Young Samurai

[J david]

I got mine

[PaulME]

Yikes missed the email this morning - I think I got the last 270

[jobone]

Purchased an extra 270 for a friend. Turns out he got a 270 yanagi two days ago. I’ll put it up in the classified next week.

[ChefKnivesToGo]

I told my friend Ogawa San about how fast these sold and he was thrilled. I ordered some more and he wrote this back. FYI "Wakamusya" means "Young Samaurai" in Japanese.


Mark san,

Its great news and am pleased to inform you, maybe able to engrave on Wakamusya series by hand, who are trained engraving. She is also young and newbie of our company, so its proceeded to perfectly young samuai made.

Of course, handle setting is also by her.

Ogawa.

[Bluenoser87]

Any chance they'll be practicing lefty versions?

In the near term and on this project no. I’ll ask them for sure if we have some success with the right 270s.

Were the first batch of right 270’s successful enough to try some lefties in the next batch? I’d definitely be interested

[J david]

I just recieved my samurai and gave it a quick look over. The ura is very well done. It has a microbevel that I will have to grind out but overall, this is a well finished knife. I've had other yanigiba that cost much more with less consistent grind. The front end of the blade road is ground slightly convex and the back half is slightly concave. It is slight enough that when it comes time to fix it, it will go quickly on the stones. I am, so far, very happy with this purchase. Thanks for putting this together Mark.

[t3chi3]

I gave mine a nice sharpening on a 5000 grit and this knife sliced through salmon like butter, better for this task than any of my other knives. I'm happy!

[slobound]

Man, now I wish I grabbed one of these.

[Cashn]

Just pulled mine out, heel is missing about 2mm in height compared to below the kanji. $100 yanagi, what do you expect?

[Altadan]

Got my 240 today.

Lovely thing, this is.
Wife took it in hand, looked at it this way and that, and said "I love how the core is bright, and the other part is so cloudy"
Me beaming

[ghost1234]

Got mine, didnt use it yet, but the little slot where the tang enters the knife, i forgot what its calles but the little thingy on right side is kinda sharp, best way to grind it off?

[Cutuu]

I told my friend Ogawa San about how fast these sold and he was thrilled. I ordered some more and he wrote this back. FYI "Wakamusya" means "Young Samaurai" in Japanese.


Mark san,

Its great news and am pleased to inform you, maybe able to engrave on Wakamusya series by hand, who are trained engraving. She is also young and newbie of our company, so its proceeded to perfectly young samuai made.

Of course, handle setting is also by her.

Ogawa.

Yeah, these went really fast. I got on a break at work and saw that they had already came and gone. I'd love to get a 270 if more are coming in. Will they be the same great price?

[jason]

Been lying low lately but managed to bag a 270mm which should be arriving on Monday. Looking forward to see it in the flesh!

[ChefKnivesToGo]

Got mine, didnt use it yet, but the little slot where the tang enters the knife, i forgot what its calles but the little thingy on right side is kinda sharp, best way to grind it off?

You could use a file, the side of your stone or some sandpaper to dull that point.

Also it helps to keep the knife from steering if you put your index finger on top of the spine instead of wrapping it around the ferrule.

[ghost1234]

Thanks Mark, just making sure wouldn't want to accidentally slice myself open randomly while using the knife. Can't wait to use it.

[Changy915]

Any chance of them making 300s in the future?

[Dawgfish]

I have been acquiring some knives and this is my first single bevel. My question is when sharpening, it seems like the frosted portion at the area of the bevel away from the edge will be removed? It seems more etched rather than formed with coarser grit stones. Thanks and looking forward to my first single bevel!

[PaulME]

My 270showed up today - great shipping as usual.

This is my first single bevel knife - looks very nice
Outback sharpness is not good so time to look up sharpening single bevel blades. I know it’s primarily sharpened on the front side.
Probably should search and post in sharpening section on what stones to start with - have Shapton Pro 2k and 5k as well as A nubatama 2k (have corser as well but don’t see a need to go there).

Look forward to learning to sharpen and use this.
Paul

[Pirendeus]

This is a really cool idea---its great to support young knife makers keep the tradition alive. I'll definitely look forward to the next knives that are put up for sale.

[ChefKnivesToGo]

This one is still available: https://www.chefknivestogo.com/yosaya30.html