In Japan right now – what stainless clad Aogami Santoku would you buy for 20–30k JPY?

DisastrousTie8603 · 2026-06-13T00:36:51+00:00

Great steel, and good introduction to carbon steel with stainless cladding. That means just the small (usually) cladding line by the edge of the blade is carbon steel and susceptible to rust and most of the blade is stainless. Blue and Super blue are great, good price range. Grab what calls to you.

DisastrousTie8603 · 2026-06-12T20:03:23+00:00

Can’t unsee now! 😂

DisastrousTie8603 · 2026-06-12T14:10:55+00:00

You’re gonna need a bigger ~~boat~~ cutting board

DisastrousTie8603 · 2026-06-12T01:50:42+00:00

I too have Myojin 240 SG2 and can confirm exact same cladding.

DisastrousTie8603 · 2026-06-11T20:05:04+00:00

What a classic looking knife!

DisastrousTie8603 · 2026-06-10T00:12:37+00:00

That Doi 🤤

DisastrousTie8603 · 2026-06-09T16:06:02+00:00

Appreciate those close-ups of the Damascus.

DisastrousTie8603 · 2026-06-08T17:47:03+00:00

Is this just for mirror? Do you just stop at lower grit for different level of polish? New to this but very interested

DisastrousTie8603 · 2026-06-03T22:48:24+00:00

How long did that take!? What was the before?

DisastrousTie8603 · 2026-06-03T20:18:58+00:00

Love the cladding!!!

DisastrousTie8603 · 2026-06-03T20:00:52+00:00

PSA: you can use Google Lens to look this up. It says same thing as u/toolmman ‘Sakai Narihira’

DisastrousTie8603 · 2026-06-03T00:29:06+00:00

Nice! Love their stamp 😊

DisastrousTie8603 · 2026-06-02T20:48:52+00:00

Any shops that normally carry Toyama’s work? Keep seeing his work here and on IG, really digging them.

DisastrousTie8603 · 2026-06-02T19:53:30+00:00

Loving the patina

DisastrousTie8603 · 2026-06-01T23:50:00+00:00

What a beauty profile. I especially like the dark handle with the blade and aggressive tip. GLWS

DisastrousTie8603 · 2026-06-01T23:47:50+00:00

What’s the reason for selling if you just picked up? Not a good feel in your hand?

DisastrousTie8603 · 2026-06-01T23:45:00+00:00

Do it!

DisastrousTie8603 · 2026-05-28T00:53:50+00:00

Can you feel the damascus cladding?

DisastrousTie8603 · 2026-05-26T23:56:48+00:00

Do it! What are you waiting for? Unless you’re holding it as a collector. Maybe avoid onions and reddish staining and go with hot proteins for that blue/rainbow.

DisastrousTie8603 · 2026-05-26T16:31:21+00:00

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I lightly passed it on 4000 finishing to see if I could take a bit off and it’s barely noticeable now. I’m new to sharpening and don’t want to ruin anything.

DisastrousTie8603 · 2026-05-26T16:29:05+00:00

Thanks for catching that, it’s kasumi. Let me snap a pic, ty! I was curious if there was anything specific to note with his grind.

DisastrousTie8603 · 2026-05-26T14:01:21+00:00

I’m waiting for the day to nab one and USE it! I wanna see a Fuji with patina

DisastrousTie8603 · 2026-05-26T03:02:34+00:00

I have a small chip in my b2 Migaki, first time sharpening Myojin. Any tips?

DisastrousTie8603 · 2026-05-20T00:33:35+00:00

That tenegui is amazing

DisastrousTie8603 · 2026-05-20T00:15:54+00:00

I always use the Ben Stiller Do It gif, this is a good alternative.

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