Posts by ruscal

Wagstaff - yes i think mine will basically be a gesshin ginga as well - at least it'll have the same steel. if i was in the US i'd probably have bought from JKI, but i'm in the UK and didn't want to pay 2 sets of import charges... so...

so... i'm still waiting for my new konosuke's to be delivered (240mm gyuto & 150mm petty)   and while i was waiting i ordered another knife. a 210mm petty from ashi hamano. i went for the 61HRC stainless option. again with...

ebony handle with the silver ring - yup soon as Kosuke sends me pics i'll upload em here

had a good month at work pay wise so i just ordered some new knives from Konosuke...   i went for the 240mm gyuto and the 150mm petty   i know i wanted a longer suji than the 270mm i ordered, but this was my first...

Quote: Originally Posted by Wagstaff  yes, knife-aholic.  Me too (and it's kind of dumb for me, given that I'd do better to learn to cook better than worry about the next knife).  Of course can't...

Quote: Originally Posted by Capsaicin  LMAO @ "Love Bone" It's a western handle deba.  You-Deba 洋出刃.  "You" 洋 ("western") sounds exactly the same as 陽 ("sun" or "Yang" as in yin and yang) in...

Quote: Originally Posted by angrybob  Ruscal,  Beautiful knife.  I'm curious with the ebony handle, where is the balance point?     the balance point is about 1cm above the...

google chrome translated the japanese text to read "yang" - not sure type of knife this is? is this a Deba...?   

when i first started exploring real knowledge on kitchen knives the longest knife i had was a 16cm global cooks knife.   one of my first "proper" purchases was to get a 240mm western handled gyuto. at first it seemed massive....

suji finally made it past customs today!! only bad thing... get the distinct feeling that maybe i should have got a 300mm... this 270mm feels like maybe its a teensy bit short...