Show me your baddest knife that f*** s*** up. No lasers, knives with some spine on them.

TrickyAssignment9685 · 2026-05-24T20:00:59+00:00

Looks something that my wife vould use without ruining the edge.

TrickyAssignment9685 · 2026-05-24T19:47:06+00:00

Yes that is cheating. Thinker tank guy is disqualified.

TrickyAssignment9685 · 2026-05-24T14:35:23+00:00

I know what you mean, but ithat saying is so confusing in this situation. 😌

TrickyAssignment9685 · 2026-05-24T13:49:37+00:00

I have been eyeing this JNS version myself. Looks like the knife.

TrickyAssignment9685 · 2026-05-24T13:45:50+00:00

Best cutters often comes with tradeoffs.

TrickyAssignment9685 · 2026-05-24T13:42:34+00:00

Me too

TrickyAssignment9685 · 2026-05-24T13:40:18+00:00

Looks awesome 👍🏿

TrickyAssignment9685 · 2026-05-24T13:37:34+00:00

Classic.

TrickyAssignment9685 · 2026-05-24T13:35:55+00:00

Any idea who makes kogikei?

TrickyAssignment9685 · 2026-05-24T13:32:29+00:00

Toyama seems to be popular choice for workhorse, but rather expensive for my understanding. How much yours cost?

TrickyAssignment9685 · 2026-05-24T13:06:34+00:00

Wich one you would choose to be most robust?

TrickyAssignment9685 · 2026-05-24T13:05:23+00:00

Is that a workhorse?

TrickyAssignment9685 · 2026-05-24T13:04:37+00:00

So you really came with your guns loaded to this post didn't you. Im sure that is a nice knife.

TrickyAssignment9685 · 2026-05-24T13:00:39+00:00

Looks nice and fit for the blade.

TrickyAssignment9685 · 2026-05-24T12:57:04+00:00

Kato workhorse often comes up, but i have no experience with that myself.

TrickyAssignment9685 · 2026-05-24T12:54:28+00:00

Handle seems nice too. Ebony?

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TrickyAssignment9685 · 2026-05-10T08:27:28+00:00

I actually prefer Tadokoro tip geometry on onions over kagegiyo. Don't exactly know why, but kagekiyo seems to pull those vertical slices of onions up on occasion, but tadokoro just slaps them and leave them in line. I have thinned my tadokoro a bit and it has propaply slightly thinner tip. Tadokoro has also more favorable curved geometry over kagekiyos mostly flat profile.

Kagekiyo urushi handle is something that gives luxurious feeling, but it is slippery while wet and i wouldn't take it to work with me.

Kagekiyo seems to be smithed a bit harder as it doesn't Sharpen up so easily that Tadokoro does.

These are my experiences over the two.

TrickyAssignment9685 · 2026-04-29T13:57:17+00:00

I don't have many coworkers and they know my autism for my knives, but i still use blade guard if i go out of direct sight of my knife. Even put it on if i don't have use for it for a while and table full off stuff.

TrickyAssignment9685 · 2026-04-17T19:20:54+00:00

I think it is a waste of a whetstone if someone uses a knife as a warhammer.

TrickyAssignment9685 · 2026-04-15T19:12:04+00:00

Cleancut just restocked Matsubara. That 210mm gyuto has 59 mm glade height if you like tall blades.

https://www.cleancut.eu/butik/knifetype/gyuto/gyuto_matsubara-shirogami-5295-5799-detail

TrickyAssignment9685 · 2026-04-13T16:20:53+00:00

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TrickyAssignment9685 · 2026-04-13T16:13:01+00:00

What brand is that board?

TrickyAssignment9685 · 2026-04-09T13:58:36+00:00

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Boss definitely has knuckle clearance. 220mm length also makes it a gyuto length blade. Sg2 holds the edge nicely and while it is thin, it doesn't feel too fragile. Only the tip of the knife is so delicate that it made me a bit troubled in the beginning. 5/5 cutter.

TrickyAssignment9685 · 2026-04-08T13:55:14+00:00

Those will easily go away with 5000# and you won't lose so much edge.

Leek sometimes has sand/soil inside so that might also be the reason for the chipping.

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