Where are all the to handled honyaki gyuto lately?

[nico1180]

I've been lurking for many years seems like yo handled honyaki gyuto have dried up..I'm curious to any insight? Handles and bolsters are obviously harder and more expensive to produce. Is the market dead for this? Some of the most desirable knives I've ever laid eyes in have been to handled honyaki!!

 

[Qapla']

I'd be interested too. Much of the knife-enthusiast community seems to have forgotten that a chef's knife is a western knife.

 

[Chicagohawkie]

Was there ever a time when these were common or readily available?

 

[Giovanny Torres]

Some yo handled Togashi's have been available lately.

https://www.kitchenprovisions.co.uk...gyuto-knife-shirogami-2-honyaki-togashi-kenji

 

[Qapla']

Was there ever a time when these were common or readily available?

Nenox comes to mind, as do some other eerily nenoxic brands.

https://www.korin.com/how-to-order-your-own-custom-made-nenox
https://www.japaneseknifeimports.co...e-2-honyaki-gyuto-with-desert-ironwood-handle
Some forumites here have had other normal-handled honyaki gyutos in the distant past.
https://www.kitchenknifeforums.com/threads/ichimonji-270mm-honyaki-gyuto.4698/

 

[nico1180]

Seems like there was a time in my life that was all that was available now there's is none and that's all I want.

 

[lemeneid]

Only Ashi produces them “regularly” and he doesn’t make too many of these now that’s why. You’re better off getting a wa honyaki then doing a yo conversion at an additional cost if you want one.

 

[Mariner]

Nenox comes to mind, as do some other eerily nenoxic brands.

https://www.japaneseknifeimports.co...e-2-honyaki-gyuto-with-desert-ironwood-handle

270mm Gesshin Ittetsu

 

[Qapla']

270mm Gesshin IttetsuView attachment 157441

What do you think of it in use?

 

[Mariner]

What do you think of it in use?

Certainly thinner than others but it struggles with stiction.

 

[jedy617]

Plenty of togashi: Honyaki Knives 本焼