Konosuke Updates

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mauichef wrote: Wed Nov 29, 2017 9:41 pm Love those Khii handles. On an HD2 it should be right proper!
Gone in 3 seconds....... :o
They Khii Ebony has been in stock for a few weeks. I debated buying one for about that long before pulling the trigger and there are still some. I bet not many, though. Laurel would have been interesting!
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Kit, did you get your knife with the Khii handle yet?
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mauichef wrote: Thu Nov 30, 2017 10:40 am Kit, did you get your knife with the Khii handle yet?
I did, yesterday! I have not seen it. My wife inspected it and said it was good to go. I don't get to see it until Christmas morning. So, you know I am going to break out a bag of carrots, potatoes, onions and mushrooms on the morning of just for a test. :mrgreen:
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Yep...I know how you are feeling. I "believe" there are couple of boxes in the closet for me that will cut!
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Kosuke,
What’s the status of the Fujiyama blanks getting ground ?
And the status of the upcoming vintage carbon series ?
Thanks for all the updates ! I wish Konosuke was more attainable !
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Inhuman wrote: Wed Dec 06, 2017 10:12 am Kosuke,
What’s the status of the Fujiyama blanks getting ground ?
And the status of the upcoming vintage carbon series ?
Thanks for all the updates ! I wish Konosuke was more attainable !
<A> Fujiyama single bevel by the son of Fujiyama sharpener
<B> Fujiyama double bevel by the other sharpener in Sakai
<C> vintage carbon series sharpen by Fujiyama sharpener (himself) with accepting custom request

We're planning these now.

All the prototype should be ready by the end of this year.


<C> is a special project which nobody has offered before with the very limited blades (1 blade or less per month??), so let us keep thinking the detail.
(price, how to choose the customer, and so on)


Thank you for asking!
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Oh boy , thanks Kosuke ! I am very happy to hear these things are in the works . Very excited for more double bevels ! And of course the vintage carbon series .

Keep us updated! We are all waiting patiently ;)
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Kosuke wrote: Thu Dec 07, 2017 2:46 am
<A> Fujiyama single bevel by the son of Fujiyama sharpener
<B> Fujiyama double bevel by the other sharpener in Sakai
<C> vintage carbon series sharpen by Fujiyama sharpener (himself) with accepting custom request

We're planning these now.

All the prototype should be ready by the end of this year.


<C> is a special project which nobody has offered before with the very limited blades (1 blade or less per month??), so let us keep thinking the detail.
(price, how to choose the customer, and so on)


Thank you for asking!

No that is really exciting!
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That's all very good news. Best of luck to the Fujiyama sharpener's son.
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Hello Inhuman, supersharp, and Lepus

Thank you for your messages so much :)
We'll do our best!
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Vintage carbon series sounds pretty cool.
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We've sent these last Friday.

HD2 / 240 Wa-Gyuto / Ho Oct.
Keiai NT / 210 Wa-Gyuto
Keiai NT / 150 Wa-Petty

(I'm sorry for the late report. I thought I've send the message on that day..)

Thank you!
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We've gotten the first prototypes from Fujiyama sharpener (2 styles) last week.


●developed style of the original Fujiyama finish

The edge is finished with Hamaguriba-style.

The kireha area is hollow grind style, but we think flat grinding can be accepted by many customers.



●no shinogi line style

Because of the Uwahiki finish, it seems there is a shinogi line, but isn't dimensionally.

The surface is smoothly ground, so we're asking him to the make different finish which doesn't have shinogi line.

This edge is also finished with Hamaguriba-style.

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This is all what we can tell you so far.


We'll upload those pictures on our Instagram page.


Thank you!
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Super excited to see these. Thank you Kosuke!
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I hope Kosuke doesn't mind me posting up the pics posted up on instagram but I'm sure you will agree they look really cool!
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Those are good looking blades.
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I am excited to see Fujiyamas back on the market.
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I wanna put my name down for one now!
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Exciting times . Thank you for taking time to update us with info , as always . These small interactions Mean so much to some of us . What other Japanese makers come to our little forum and interact with us ?

So cool, Kosuke!
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I believe these are the Vintage Carbon Steel blades. Woooooof!!!!!!!
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