Posts by saabracer23

This knife is truly incredible! It's a konosuke hd 270mm gyuto. I'm coming from a cheap set of henkels and this is a whole new realm of sharp. Many thanks to all especially BDL for his advise. Jon from JKI was a true pleasure to buy...

Wow, I just checked out that link and if Iranian is anywhere near or better the quality of Kashmiri than that's great. It's less than half the price at that site! Dan

Quote:Originally Posted by KYHeirloomer  Thanks Pete and FF. But it's a hopeless effort. By tomorrow I'll be getting them confused again. Just one of the reasons I'm a writer instead of a mathamatician.   Saabracer, you're getting too...

I was actually thinking the same thing as well. Doing a rice dish from Good Eats. From what I looked up there are about 20 threads per pinch and 23 "pinches" per gram. So the blister pack is looking more appealing as each blister seems...

Thank you for the response, as far as sources I just did research online and some cooking shows. I have heard Kashmiri is the best/better stuff. I have read that baby brand is the best quality. If I'm not going to tell much of a...

Hello all, I wanting to purchase some saffron, as I have never used it but have found some good looking recipes that call for it. I am wanting to order online and was hoping to get some help on what exactly to get. I want the Kashmiri...

If you can stretch your budget a little how about a Mac mighty, maybe step it down the the 8-1/2". Dan

I decided to take the plunge. I just got off the phone with Jon from Japanese knife imports (which was interesting as he is in the mountains of japan) and ordered the Konosuke HD gyuto in 270mm with rosewood octagon handle with marbled...

Thanks for the reply, I'm stuck! After reading BDLs review of the hd I'm thinking it may not be the knife for me, nor any laser. I'm worried about thin not having enough "heft". And now I'm hearing some are very difficult to sharpen....

Thank you very much for the input, that is definitely a possibility! I think I'm going to hold off until I hear what BDL says about his new knife. The masamotos have a strong following. What benefits would the masamoto white steel #2...