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- Fri Apr 19, 2024 8:34 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Konosuke Updates
- Replies: 2495
- Views: 591737
Re: Konosuke Updates
It makes a little sense to me. I can imagine there being some frustration if people are showing up in Japan and buying whatever is close to finished. However, that seems very unlikely. Otherwise, perhaps "making them to order" in the sense of a pre-registration where the knife is never pos...
- Tue Apr 16, 2024 9:21 am
- Forum: Knife Recommendations
- Topic: Knife Recommendation: Flat Profile Gyuto
- Replies: 14
- Views: 412
Re: Knife Recommendation: Flat Profile Gyuto
I haven't used the Kohetsu Togatta, but I'm not sure I'd call it a rocker. The original KS profile is definitely more of a flat-spot oriented profile. While the Kohetsu Togatta is a KS-clone, it still seems to have a generous flat stop at the back (the same cannot necessarily be said for Shibata's o...
- Mon Apr 15, 2024 10:29 pm
- Forum: Knife Recommendations
- Topic: Looking for some knife recommendations
- Replies: 39
- Views: 985
Re: Looking for some knife recommendations
Hello Again, So, I promptly received my order, and these are my observations. First and foremost, the Misuzu is as expected, light and sharp, and what seems to be the perfect size! I haven't had the chance to christen it yet though. I immediately took both of my dull Shuns to the the Shapton 320, a...
- Mon Apr 15, 2024 10:19 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: VG-10 Steel
- Replies: 19
- Views: 397
Re: VG-10 Steel
I'm not sure there's a consensus. It is a hugely popular steel with suppliers and consumers. Like anything so popular, the magnitude of production and reception means there are lots of opportunities for mediocrity and criticism. Shun has been using VG-10 and other minor tweaked versions ("VG-Ma...
- Sun Apr 14, 2024 12:07 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Handle Install Advice
- Replies: 46
- Views: 1113
Re: Handle Install Advice
Your not going to get the knife near hot enough to damage the heat treat if that's a concern. I guess that was my concern...I figured a no heat solution was good and i was trying to think of a way to fill all the space with a solid-like adhesive, but I've changed courses and will just use hot glue ...
- Fri Apr 12, 2024 3:31 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: The Kekoa TJ Custom Knife Log
- Replies: 37
- Views: 1030
Re: The Kekoa TJ Custom Knife Log
The knife has been holding up really well over the last so many weeks! It has a pretty thorough patina going now and I'm quite happy with how it looks. [...] I have to admit I thought it sounded a little silly when I heard people talk about having five Gyutos that they preferred each for different ...
- Thu Apr 11, 2024 9:35 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: What did you cook today?
- Replies: 5674
- Views: 502445
Re: What did you cook today?
Deconstructed taco. https://i.imgur.com/s1bjj0y.jpeg I don't mean to pry - and certainly don't mean to ask you to give away anything you don't want to - but I know you like avocados and you always have nice produce. Do you live in a certain region that provides those year-round? Or are you just tha...
- Thu Apr 11, 2024 2:24 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Handle Install Advice
- Replies: 46
- Views: 1113
- Wed Apr 10, 2024 3:36 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Handle Install Advice
- Replies: 46
- Views: 1113
Re: Handle Install Advice
- Wed Apr 10, 2024 3:34 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Show us your new knife!
- Replies: 4119
- Views: 764439
Re: Show us your new knife!
Well, I sorta have two new knives! I just posted about the one in another thread about a new handle. It was a knife I bought "like new" and put a new handle on. In this case, it was a Yoshikane Tsuchime SKD 240mm, to which I attached a Konosuke-style Khii ebony handle. https://www.chefkniv...
- Wed Apr 10, 2024 3:17 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Handle Install Advice
- Replies: 46
- Views: 1113
Re: Handle Install Advice
I just wanted to thank everyone again for the wonderful comments here. I was able to attempt an install this past weekend. Things went ok. The first problem was that I wanted a certain neck size and the tang didn't fit, so I just did some very quick grinding of the tang's height so that I could get ...
- Fri Apr 05, 2024 10:02 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Does a no ferrule handle have more likelihood of splitting?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 293
Re: Does a no ferrule handle have more likelihood of splitting?
This thread caught my attention. I am about to install my own handle for the first time. A guy at a shop told me not to because he said it is very easy to crack the handle (which I do not believe). That said, it sounds like it happens. When you guys write that cracks result from "not drilling o...
- Fri Mar 29, 2024 5:10 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Handle Install Advice
- Replies: 46
- Views: 1113
Re: Handle Install Advice
Thanks for the great replies. I'll update more when I have the handle in-hand and give things more of a try. I'm guessing I'll try for the hot glue, but I may also make a cheap handle first to practice as suggested above. Only issue is that the hardest part of making a handle is the part that I lack...
- Fri Mar 29, 2024 4:59 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Handle Install Advice
- Replies: 46
- Views: 1113
Re: Handle Install Advice
This is great feedback so far. Thanks guys. I would still like to see any other opinions if they exist, but hot glue sounds like it is close to what I want. It sounds like most of you don't mess with sawdust as filler, but perhaps that is actually assumed in your feedback? Feel free to clarify. I k...
- Fri Mar 29, 2024 9:02 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Knives Out
- Replies: 21
- Views: 614
Re: Knives Out
Didn't answer poll because mine are all in a drawer(s), but I certainly don't "store" any in boxes or anything. I use them on any given day. This was one advantage of designing my own (still modest) kitchen: I have four 30" wide drawers under my countertops/island instead of side-by-s...
- Thu Mar 28, 2024 8:45 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Handle Install Advice
- Replies: 46
- Views: 1113
Re: Handle Install Advice
This is great feedback so far. Thanks guys. I would still like to see any other opinions if they exist, but hot glue sounds like it is close to what I want. It sounds like most of you don't mess with sawdust as filler, but perhaps that is actually assumed in your feedback? Feel free to clarify. I kn...
- Thu Mar 28, 2024 2:11 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Handle Install Advice
- Replies: 46
- Views: 1113
Handle Install Advice
Hi everyone. I know there are several professional Wa handle makers and installers here. I am going to try to install my own handle for the first time despite some warning to the contrary (I figured that if I can renovate a house and build furniture, I should be able to do this with the right warnin...
- Wed Mar 13, 2024 11:51 am
- Forum: Knife Recommendations
- Topic: What's a good stainless knife for me?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 469
Re: What's a good stainless knife for me?
I haven't used any of Mark's recommendations, but I have to say that I LOVE Myojin's grinds. He grinds many blades costing well north of 500, but my sense is that he brings the same care to every knife, no matter the price. My guess is that his Riki line cuts like a dream.
- Tue Mar 05, 2024 12:01 pm
- Forum: Tim Johnson Knives and Handles
- Topic: Kekoa gyuto started
- Replies: 57
- Views: 2236
Re: Kekoa gyuto started
I love it when you take us through your awesome work like this, Taz. Thanks for doing so!
- Mon Mar 04, 2024 9:27 am
- Forum: Knife Recommendations
- Topic: Good knife for fish.
- Replies: 12
- Views: 571
Re: Good knife for fish.
I don't do the kind of whole fish prep described above, but I do have a mioroshi deba and I find it useful as a home cook. The added length helps for cleaning and portioning tasks, while the shorter "deba" design is still there for fish bones and for careful slicing. I use my mioroshi deba...