It’s not you, Takeda, it’s me. It’s true, we had one wonderful evening making sweet marinara together. But I’m too old and too slow for you, and I’ll never be able to give you the commitment that you deserve. I found myself thinking about you while watching a kid at Los Tacos No.1 (truly the best tacos in NYC) taking on piles of pollo and adobado, carving up one ingredient after another like Black Mamba taking on the Crazy 88, and that is the kind of chef you need. If I can’t find a home for you on BST, maybe I’ll just give you to the kid for some tacos. You would change his life.
And Hinoura, I just don’t know how to bunka. You sit in the knife block day after day, dressed to the nines, and the only time that I ask you to dance it’s to cut corn off the cob. You’re the work of a legendary knifemaker, and you also deserve better.
The Takeda has been used only once to dice tomatoes. Never sharpened, never stropped. Some of the kasumi has faded a bit from the tomato juice, but otherwise it’s in mint condition. The Hinoura has been sharpened once, and there are some very faint scratches near the tip on one side. Otherwise, it’s in excellent condition.
Specs
Takeda NAS gyuto (purchased in July from CKC)
Edge Length: 276mm
Weight:172g
Height At Heel: 67.7mm
Spine Thickness Above Heel: 3.0mm
Steel type: Aogami Super Steel (Super Blue Steel)
Rockwell Hardness: 63-64
Handle: Maple Octagonal and Black Pakka Collar
Asking: $525 delivered in States (international we can figure out); with original box
Tsukasa Hinoura bunka (purchased in April from JCK)
Cutting edge length: 166mm
Kurouchi finish
Blade Material: White Steel No.1
Rockwell Hardness (HRc): 62 to 63
Handle: Octagonal Ebonywood handle with a Black-Golden-Color- Turquoise Composite Stone Ferrule & Butt with Nickel Silver Spacers
Total Length: 322mm
Blade Thickness: 4mm
Blade Width: 51mm
Handle Length: 145mm
Total Weight: 212g
Asking: $315 delivered in States (international we can figure out); with original box
And Hinoura, I just don’t know how to bunka. You sit in the knife block day after day, dressed to the nines, and the only time that I ask you to dance it’s to cut corn off the cob. You’re the work of a legendary knifemaker, and you also deserve better.
The Takeda has been used only once to dice tomatoes. Never sharpened, never stropped. Some of the kasumi has faded a bit from the tomato juice, but otherwise it’s in mint condition. The Hinoura has been sharpened once, and there are some very faint scratches near the tip on one side. Otherwise, it’s in excellent condition.
Specs
Takeda NAS gyuto (purchased in July from CKC)
Edge Length: 276mm
Weight:172g
Height At Heel: 67.7mm
Spine Thickness Above Heel: 3.0mm
Steel type: Aogami Super Steel (Super Blue Steel)
Rockwell Hardness: 63-64
Handle: Maple Octagonal and Black Pakka Collar
Asking: $525 delivered in States (international we can figure out); with original box
Tsukasa Hinoura bunka (purchased in April from JCK)
Cutting edge length: 166mm
Kurouchi finish
Blade Material: White Steel No.1
Rockwell Hardness (HRc): 62 to 63
Handle: Octagonal Ebonywood handle with a Black-Golden-Color- Turquoise Composite Stone Ferrule & Butt with Nickel Silver Spacers
Total Length: 322mm
Blade Thickness: 4mm
Blade Width: 51mm
Handle Length: 145mm
Total Weight: 212g
Asking: $315 delivered in States (international we can figure out); with original box
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