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by kirkystyle
Sun Nov 28, 2021 7:06 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Broke my knife infatuation.
Replies: 6
Views: 591

Broke my knife infatuation.

So I was a chef for about 20 years and obsessed with knives for the past 10 years, slowly started cutting back on my number of knives, to only using a Chinese cleaver and a tall petty for all my work. Well once the pandemic hit my job got cut and finally started trying other stuff than kitchen work....
by kirkystyle
Mon Jul 26, 2021 8:28 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Knife repair
Replies: 9
Views: 690

Re: Knife repair

More pictures
by kirkystyle
Mon Jul 26, 2021 8:26 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Knife repair
Replies: 9
Views: 690

Knife repair

So I bought my 74 year old mother a pretty nice Japanese knife (can't remember the brand off CKTG) I think it's semi stainless steel core around 60 plus rockwell. This was probably about 3 or 4 years ago. Anyway she never really used it because she thought it was to sharp. So she was chopping bamboo...
by kirkystyle
Wed Aug 19, 2020 10:26 am
Forum: Sold Classifieds
Topic: GESSHIN GINGA #6 STAINLESS CHINESE CLEAVER (WA-HANDLE)
Replies: 3
Views: 862

GESSHIN GINGA #6 STAINLESS CHINESE CLEAVER (WA-HANDLE)

I LOVE this knife. I am a cleaver fanatic. And feel like this is the best all around cleaver. I'm selling because it was my work knife and Im not working in the kitchen anymore and can you the money towards other things. I use a slightly smaller cleaver for my home use. The handle and fit and finish...
by kirkystyle
Sat Jan 04, 2020 5:57 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Strange knife
Replies: 14
Views: 3223

Re: Strange knife

It's just really weird
by kirkystyle
Sat Jan 04, 2020 2:19 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Strange knife
Replies: 14
Views: 3223

Strange knife

by kirkystyle
Tue Dec 03, 2019 6:55 pm
Forum: Sold Classifieds
Topic: WTS:Daovua Leaf Spring Large Cleaver 225mm
Replies: 3
Views: 1243

WTS:Daovua Leaf Spring Large Cleaver 225mm

Bought this as a second because of a chip in the handle, bought it a spur of the moment because I own the petty ( which I love) but I have enough cleavers in my life to justify keeping this one. It's a good size maybe about an once or two heavier than a large cck, but lighter than my Geshin ( 420 g)...
by kirkystyle
Sat Jun 22, 2019 12:53 pm
Forum: Sold Classifieds
Topic: Daovua 210 and Tojiro bread knife - SOLD!
Replies: 5
Views: 1753

Re: Daovua 210 and Tojiro bread knife

SPF both
by kirkystyle
Fri Jun 21, 2019 3:04 pm
Forum: Sold Classifieds
Topic: Daovua 210 and Tojiro bread knife - SOLD!
Replies: 5
Views: 1753

Daovua 210 and Tojiro bread knife - SOLD!

210 Daovua only used a couple of times. I have the petty of this knife and its really all I need. Also have Tojiro bread knife that I just don't use enough to justify keeping it. Bread knife comes with with black stained saya and 210 comes with CKTG knife guard. Bread knife $40 and 210 $30 with free...
by kirkystyle
Sat Jun 01, 2019 1:49 pm
Forum: Knife Recommendations
Topic: Daovua knives?
Replies: 81
Views: 19034

Re: Daovua knives?

I love the tall petty. The food release is like a Takeda. I bought the 210 gyuto for the same food release but bigger and well it did not live up to the petty food release. I think I'm going to sell it on the forum because I mainly use a cleaver for everything and the petty is enough knife for small...
by kirkystyle
Sun Feb 03, 2019 6:52 pm
Forum: Knife Recommendations
Topic: Chinese Cleaver Size
Replies: 15
Views: 5144

Re: Chinese Cleaver Size

Yeah I had a large stainless on this site for sale but I ended up selling it to a co-worker. They are pretty cheap and worth buying
by kirkystyle
Sat Feb 02, 2019 7:27 pm
Forum: Knife Recommendations
Topic: Chinese Cleaver Size
Replies: 15
Views: 5144

Re: Chinese Cleaver Size

The length is shorter than the large CCK but has the same height. Also I don't keep knives I'm not using and the Zhen would be hard to resell. The Zhen it's not really a sought after knife, but like I said before it's a nice home knife since I live in apartment and don't have much space and love usi...
by kirkystyle
Sat Feb 02, 2019 1:56 pm
Forum: Knife Recommendations
Topic: Chinese Cleaver Size
Replies: 15
Views: 5144

Re: Chinese Cleaver Size

I have owned four different CCK's. I love them, I just wanted to show some love for the Zhen cleaver. I currently use Gesshin wa handle cleaver for work and I really love it. The Zhen is just my home knife
by kirkystyle
Fri Feb 01, 2019 2:39 pm
Forum: Knife Recommendations
Topic: Chinese Cleaver Size
Replies: 15
Views: 5144

Re: Chinese Cleaver Size

I have the large Zhen Damascus VG 10. The edge out of the box is good but the edge will roll on you if you are not careful, probably has something to do with the heat treatment. But after sharpening it on my own stones the edge held up better. I would not use this knife in a pro-environment because ...
by kirkystyle
Thu Jan 31, 2019 7:51 pm
Forum: Knife Recommendations
Topic: Tall Nakiri or CCK Cleaver ???
Replies: 4
Views: 2279

Re: Tall Nakiri or CCK Cleaver ???

if you are already using a small cleaver and are used to it I recommend going for the larger CCK. You will truly appreciate the power of the large cleaver. I started out using the small for a couple of years and then switched to the large and have not gone back to using small cleavers. They do sell ...