Good Lord... 50+ yanagiba?! That is insane.
How many knives do you own personally, in total???
a lot
Good Lord... 50+ yanagiba?! That is insane.
How many knives do you own personally, in total???
I own nearly 50 yanagiba (in my personal collection) right now
a lot
I've only owned one, love it, think it's great in my humble opinion. My 270 Left-handed Shigefusa yanagiba.
@JBroida would any of the premium ones be notably better as tool to the occasional yanagiba user than a correctly sharpened "basic" one (say a tanaka damascus or sakai takayuki shirogami)?
@Jbroida Pinto as in pseudo-yanagibas that have a flat ura and coarse grained stainless?
Speaking from a sharpener's perspective my favorites are Watanabe's Kintaro-ame and then Shigefusa
Speaking from a sharpener's perspective my favorites are Watanabe's Kintaro-ame and then Shigefusa
When are you going to make a Yanagiba with a bolster and yo handle :knife:
If you aren't into fish, these things have good uses when working with doughs, pastry (not if there is coarse sugar in it!) etc - why squeeze through when you can actually cut through the gluten strands?
Morimoto
Hide
Nomura
Are some of the better single bevel sharpeners out of Sakai. I would advise buying one in the next year or two. All of these guys are quite old and can probably no longer sharpen within a few years.
Once they are gone or retired. Thats it. No one young even close to their potential out of Sakai. There will be a big void, a lot of scrambling and a lot of pirate tales being told to cover up this fact.
I also think many of you focus to much on brand names instead of craftsman and confuse forgers with sharpeners.
@osakajoe wouldn't that suggest buying the knife as is, and paying a pro sharpener - somewhere else in japan or somewhere else in the world - to rework it?
I would imagine that most individuals entering the field are drawn to the blacksmith side of the bussness. This has recently come up in another thread, but we tend to focus on the smith and over look the sharpener/shaper. I would image this means more money for the smiths and less for the sharpeners. If you were just entering the field would you be drawn to more recognition and money?
$599 USD 300mm tamahagane honyaki Hamon can be seen on another picture, came with saya, if you can find me a better deal in the 500-800 dollar range your a better shopper than me.
I heard Nomura used to be learn from Ino, May I assume Ino must be better than Nomura?Morimoto
Hide
Nomura
Are some of the better single bevel sharpeners out of Sakai. I would advise buying one in the next year or two. All of these guys are quite old and can probably no longer sharpen within a few years.
Once they are gone or retired. Thats it. No one young even close to their potential out of Sakai. There will be a big void, a lot of scrambling and a lot of pirate tales being told to cover up this fact.
I also think many of you focus to much on brand names instead of craftsman and confuse forgers with sharpeners.
Enter your email address to join: