Made my first CKTG purchase, Makoto 210mm AS Ryusei Gyuto
Posted: Thu Nov 07, 2019 9:51 pm
So on my home chef journey I started over a decade ago, my first purchase was a "good" chefs knife. I went with a JA Henckels $150 8" chefs knife. It's a durable beast that I thought held and kept a decent edge and was thick enough to take a pounding. It was fine.
Through the years, people have recommended Chef Knives To Go as a good resource to get professional grade Japanese style knives with good steel. I even recommended the site myself because the prices seemed reasonable and the forum there is helpful. But never bought one myself assuming I wasn't good enough to get the best out of a great Japanese knife. I also browsed here on the forum, and even reached out to Mark a year or so ago about a Makoto White #2 Gyuto since its mentioned here a bunch but it was and is sold out. He recommended the Ryousei.
Well, I bit the bullet a few days ago. It came in the mail today along with an Imanishi 1k/6k combo sharpening stone, flattening plate, stone holder, and angle guides.
I already had dinner plans, but wanting to take it for a test drive I pulled out a small white onion I had lying around.
Sweet. Fancy. Moses. This thing is fabulous.
I get my knives sharpened relatively regularly, but my Henckle has NEVER been this sharp or handle this well. It was like I didn't even have to try!
Thank you to Mark, Sue(I accidentally submitted two orders back to back), and anyone else at CKTG!
I'm already addicted.
Through the years, people have recommended Chef Knives To Go as a good resource to get professional grade Japanese style knives with good steel. I even recommended the site myself because the prices seemed reasonable and the forum there is helpful. But never bought one myself assuming I wasn't good enough to get the best out of a great Japanese knife. I also browsed here on the forum, and even reached out to Mark a year or so ago about a Makoto White #2 Gyuto since its mentioned here a bunch but it was and is sold out. He recommended the Ryousei.
Well, I bit the bullet a few days ago. It came in the mail today along with an Imanishi 1k/6k combo sharpening stone, flattening plate, stone holder, and angle guides.
I already had dinner plans, but wanting to take it for a test drive I pulled out a small white onion I had lying around.
Sweet. Fancy. Moses. This thing is fabulous.
I get my knives sharpened relatively regularly, but my Henckle has NEVER been this sharp or handle this well. It was like I didn't even have to try!
Thank you to Mark, Sue(I accidentally submitted two orders back to back), and anyone else at CKTG!
I'm already addicted.
