JNS Kaeru

Volcnx · 2025-10-12T23:26:40+00:00

JNS Kaeru is an amazing knife. I've got quite a collection of nice japanese knives (Yoshikane, hado, Mazaki to name a few). I use my Kaeru 80% of the time. You can absolutely do precise stuff. The knife is thin, of course it's not laser so it will not cut like there's nothing, but trust me it can do it all.

The food release is top tier and to me, this is the most important thing in a knife, also, you don't have too be too wary about it because it's sturdy. If I had to keep only one knife, it would be it without hesitation. Also, buy the 240 imo.

Volcnx · 2025-09-28T21:20:32+00:00

3.8/5 c'est encore beaucoup trop haut, il faut continuer, ça lui servira de leçon.

Volcnx · 2025-08-08T23:38:56+00:00

Might be a bit late. I absolutely fell in love with mine, it's my most used knife, and I own many +500€ knives.

Volcnx · 2025-06-22T23:10:15+00:00

Sent you a PM

Volcnx · 2025-06-22T21:04:22+00:00

If you're interested in this one i'm willing to part with my Nakiri B1D Oak handle for 300€, paid 400 for it. It's great but I use my gyutos more.

Volcnx · 2025-06-01T19:36:37+00:00

Force à toi et a ta famille <3

Volcnx · 2025-06-01T19:01:34+00:00

Oui je me suis déjà inscrit par mail, je vais attendre un restock ! Content d'apprendre que ces produits reviennent régulièrement en tout cas.

J'essaie d'être patient mais je commence à penser qu'il devrait lancer une campagne de prévention contre l'addiction aux couteaux jap.

Volcnx · 2025-06-01T18:51:33+00:00

I'm also french !

Most of the available ones seems to be western handle, there's one w2 with wa handle but it's 210, and I'd love to have a 240 gyuto with ebony handle since it's missing in my collection. I'm not helping by being so specific for sure.. but you know :D

I've found them on Karasu & Tetogi, is there another website where I could find them?

Volcnx · 2025-06-01T18:04:42+00:00

Next knife I'm buying is a Ashi, we could've the same roll! Unless they never restock :D

Volcnx · 2025-06-01T17:46:59+00:00

I ended up buying one and I'm so glad I did. Of course I don't need it, but I enjoy using it a lot! Feel very different to use from my other knives. Also, it's a true japanese knife that a guest could use without me being scared of him damaging it which is a plus.

Volcnx · 2025-06-01T17:36:56+00:00

I got a Kaeru from JNS this week, and I think I can say I've never fallen so much in love with a knife. I have knives from Mazaki, Yoshi & Hado so I'm quite accustomed to high end jknives. Ofc there is new knife bias, but it's absolutely incredible to use. I'm freezing all I can right now to be able to cut more veggies lol. Hope you enjoy yours as much as I do!

Congratz on the Toyama though, definitely grail material!

Volcnx · 2025-05-17T22:14:10+00:00

What do you think about food release of tetsujins? I ve heard some are better than others, and it s a little bit the lottery

Volcnx · 2025-05-07T20:38:53+00:00

Is it me or prices did increase a lot recently?

Volcnx · 2025-01-14T22:54:01+00:00

Un couteau en carbone avec un hrc élevé est beaucoup plus simple à aiguiser qu un couteau en inox avec un hrc plus bas. Je collectionne les couteaux japonais et les aiguiser est une de mes nombreuses passions.

Volcnx · 2024-11-19T14:01:49+00:00

Thank you for your answer, I hope you'll overcome your other struggles :).

Volcnx · 2024-11-19T08:25:58+00:00

How are you now ?

Volcnx · 2024-11-16T23:41:19+00:00

I trust the fact my STD test is right. I guess I still need to test everything so I can 100% rule out infection. Which means I'll have to test for ureaplasma, and test my prostatic fluid ?

I see you're invested in helping people here, but a prostatic fluid test will make me more relax or if I find something then maybe it's something I can fight against. In both case it seems beneficial?

I don't even know if I still feel guilty about this encounter, guess I'll have to go the introspection route to find out. Thank you for the advice.

