Looking at the prices for the Suisin Inox and Konosuke HD, demand for monosteel lasers seems pretty high.
Haven't found definitive data on how either is made but guessing you could roll out thin blanks, stamp or cut them to the right size and just grind to finish. The Germans are pretty damn good at this and it would be great to have a lower cost option that you don't have to wait months to buy. Kono is pretty secretive about what the HD2 steel is but it's gotta be some PM steel that a big company like Henkels/Miyabi could easily reverse engineer and mass produce.
Am I wrong about how these are made? Would love someone more knowledgeable to correct me. Could definitely be underestimating the skill it takes to make these knives. Maybe heat treating monosteel is tricky or more of this is done by hand.
Now the big question is, if Shun sold a high performing laser for half the price of Japanese alternatives, would you buy one? I'd love to have that option to give people as gifts or even use without worrying about damaging it and not being able to get a replacement for months.
Haven't found definitive data on how either is made but guessing you could roll out thin blanks, stamp or cut them to the right size and just grind to finish. The Germans are pretty damn good at this and it would be great to have a lower cost option that you don't have to wait months to buy. Kono is pretty secretive about what the HD2 steel is but it's gotta be some PM steel that a big company like Henkels/Miyabi could easily reverse engineer and mass produce.
Am I wrong about how these are made? Would love someone more knowledgeable to correct me. Could definitely be underestimating the skill it takes to make these knives. Maybe heat treating monosteel is tricky or more of this is done by hand.
Now the big question is, if Shun sold a high performing laser for half the price of Japanese alternatives, would you buy one? I'd love to have that option to give people as gifts or even use without worrying about damaging it and not being able to get a replacement for months.