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A while back I decided to shift my collection from quantity to quality. I had a number of very nice knives which I wasn’t using. I decided to select fifty of them and hold a “fifty for one” sale. The proceeds of sale of the fifty would go to one … or more likely a few very nice knives … unicorns to some. One of the first orders I place to use the proceeds was with Mert Tansu. I consider Mert to be one of the finest knife makers in the world today. The knife I ordered was a sujihiki made from SG2 steel with a Honduran Rosewood and bronze handle. I was thrilled when it arrived.
Fast forward about a year and the mate to my sujihiki arrived on BST. I was stunned. By then my budget was well and truly spent. I had imposed an absolute moratorium on new purchases … and broken my pledge a couple of times. I resisted … but then the seller introduced a willingness to trade to the BST post. I couldn’t resist! The possibility of having a matching set of Gyuto and sujihiki was simply too great. I had a few of the desired trade knives in my “never to be sold list” of knives. PM’s were exchanged and the deal was done.
Here is what I got …
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Specs are …
Blade length … 268mm
Edge length … 255mm
Depth at heel … 54mm
Thickness measured at spine … 3.09mm at heel, 2.ohmmeter mid blade, 1.59mm 1” from tip
Weight … 248gms
Steel … SG2
Handle … Honduran rosewood with bronze bolster
Now for an even better part … a few pics of the set.
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Life is good!