Tabata Hamono

[ChefKnivesToGo]

I'm going to introduce these soon.


"Dear Mark,

I introduce to you a new blacksmith business called Tabata Knife Works on Tanagashima Island.

Today, I called Tabata in Tanegashima Island, which is located south of Kagoshima Prefecture in Kyushu. They are an old customer of mine.

田畑刃物 - Tabata Knife Works (tabatahamono.jp)

They make most knives in black finish with Hitachi White #1 and in polishing with Blue #2. I hope that you will find something interesting.

Please let me know what knives you would be interested in and which finish you would prefer ( maybe both black and polishing ). Then I will negotiate with Tabata and get back to you.

Dr. O"

[slensgra]

antici........................................pation!

[ChefKnivesToGo]

I was looking at the knives they offered and here is a great description. I'm going to use it.

Naginata kitchen knife:
Great for handling beasts.

[Robstreperous]

I was looking at the knives they offered and here is a great description. I'm going to use it.

Naginata kitchen knife:
Great for handling beasts.

Thank you for the laugh Mark. I needed it today.

Makes me realize how silly I probably sound when I try to use Japanese words!

[Altadan]

That relationship you've got with Doctor O is so fascinating!
I think by now it is certainly part of the lore and myth of CKTG.

This is somewhat off topic, but over the course of the past Covid year, browsing around the World Wide Web, I get the impressions that there are many more online shops today than there were in, say, 2018 when I first stumbled upon CKTG.
Everyone is pulling off these super snazzy websites, which I really like, but none of them have anything like the range Mark offers. More importantly, it seems that to a large degree, it is this forum (and perhaps that Ryky fellow) that sets the tone of what's worth what. Like, take Anryu for instance. I remember clearly how there was a never a stock issue with his lines. Then came a season where many (I mean many) recommendations for his B#2 hammered gyuto were made and echoed in the Knife Rec page, touting it as "excellent for beginners" but also "not JUST for beginners" and sometimes "champion vs. hard product" and so on and so forth. Before we knew Anryu knives achieved something (at least an aspect of) Kono blades; they got as hot as buns and earned they're own "Anryu updates" page.
Please excuse me for rambling. I appreciate this forum, and its contributing members, and admins (I miss Ray, where is he?), and its founder, who continually brings something new to the table, or errr.. knifeblock/mag-strip
Thanks Mark!

Kataba Knife Work's webpage is very elegant, and their products seem very affordable. Wish there were more photos to look through (choil, spine, etc.)
https://tabatahamono.jp/
https://www.facebook.com/tabatahamono.jp

[gladius]

I was looking at the knives they offered and here is a great description. I'm going to use it.

Naginata kitchen knife:
Great for handling beasts.

—-
Did Google Translate produce that or did something get lost in translation?

[Altadan]

I was looking at the knives they offered and here is a great description. I'm going to use it.

Naginata kitchen knife:
Great for handling beasts.

—-
Did Google Translate produce that or did something get lost in translation?

According to their About page (and Google translate), Tabatahamono's concept is [to]:
"Sharpen people and inherit culture.
"The best sharpness" that has been handed down
and sharpened in Tanegashima for generations."

[ChefKnivesToGo]

Thanks for that Dan.

I set up a section page for the items when we bring them in. I love their shears! This is the type of maker I really like to find. Small and nobody has them and they could use some exposure. I try to have a steady stream of new things to keep you guys looking at our new arrivals page.

https://www.chefknivestogo.com/tabata.html

[XexoX]

Thanks for that Dan.

I set up a section page for the items when we bring them in. I love their shears! This is the type of maker I really like to find. Small and nobody has them and they could use some exposure. I try to have a steady stream of new things to keep you guys looking at our new arrivals page.

https://www.chefknivestogo.com/tabata.html

That is because you are evil and want to keep emptying our savings accounts into your bank account. Evil! I say. Eeee-viiilllll.

[Qapla']

I was looking at the knives they offered and here is a great description. I'm going to use it.

Naginata kitchen knife:
Great for handling beasts.

—-
Did Google Translate produce that or did something get lost in translation?

I'm guessing some of both. The word sabaku here literally means "to handle" or in some contexts "to process", but is often used in this context to refer to butchery tasks.

[808HI]

Hey Mark, will you be bringing in shears? Sewing/cloth scissors?

[ChefKnivesToGo]

Yes I love those shears.

They sent me a cool video on how they make them and they have a English speaking woman doing the intro and closing.

I LOVED seeing that handle jig they use. Very cool.

[XexoX]

Wow. Now I want a pair of scissors, and I don't even sew.

[ChefKnivesToGo]

Here are some items they want to sell to me. I'm not certain what I'll buy yet.

[aurrico]

That was a fun video to watch. They make it all look so easy. The Japanese make the best scissors.

I would definitely be interested in some of the white scissors in the picture you posted. Am I correct in assuming that the scissors are constructed from the same steel as the knives? Blue #2 for the white and White #1 for the black. Also, are the numbers listed next to each pair of scissors showing the length of the cutting blade or the overall length of the scissors? I am assuming the latter.

[slensgra]

the black finished knife second from the right on the bottom row looks interesting. Do you know what it's called?

[ChefKnivesToGo]

I think the one you're talking about is a single bevel. It's got a nice shape and if it were double bevel I would buy them.

I ordered some Blue #2 Kiri Cleavers with a kasumi type finish. I also order some 180mm scissors and a few other items.

[slensgra]

Hmm, I meant second from the left. The one with the curved blade.

[Infrared]

Probably an outdoors/hunting knife.

[FisherMAn1298]

I love cleavers, period. I want a pair of those black scissors, they're gorgeous. Love any double bevel sujihikis. I saw some long blades on he website, 24 and 27 cm. I hope they aren't too high priced starting out.
No list to sign up to get an email when they come in? I'd love a kiri cleaver.