What kind of handle is that. Wish joe would make me such a handleJust in—210 Shigeki Tanaka from Sugi Cutlery, handle by Joe. Won this from his raffle—re-gifted to my wife for her first ‘wa knife.’ Functional, pretty, perfect ‘wife knife’ IMO.
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Dunno handle materials? I’m sure Joe would be happy to make a similar one for you. Gotta give wife a knife tutorial—she loves keeping knives in the bottom of the sink submerged beneath soapy water; or drying tip down in the metal cutlery container.Stunnning!!! What kind of handle is that. Wish joe would make me such a handle
How tall is the one you got?Ladies and Gents, say hello to my new knife Takeda AS Gyuto Small. I've been waiting a long time for this beauty and finally it is here with me. Slices like a dream and the food release is awesome! I am not the first to say and likely not the last one, the knife is surprisingly thin! The sharpness out of the box is superb and solidly one of the sharpest Ive seen. after a first test run on some veggies, I gave it a few dozen of laps on a strop and the knife was easily passing the hanging hair test cut. Amazing! Many happy days ahead!
Oh, man! The Watanabe's are amazingly good! Enjoy it buddy! They are amazing cutters, but could be a little chippy to begin with. Perhaps a small microbevel might help. I've got a few knives from him and should have put a microbevel on them from the start. Now they are waiting to be sharpened and micro chips removed. The steel and the geometry is just crazy!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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Will give the dimensions tomorrow. But it's rather tall for a 210mm Gyuto.How tall is the one you got?
So, the dimension of my Takeda AS Gyuto Small is: 225mm x 66mm. The depth of the blade is just under 2mm at the handle.How tall is the one you got?
Just when you thought you were out
There is no „out“, one cannot exit this rabbit hole… never… ever…
I usually don’t post much here but today is a very special day for me and I wanted to show my latest knife achievement and share if with you.
I got a custom halcyon which was kind of a crazy and lengthy project, which succeeded through multiple iterations and alterations and ended up at this:
Now, as crazy as this looks, I received the knife today and wanted to praise Joe beyond the moon for the job he did with this knife. He mentioned to me that it was a pain to polish the blade but through videos and pictures it was not clear to me why exactly. When I unpacked the knife I found the following — please excuse the bad light exposure at it is late at light
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The entire stainless clad was polished to the migration layer in a way that exposes incredibly strong banding, which is very vividly visible. This was not even close to obvious to me from Joe’s modest reports on progress. The clad assumes a multi-coloured signature which shines and interacts with the light like nothing I’ve used so far.
No impressions yet on the board but this knife is beyond special, even after having tired a huge variety of makers and blades.
I usually don’t post much here but today is a very special day for me and I wanted to show my latest knife achievement and share if with you.
I got a custom halcyon which was kind of a crazy and lengthy project, which succeeded through multiple iterations and alterations and ended up at this:
Now, as crazy as this looks, I received the knife today and wanted to praise Joe beyond the moon for the job he did with this knife. He mentioned to me that it was a pain to polish the blade but through videos and pictures it was not clear to me why exactly. When I unpacked the knife I found the following — please excuse the bad light exposure at it is late at light
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The entire stainless clad was polished to the migration layer in a way that exposes incredibly strong banding, which is very vividly visible. This was not even close to obvious to me from Joe’s modest reports on progress. The clad assumes a multi-coloured signature which shines and interacts with the light like nothing I’ve used so far.
No impressions yet on the board but this knife is beyond special, even after having tired a huge variety of makers and blades.
Nice pickup. I have the non-bunka version and has the most aggressive taper and most aggressive grind out of any knife I've owned. It's amazing for the price. But yes, the stock handle is garbage.Kyohei Shindo Bunka in Aogami #2. The blade is SUPER thin behind the edge, it cuts beautifully.
The handle sucks but I'm gonna change it. This one is meant to be my main prep knife.
Nice pickup. I have the non-bunka version and has the most aggressive taper and most aggressive grind out of any knife I've owned. It's amazing for the price. But yes, the stock handle is garbage.
This Yu Kurosaki Fujin SG2 nakiri I grabbed in BST just arrived. It’s my third Japanese knife but first Kurosaki, first power steel and first nakiri. Really excited to put it to work!
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This Yu Kurosaki Fujin SG2 nakiri I grabbed in BST just arrived. It’s my third Japanese knife but first Kurosaki, first power steel and first nakiri. Really excited to put it to work!
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Wow! This one is extra special - congrats!thanks! Will test it on the board later this week.
I definitely think etching revealed lots of the banding as stainless (in particular 400 series stainless) usually has strong banding always. Yet, i also know that Joe polished the knife a very long time and even delayed the knife by a week because he wanted to work more carefully on the clad. What difference that made at the end in combination with the etching is not entirely clear to me, though (maybe someone more experienced here can comment on this).
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