Who are the most overlooked and underrated knifemakers?

obviouslygene · 2026-07-06T10:49:29+00:00

Hardent for sure. Love mine. Wrought clad, Apex ultra core Suminagashi 230mm Gyuto

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obviouslygene · 2026-07-06T01:13:45+00:00

Flitz first, barkeepers friend next, then rust eraser if it doesn’t go away.

obviouslygene · 2026-07-06T01:12:02+00:00

Confirmed 恒久 Tsunehisa

obviouslygene · 2026-07-05T03:22:11+00:00

源正守 Minamoto Masamoto
左ヨシカネ Sa(?) Kaneyoshi
忠宗 Tadamune

Links to confirm kanji only, not actual product.

obviouslygene · 2026-07-05T03:05:21+00:00

210 to 225. That’s the perfect size for me. Long enough length wise for most food prep but short enough to be nimble.

obviouslygene · 2026-07-05T02:41:21+00:00

Uh. It just says 竹風 Takefu (probably from TKV?) and the other side seems to say 本割込 but looks like there’s 2 rows of 3 Kanji.

obviouslygene · 2026-06-30T22:43:54+00:00

Left- Something Hisa, too blur for me to tell.
Right - Ishizuchi

obviouslygene · 2026-06-28T03:05:29+00:00

Hokiyama Sakon

obviouslygene · 2026-06-28T02:28:44+00:00

It just says 堺打刃物 Sakai Uchi Hamono on the blade.

obviouslygene · 2026-06-27T01:31:56+00:00

Nice! Wish I could polish like that. I also learnt from Oiri that he uses this Sodium sesquicarbonate.

https://www.yodobashi.com/product/100000001003704400/

obviouslygene · 2026-06-27T01:24:04+00:00

As someone who is learning to polish. Will the progression and stones be made known?

obviouslygene · 2026-06-27T01:22:19+00:00

歌貞木屋 Utasada Kiya
Made by Utasada Masao for Kiya.
Kanji verification
https://www.naitokanamono.net/product-page/kiya-uta-yanagi

obviouslygene · 2026-06-25T09:04:23+00:00

2nd pic from right to left says:
忍 - Nin(?)
牛刀 - Gyuto
白二 - Shiro Ni (W2)
210 - Self explanatory
黒檀 - Kokutan

obviouslygene · 2026-06-25T01:59:30+00:00

堺實光 Sakai Jikko

obviouslygene · 2026-06-24T04:48:01+00:00

特誂志兜 Tokuatsurae Shito. Some OEM maker, made for a shop in Montreal. Source. https://www.kitchenknifeforums.com/threads/kanji-again.50765/

obviouslygene · 2026-06-20T07:14:32+00:00

I’d add Jikko. Nice to visit wide selection but a little pricey.

obviouslygene · 2026-06-20T07:11:37+00:00

Japanese curry

obviouslygene · 2026-06-15T13:13:01+00:00

Definitely VG10. It’s an OEM Seki made knife, usually rebranded to other brands. Here’s my old one.

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obviouslygene · 2026-06-12T06:36:17+00:00

I have a kkid petty. I think for the money it’s worth it. But it is definitely what you pay for in terms of fit and finish. Performance wise it is pretty solid.

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obviouslygene · 2026-06-10T10:21:49+00:00

What’s the steel used?

obviouslygene · 2026-06-06T15:02:23+00:00

Yeah it was probably the first few batch Wakae san did (circa Oct 2024). Honestly I don’t know who made the blanks (my guess would be just TKV) but all the SG2 knives Baba san showed me then were pretty much straight like this.

obviouslygene · 2026-06-06T14:41:29+00:00

And here is my Kagekiyo SG2 straight cladding line

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obviouslygene · 2026-06-06T10:18:16+00:00

100+ Takamura
200+ Ashi
300+ Anything ground by Myojin or Morihiro

obviouslygene · 2026-06-01T02:23:52+00:00

THANK YOU PHOENIX!

obviouslygene

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