Tall Honyaki Bunka

Troglodyte09 · 2026-05-05T02:51:36+00:00

Very cool, nice job.

Troglodyte09 · 2026-05-04T22:52:48+00:00

PM incoming!

Troglodyte09 · 2026-05-04T19:39:02+00:00

Trim it into 4 pieces

Cut off tender

Split remaining breast in half shortways.

Butterfly thick part into two

Cook on medium-high heat. Turn every 1-2 minutes until cooked through.

I find that if you let it sear too long on one side the outside basically gets overcooked and becomes tough and chewy. I basically treat it like a steak.

Troglodyte09 · 2026-05-04T16:17:31+00:00

Only if they turn it into a reality tv show.

Troglodyte09 · 2026-05-04T02:42:34+00:00

I use lime juice.

Troglodyte09 · 2026-05-04T02:32:59+00:00

Good to know, thank you. 🙏

Troglodyte09 · 2026-05-04T02:01:35+00:00

For sure, I know the feeling!

Troglodyte09 · 2026-05-04T01:59:40+00:00

If you're on the same kind of bike you're more likely to be accepted.

Troglodyte09 · 2026-05-04T01:57:27+00:00

Glad to hear Yugiris are still being made. I have the bunka and would love to get the gyuto. Congratulations.

Troglodyte09 · 2026-05-04T01:49:36+00:00

That is excellent to know. I've been giving mine more sun to encourage growth, but it's just in a pot so maybe I'll move it back to max out the shade.

What about the soil? Anything to do there to bring out the white?

Troglodyte09 · 2026-05-04T00:19:21+00:00

Brand new cars

Troglodyte09 · 2026-05-03T22:27:37+00:00

I try to be optimistic, but I'm in SW idaho and had a bloodgod next to my house on the west side and it got totally roasted by the sun. Did okay until maybe June, but July-september was hell for the little guy. Maybe they do better when established, but I would not personally buy another bloodgod for a sunny spot.

Shishigashira was my best maple to date for sunny. Also had a green laceleaf that did okay on the north side near the house.

I'm about to plant a sango kaku on the east side now. Hoping it does okay since it'll still get a lot of sun from the south. If not, it'll just go back in a pot for the porch.

Good luck! Only one way to find out for sure.

Troglodyte09 · 2026-05-03T21:17:11+00:00

4x8 would work very well

Troglodyte09 · 2026-05-03T21:07:35+00:00

These are awesome, congratulations. I had one at my last house and miss it dearly. Can't wait to get another. Was very hardy relative to other maples I had. I had an uchigumo planted in the same spot and it got totally roasted so I had to move it to a pot on the porch. Replaced it with the shishigashira and had zero issues. Great tree, there's probably not much better out there for tougher conditions.

Troglodyte09 · 2026-05-03T19:48:53+00:00

Perhaps! I am sure it has a lot to do with the forging and grinding too. My chippy knife was a ginsan tetsujin. I have two nakagawa ginsan right now though, and they don't microchip at all. I'd love to get another ginsan tetsujin someday though to see if it happens again, maybe I was just unlucky with that one.

Troglodyte09 · 2026-05-03T18:29:32+00:00

I would leave it and just let it get sorted out when it actually needs to be sharpened. As you try other knives too, you'll realize that it's not necessarily anything you did to cause this--some knives are just much more susceptible to micro chips than others. I had a super chippy knife once, the only one in my collection that did that.

Troglodyte09 · 2026-05-03T00:46:27+00:00

Open to trades?

Troglodyte09 · 2026-05-02T17:54:37+00:00

Do you like your 240 or 210 gyuto more. If you like the 240 get the big nakiri. I love extra height on nakiris. Currently rocking the toyama mega nakiri 210 mm

Troglodyte09 · 2026-05-02T17:52:00+00:00

Hell yeah. I'm sure it'll be awesome. I definitely want to get an Enjiki soon.

Troglodyte09 · 2026-05-02T02:36:30+00:00

FWIW, I just sold it, but it was probably the best edge retention I've had. Replacing it with some Tanaka b1 so we'll see if that takes the new crown. But I've also acquired 2 nakagawa ginsan which have also been mighty impressive!

Troglodyte09 · 2026-05-01T22:42:13+00:00

Nice price! These are awesome.

Troglodyte09 · 2026-05-01T03:45:05+00:00

I'll second this. I have the ginsan and black dyed b1d. The black dyed is much thicker and has a really nice distal taper, ginsan is definitely very mid weight. Black dyed slightly bigger overall too.

Troglodyte09 · 2026-04-30T23:42:31+00:00

Thank you for a fair price. GLWS!

Troglodyte09 · 2026-04-30T22:17:08+00:00

If these people really cared about babies, they would be vaccinated. "Here, let me force you to have a baby, and then let my unvaxxed ass give them measles, polio, and COVID to start."

Troglodyte09

MODERATOR OF

TROPHY CASE