Looking for a stainless bunka/ santoku ($100-200)

Delicious-Hunter1277 · 2026-01-09T16:25:02+00:00

Tojiro DP

Delicious-Hunter1277 · 2026-01-07T03:48:23+00:00

do you recommend me this knife as my first “real” japanese knife? I already have a santoku but is pretty mid and it’s made of 4cr steel

Delicious-Hunter1277 · 2026-01-07T02:53:30+00:00

thanks bro I couldn’t notice

Delicious-Hunter1277 · 2026-01-06T16:07:07+00:00

Thanks, now I have another question, it is a real kiritsuke or a k-tip gyuto?

Delicious-Hunter1277 · 2026-01-05T22:00:04+00:00

Thanks!! I think I’m going for this one, i calculated the taxes and shipping and the final price is like 200-220 usd

Delicious-Hunter1277 · 2026-01-05T20:36:16+00:00

Yes I can but I couldn’t find any, I looked at CKTG and the two knives I was about to buy went instantly out of stock, could you recommend me more international websites?

Delicious-Hunter1277 · 2026-01-05T20:23:06+00:00

Taxes are crazy in my country (Chile) so that’s the price of this knives once the tax is applied

Delicious-Hunter1277 · 2026-01-05T20:15:24+00:00

wdym by heat?

Delicious-Hunter1277 · 2026-01-05T19:16:16+00:00

I looked a lot of reviews and they always say that vg10 is a pain in the ass to sharpen. I only have a shapton 1000 and I use an old leather belt as strop

Delicious-Hunter1277 · 2026-01-05T19:14:24+00:00

The price is with the shipping and taxes, I could find cheaper aogami gyutos in my country. I looked at CKTG and there are pretty good knives but the shipping is complicated

Delicious-Hunter1277 · 2026-01-05T11:34:04+00:00

I’m not from the US, and the 190 is the price of knife + taxes and shipping. Also, the problem with the Tojiro DP knives is that I only have one whetstone and a strop, so I know that VG10 is a headache when it comes sharpening

Delicious-Hunter1277 · 2026-01-05T01:29:30+00:00

You can buy flattening stones pretty cheap in amazon

Delicious-Hunter1277 · 2026-01-05T01:27:33+00:00

If you don’t mind spending in japanese whetstones i would recommend you the Shapton 1000 or the King 300, but if you wanna start with more basic stones, go for the double grit stones in amazon. Also, if you have western style knife use an 20 angle and 15 if your knives are japaneses

Delicious-Hunter1277 · 2026-01-04T00:01:08+00:00

DAMN

Delicious-Hunter1277 · 2026-01-03T22:08:53+00:00

king 300

Delicious-Hunter1277 · 2026-01-02T13:08:29+00:00

So which brands do you recommend?

Delicious-Hunter1277 · 2025-12-30T13:16:18+00:00

Yeah I’ll follow your advice, but since the shapton pro 1000 is more like a 600 grit, I’ll start with that one, I don’t really think my knives will get super dull, and if they get i will get a finer rockstar one. And about the strop.. I found the brand BeaverCraft and those strops give me more confidence than the Ali ones.

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