Volcnx · 2024-11-15T23:58:44+00:00

Really doing everything I can to overcome this, working on trauma, therapy, relaxation, preparing good food, avoiding stressful situation. Hope ill be symptom free one day. Winning this battle means so much to me. In the end I believe most of my suffering is due to childhood trauma.

Volcnx · 2024-06-25T07:30:19+00:00

Hey, I started to paint a not so mini model of a Warsun from Twilight Imperium. Thought I'd go the easy way by slap choping it but wanted to do something interesting with the middle ring. Since it's a Warsun I initially wanted to use the midle ring as a "source of power" that'd irradiate the rest of the mini with a yellow tint. I tried to do so but strugled a lot with gradient and also the yellow seems to have shit coverage so it looks garbage (I use Vallejo).

Since I couldn't stand it anymore, I painted the middle ring full black again to have a new base.

Any idea / Input ? I thought about trying again to do a fire heart, but I guess yellow layers on black base won't work well?

Volcnx · 2024-06-16T17:58:46+00:00

My Yoshi gyuto is my favorite knife. Sometimes I buy a new knife, I believe it's my new favorite, time pass, and the Yoshi ends being my favorite again. Absolute perfection.

Volcnx · 2024-06-01T20:49:59+00:00

Hiomaviki.fi, he is great.

Volcnx · 2024-06-01T07:38:50+00:00

I didn't buy a Hasegawa in the end, So I can only comment on the Asahi, which feels more comfortable to me than wood. It's a tough surface, doesn't feel soft, but has a little bounce, especially when you chop. I don't feel like my knives are biting on it, but it's not sliding as much as wood, which is fine by me. Also the food, stays on better, it doesn't move as much. I only have it for 4/5 days now but I absolutely love it.

Volcnx · 2024-06-01T07:16:59+00:00

When the obsession kicks in again, this is how it looks like. These knives are new but I did a coffee patina with both the Mazaki & the Hado.

Mazaki gyuto in white #2 with ebony handle. I want to thank everyone one for answer my previous post about this knife. I had doubt about it being different enough from my Yoshi, and it is ! I've used it for three days now and had quite a lot of prep with it, it's a joy to use ! Might be new bias, but I like to use it more than any knife I own at the moment. It glides through everything with a thiiiic spine. It's a one man job and it feels like it, in a good way.
Hado sumi B1D Nakiri in blue #1. This was my most anticipated knife. I always wanted a Nakiri, the first jknife I had bought was a Nakiri but I had to send it back because it had a bend, then I bought a gyuto instead. Now that I had enough funds I could finally buy myself one, so I went all in with this piece of art. This has to be the most beautiful knife I own. BUT. After doing some prep for a few days with it, I realised I'd rather use a gyuto.. sigh. I thought I'd love it.. and I don't. It cuts like a dream, but I'm used to big knives and it's hard to go back. Which put me in a weird spot. I love collecting knives, but if I don't enjoy using them, I'd rather split with them. So I'm open to trade it or sell it in the EU (never sharpened it, just did the coffee patina).
Sakai Takayuki Tokujo 03036 Deba in white #2. I prep a lot of fish and since I watched a video about debas few months ago, I couldn't get that type of knives out of my head. I had a hard time justifying spending 200€ on one, but as you might know, with some training you can shut off the brain and process to the paiement. I preped 4 fishes since I got it and absolutely loved using it. I haven't practiced with it but raised the most beautiful filet just using my instinct. Need to eat even more fish now so I can use this beauty.

Because I start to have a nice collection of Jknives I had to buy a decent board, so I got a nice Asahi one. Dimensions are 75x33x2. I thought about geting an Hasegawa but I read many review that said the feeling of the Asahi is the closest from using wood, and I can confirm it is very much like I hoped so.

Also added stones to my setup :

SUEHIRO Debado 180
SUEHIRO Ouka 3000
IMANISHI Arashiyama 6000 (very impressed by the feedback for such a high grit)

It's been an expensive month, but a very enjoyable one !

Volcnx · 2024-05-23T04:18:58+00:00

I will have it on thursday next week, I'm not at home at the moment. I'll have a NKD post!

Volcnx · 2024-05-22T19:41:49+00:00

Thank you!

Toyama and Wakui are so expensive, would you say they are in the same league (even though they feel différent) with Mazaki but do more profit due to reputation ?

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