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by bananajama
Mon Oct 16, 2017 7:24 pm
Forum: Knife Recommendations
Topic: Konosuke hd2 vs Kohetsu HAP40
Replies: 56
Views: 17152

Re: Konosuke hd2 vs Kohetsu HAP40

My sense is that the only potential shortcoming of the Hap40 is the steel (a matter of taste—I've never used it and virtually everything I've read has been positive, but you never know), so as long as you love that, I can see no reason why you'd try to replace it with something similar. I've never ...
by bananajama
Mon Oct 16, 2017 1:22 pm
Forum: Knife Recommendations
Topic: hello, I am looking for a knife
Replies: 12
Views: 3809

Re: hello, I am looking for a knife

The Kanehides are very good knives. Very good. However ... If you really want to find out what J knives are all about, I'd suggest saving a bit more and getting a real head turner. In this case, the Takamura R2. Either the santoku or 210. Very few Japanese knives will beat out the Taka on sharpness...
by bananajama
Sun Oct 15, 2017 8:27 pm
Forum: Knife Recommendations
Topic: hello, I am looking for a knife
Replies: 12
Views: 3809

Re: hello, I am looking for a knife

If you watch the video on the product page, Steve offers a lot of information that is not in the product description. Per his video, the Kanehide is 165gr. I owned a Tojiro DP and they are very good knives. I think the Tojiro has better steel that the Fujiwara I linked to but the Fujiwara is better...
by bananajama
Sun Oct 15, 2017 2:04 pm
Forum: Knife Recommendations
Topic: hello, I am looking for a knife
Replies: 12
Views: 3809

Re: hello, I am looking for a knife

Oh, definitely look into Tojiro DP for the western style. I picked up a 170 santoku for my in-laws and was very impressed by it. I got them it around Christmas time and it's their primary knife now and my mother-in-law recently said she'd like me to sharpen it since it's starting to feel a bit less...
by bananajama
Sat Oct 14, 2017 8:25 pm
Forum: Knife Recommendations
Topic: hello, I am looking for a knife
Replies: 12
Views: 3809

Re: hello, I am looking for a knife

Welcome to the site! Given your preferences, something like this would blow you away: https://www.chefknivestogo.com/kapsgy19.html This one has a bit more character in the blade: https://www.chefknivestogo.com/mihagy18.html If you are looking for more of a budget option, this one is a killer deal. ...
by bananajama
Sat Oct 14, 2017 3:21 pm
Forum: Knife Recommendations
Topic: hello, I am looking for a knife
Replies: 12
Views: 3809

hello, I am looking for a knife

Hello, I am new here and am amazed to find such an awesome knife website! I am pretty new to nicer knives and caught the knife fever using a nice twin henkels last week. After searching around for a few weeks I have landed in the Japanese knife realm. I am currently looking at some VG-10 knives but ...