myguidingmoonlight
Senior Member
Letting 3 great knives go. Ships from Canada, payment through Paypal G&S, first $20 shipping covered by me.
Toyama Stainless Clad 240
Specs: 244 mm x 54 mm, ~200 g
Great cutter and great blue steel; it's a classic. It was stropped a few times on a Shapton 2k, but never went through a full sharpening.
Edit: The sides were scrubbed with a soft-abrasive sponge to remove some scratches. Hence the softer-looking kanji.
The handle was replaced with a nicer Taihei blonde ho wood octagonal.
Asking for $395, originally bought from JNS for $450.
Or alternatively, I would trade this for an iron-clad Toyama/Watanabe of similar size + extra cash.
Toyama pictures:
Gesshin Heiji 220
Specs: 220 mm x 49 mm, ~180 g
Insanely nice semi-stainless steel; gets a really aggressive edge fast on the stone. It gets sharper easier than even the Blue 2 from my Toyama and keeps its bite longer. The downside is, that this steel is quite reactive for semi-stainless steel and readily takes a patina.
Bevels are flat and stone ready, the choil is mirror polished and spine rounded and polished. It's a Heiji with really nice F&F from JKI whilst still keeping that rustic feel.
Asking for $335, originally bought from JKI for $395
Gesshin Heiji pictures:
Munetoshi 240
Specs: 246 mm x 50 mm, ~200 g
A good workhorse with a nice distal taper, tough White #2 Steel yet easy to sharpen. Great value for how robust the White #2 on this is and how well it can cut.
Bevels have been on a JNS 300 twice to draw out the cladding contrast, there are two low spots on each side.
Asking for $130, originally bought it from JNS for $202
Munetoshi pictures:
Toyama Stainless Clad 240
Specs: 244 mm x 54 mm, ~200 g
Great cutter and great blue steel; it's a classic. It was stropped a few times on a Shapton 2k, but never went through a full sharpening.
Edit: The sides were scrubbed with a soft-abrasive sponge to remove some scratches. Hence the softer-looking kanji.
The handle was replaced with a nicer Taihei blonde ho wood octagonal.
Asking for $395, originally bought from JNS for $450.
Or alternatively, I would trade this for an iron-clad Toyama/Watanabe of similar size + extra cash.
Toyama pictures:
Gesshin Heiji 220
Specs: 220 mm x 49 mm, ~180 g
Insanely nice semi-stainless steel; gets a really aggressive edge fast on the stone. It gets sharper easier than even the Blue 2 from my Toyama and keeps its bite longer. The downside is, that this steel is quite reactive for semi-stainless steel and readily takes a patina.
Bevels are flat and stone ready, the choil is mirror polished and spine rounded and polished. It's a Heiji with really nice F&F from JKI whilst still keeping that rustic feel.
Asking for $335, originally bought from JKI for $395
Gesshin Heiji pictures:
Munetoshi 240
Specs: 246 mm x 50 mm, ~200 g
A good workhorse with a nice distal taper, tough White #2 Steel yet easy to sharpen. Great value for how robust the White #2 on this is and how well it can cut.
Bevels have been on a JNS 300 twice to draw out the cladding contrast, there are two low spots on each side.
Asking for $130, originally bought it from JNS for $202
Munetoshi pictures:
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