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Ha! Maybe you should have stuck around to see it was done right! :O)

Not sure I’m following you here? You can buy these brand new for less at cktg? Either way, good luck.

Have a custom Takayuki Ginsan Damascus 240 gyuto arriving shortly. Taking the stainless route for a while. About to do a bit of the same myself. Maintaining a large reactive collection isn't an easy a whole lot of fun. One thing I certainly noticed since reengaging recently is the number of apex sm...

FYI, Tosho lists the blacksmith for Konosuke's VG10 line as K. Shiraki. I guess this is where that bit got stuck in my head... You're right Joe. Those are Shiraki VG10s. The line is offered elsewhere, including local Japanese outlets, who also identify the smith as Shiraki. Chip, FYI Shiraki owns h...

Oughhhhhh, the knife allows you to put a finger into it! Sexy Baby!

Have a custom Takayuki Ginsan Damascus 240 gyuto arriving shortly. Taking the stainless route for a while.

Mine was at no fault to the maker, but the lack of research and an impulsive moment. The cleaver was a takeda and it’s radius was way too much for my cutting style. Did end up trading it for a kato nakiri which I still have and love to this day.

Organized wrote: ↑Tue Mar 20, 2018 12:37 am Kenichi Shiraki indeed does the kagekiyos...he admitted it in Instagram.

Wouldn’t surprise me one bit! Do you have the link to the Instagram post?

With the transition of the elder Kato to retirement and the son to the smith, there was something lost In translation. The first koishi under the elder was 10 times the performer than the last and final koishi I owned. I don’t remember an official announcement of the transition but I think it should...

It’s pretty easy to refinish an octagonal handle. If your having material expansion or shrinking and having a ridge problem, just resand up to a 2 or 4 k finish then buff out!

I grabbed a used one off BST for 200 smackers and I must say that I’m very pleased with it overall. I have been lacking a wa handled laser and this may be the most laserish blade I’d ever used. I never really liked the KS for several reasons, but the kashima cleared up several of the negatives for m...

At the end of the day konosuke is chasing the same smiths and sharpeners as other brands. Brand A using smith x and sharpener y at 2700 vs brand b using smith x and sharpener y at 1350. Go ahead and pay 2 x for brand A stamp! Honyakis are now all the rage, recently the choices have tripled in what’s...

Just a year ago, maybe a year and half, one could buy a kono 240 blue 2 Honyaki, a kato 240 Damascus and a kato 210 Damascus for 2700 bucks. All handleless of course. :roll: Dang that was a good deal considering prices today :lol: ! Matty, I would have never thought that things would be the way the...

Chip, I agree that kono with limited release probably will sell these as there will always be those with more money than they know what to do with. But konos Honyakis were last made by Shiraki and so was the Tesshu that I bought. The kono was 1200 and the Tesshu was 600 and change. The kono was a li...

Here’s some more perspective. You can get a Shiraki/Kawakita Honyaki and size any color for under a grand. Choose wisely my friends!

Just a year ago, maybe a year and half, one could buy a kono 240 blue 2 Honyaki, a kato 240 Damascus and a kato 210 Damascus for 2700 bucks. All handleless of course.

I’d ask mark if he has spares, and I think ken123 said he had some as well. May want to try there first.

ashy2classy wrote: ↑Fri Mar 09, 2018 10:08 am

Chicagohawkie wrote: ↑Fri Mar 09, 2018 10:02 am

inzite wrote: ↑Thu Mar 08, 2018 9:34 pm

bet my denka and joeyasu cuts better

You have be joking regarding the Honyaki cost!?

Nope...Inzite must have found out before me.

Ridiculous! Right up there with the 1000 dollar HD 10th anniversary knife!
Nothing but a cash grab.

Jeff B wrote: ↑Thu Mar 08, 2018 10:50 pm Never have found an answer to why some of his Nashiji gyutos have 5 kanji characters and others only have 2.

The answer is Saki.

inzite wrote: ↑Thu Mar 08, 2018 9:34 pm

Chicagohawkie wrote: ↑Thu Mar 08, 2018 5:50 pm

inzite wrote: ↑Thu Mar 08, 2018 8:42 am

get that 2700 USD ready

Ha ha! Your gonna have to move your Denkas now!

bet my denka and joeyasu cuts better

You have be joking regarding the Honyaki cost!?