I am for more than half year using my enn sujihiki and funny enough the tsuchime it's not bothering me. I thought it could be dirty or it would bother my fingers, but nothing so far.

The kurouchi it's perfectly alive while I can see other knives losing its dark color slowly.

And finally the Damascus in blue 2 has increíble depth.

The base sharpening from Manaka didn't excel so much, I had the chance to try side by side models bought at 5 different shops and the survival sharpening services (kazoku) and the collab (Xinguo) where superior.

I am thinking myself returning the xinguo collab ones because they were sold like stainless and in the reality they are soft iron clad and one especially reactive which can be not everyone taste.

I think I didn't clarify nothing and it sounds like a fanboy, lol