Possible Okeya passaround

See what's happening with current or completed "Pass Arounds". Forum members occasionally send knives or sharpening stones around to a hand selected group of participants for short term use and feedback/reviews.
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keithmarder wrote: Thu May 17, 2018 3:15 pm I'd like to participate. My only issue is I don't know if i cut enough to use all of the knives enough to give a quality opinion/review
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There they are. To be honest, their edges are in need, they don’t leave the factory very sharp. I’ll probably sharpen the Santoku before it leaves. If one of you participants are good with single bevels maybe we should put you first in line. I’m off to go motorcycling for the weekend. I’ll check back in on Monday and get them sent out on Tuesday. Let me know if you’d like to tune those single bevels up.
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I'm still waiting on Cody for confirmation on when he'll be making the belt clip sayas for the Okeya 24mm Kogatana.
I'll shoot out some PMs as soon as I have all details.
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I wouldn't consider myself "good" with single bevels, but my deba is blazing sharp :)
In other words, I'd be happy to give it a pass 8-) [though I can only leave a not-so-beautiful kasumi on it, at best]
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Ut_ron wrote: Wed May 16, 2018 9:36 pm I would like to participate in this pass around but need to be toward the end. Will be out of town until June 17.

Thanks Ron
Still interested if the timing if getting back in town works.

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Jeff B wrote: Thu May 17, 2018 7:26 pm I'm still waiting on Cody for confirmation on when he'll be making the belt clip sayas for the Okeya 24mm Kogatana.
I'll shoot out some PMs as soon as I have all details.
These should be ready around the end of June. Have 2 of these not spoken for, if I haven't reached out to you and you want one send me a PM.
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I sent my kogatana and saya to Nakneker, it should arrive on Thursday. Not sure why ups seems to be dragging their feet on this one.. But if you guys want to see the saya you may want Nak to hold off on shipping everything out for a couple days.
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Back online. I’ll wait until the Saya and Kogatana arrive. I’ll get a mailing list out on Friday and put this into motion. Ron we should be able to get you in towards the end, shouldn’t be an issue👍
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nakneker wrote: Tue May 22, 2018 10:51 pm Ron we should be able to get you in towards the end, shouldn’t be an issue👍
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Alright folks,
The collection has made it over to me in good order, and this passaround is a go.

First impressions;
The santoku is very light in hand. Came with a nice working edge, too.
The single-bevel petty was not very sharp coming in. It looks well made, with a pleasant (if narrow) handle. The concave back of the blade lent itself to peel oranges in a singularly spherical (and pleasurable) way :)

As for the kogatanas - STPepper9's saya works like a charm, and is very, very cool! I would definitely order one for myself if only... if I only knew what to do with a kogatana. What DO you do with yours, STPepper9?

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I’m gonna use my Kogatana mostly for a box opener, letter opener and a “what is that?” Kinda of thing. I’ll be interested what others say.
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I mostly open boxes and stuff with it, the idea was to use it in lieu of my pocket knife on the days that I forgot it in the previous day's pants. It's come in handy a number of times.
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I received the 24mm Kogatana sayas today from Cody, they look great! Have a few in both Walnut and Maple. I'll get with those that commited this weekend with final details and then what's left I'll post in the classifieds.
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I think a holsder\saya with a clip like STPepper9's is eminently useful. That kiridashi is a dangerous thing to leave lying around, but have a safe place to stick it in makes it a whole lot more user-friendly.
The magnet catch works beautifully, too!
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Jeff B wrote: Thu Jun 07, 2018 9:46 pm I received the 24mm Kogatana sayas today from Cody, they look great! Have a few in both Walnut and Maple. I'll get with those that commited this weekend with final details and then what's left I'll post in the classifieds.
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STPepper9 wrote: Thu Jun 07, 2018 10:28 pm
Jeff B wrote: Thu Jun 07, 2018 9:46 pm I received the 24mm Kogatana sayas today from Cody, they look great! Have a few in both Walnut and Maple. I'll get with those that commited this weekend with final details and then what's left I'll post in the classifieds.
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I'll get some up tomorrow.
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Magnetic Sayas with belt/pocket clip for Okeya 24mm Kogatana made by Cody Paul.
Walnut or Curly Maple. The magnets are nice and strong in these.

$38 Shipped US

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I'll take one of the dark ones. I like that look better.
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I like the walnut ones too. Funds sent. thanks Jeff!!
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Have two of the Curly Maples left, all others claimed.
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