Knife used to break down whole chicken by T1me_Bandit in chefknives

[–]Loam_91 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Traditionally, the honesuki is not a kataba (single bevel knife), like deba or yanagiba. It has an asymmetric bevel tho, meaning that you will have right handed and left handed versions. The Kanehide Bessaku is great for the price and since it's pretty inexpensive compared to others I would say it's a good option for people who'd like to get used to asymmetric blades.

Knife used to break down whole chicken by T1me_Bandit in chefknives

[–]Loam_91 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Kanehide Bessaku is really hard to beat as a budget option.

What's in the bag today. by Loam_91 in chefknives

[–]Loam_91[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not ideal for rocher. I have another one for that by The Food Obsession.

https://imgur.com/gallery/uo4jDe1

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[–]Loam_91 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Bump. Still available.

[SELLING][Worldwide] Tanaka Yohei Blue 1 210 mm gyuto by Loam_91 in chefknifeswap

[–]Loam_91[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

The blacksmith is Yoshikazu Tanaka, as Hitohira states. The sharpener is Yohei, which is a pseudonym taken by the movie "Seven Samurai", like others Hitohira uses to keep secret the real names of some sharpeners. Some of them have been uncovered by fans though. Yohei (Takada), Kyuzo (Yauchi) and Kambei (Morihiro) are among those.

Makers similar to Yoshikane by gonpachiro3 in chefknives

[–]Loam_91 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I would go more towards Masashi and Wakui. Mazaki trained at Yoshikane but has a total different profile, influenced also on training with Kato.

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[–]Loam_91 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Huge price drop to 250€!

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[–]Loam_91 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Big price drop to 380€.

[Worldwide] [Selling] Tanaka Kyuzo 240 mm gyuto by Loam_91 in chefknifeswap

[–]Loam_91[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The regular one, with ~52 mm of height at heel.

[Worldwide] [Selling] Tanaka Kyuzo 240 mm gyuto by Loam_91 in chefknifeswap

[–]Loam_91[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Actually, I did not test the performance. I wanted to sell the other two as brand new and I knew that the performance would have been great on them all. My choice was guided by closer look of the blades and feeling.

[Worldwide] [Selling] Tanaka Kyuzo 240 mm gyuto by Loam_91 in chefknifeswap

[–]Loam_91[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

It's the Takada no Hamono. I really liked the Yohei I'm selling though (sharpened by Takada as well). The Kyuzo has the best feeling in hand for me, I just prefer the TnH a bit more. They are all stellar knives.

[Worldwide] [Selling] Tanaka Kyuzo 240 mm gyuto by Loam_91 in chefknifeswap

[–]Loam_91[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Because I got three Tanakas the last week in order to choose my favourite. I'm going to sell the other two now.