So I did a very irresponsible thing and bid on a left handed Keijiro Doi Kiritsuke during Korin's charity auction to support the victims of the Kumamoto tsunami in April. I put in a bid at the last minute thinking I would regret if I didn't and put just above the current asking price figuring I would get sniped (since left handed knives are hard to come by and it was a Doi). So long story short, $633 later, I am now in possession of a 270mm kiritsuke I don't know how to use. Reading about it, it seems like the skill level required to use it is very high as it combines all the drawbacks of an usuba and a yanagiba. It hasn't touched food yet because I'm scared to do anything with it. Any suggestions on what I should do? Buy a cheaper lefty yanagiba and practice on that first? Buy an usuba and learn katsuramuki? Just say f*** it and go in on using it? Any suggestions would be awesome.
P.S. Korin was awesome, they threw in a suisin bread knife and carbon steel petty, though the petty is right handed so I'm not exactly sure what to do with it. I guess I could let my girlfriend learn how to use it.
P.S. Korin was awesome, they threw in a suisin bread knife and carbon steel petty, though the petty is right handed so I'm not exactly sure what to do with it. I guess I could let my girlfriend learn how to use it.