Rule 5 right to left.
Robin Dalman: extra tall stainless 240mm Gyuto
Toyama: stainless clad blue 2 240mm Gyuto
Moritsuga (Toyama) : KU carbon clad blue 2 165mm Nakiri
Choil shots are in the same order as the list.
This thing is insane. The tip is a needle. I think it bent when I looked at it.
Specs:
Tinker saber tooth forged by Takumi Ikeda and sharpened by Takayuki Shibata. Handle is custom from @letshendlethis ( ig handle ) wood is curly redwood from scherlfirrarts ( ig handle ).
Steel: aogami super
Length: 231 mm
Height: 38 mm
Direct from shibata took 11 months from order email to forging day.
Stating the obvious Kramer's physical acting was a huge part of the character.
What's your favorite gif of the most kramer physical acting?
I went with the reaction to the light in the Kenny Rogers episode.
Share yours in the comments.
Thought about it. Considered many. Went with the moops.
What's yours?
Lucky enough to own these two by Simon. Simon is active on instagram and is very nice.
Top:
215 x 51 mm Gyuto 135cr3 clad in wrought iron with a nickel twist
Bottom:
175 x 50 mm ko-Gyuto 135cr3 clad in dirty wrought.
Choil shots are followed by the full specs for each knife.
After yesterday's random SOTC of sujis , Bread knives, honesukes and santokus, here are the rectangles.
Left to right
- Takeda 210 mm x 110mm NAS chuko bucho small ( it's huge 😂. Not small at all)
- Shibata koutetsu 170 mm chromax boss nakiri
- Tetsujin 167 mm blue 2 nakiri ( I messed around and put a coffee patiina on it. That's why it looks like it does ¯\_(ツ)_/¯)
Top
- Shindo 172 mm aogami super nakiri
Choil shots follow the order listed above.
240 mm ginsan Gyuto Nakagawa x Myojin
Hi TCK as we near the end of the collection I bring you the randons.
The kamon is my favorite by far. It's a top 3 from the entire collection.
From left to right ( choil shots are in the same order )
Hey TCK, I guess I’m on a roll — after the gyutos and bunkas earlier this week, here are the pettys!
Left to right:
Takeda — 160mm Ko-Sasanoha — Aogami Super — stainless clad
Shun — 165mm petty — VG-MAX — damascus clad
Tetsujin — 165mm petty — Aogami #2 — Tamura x Myojin
Tetsujin — 165mm petty — Ginsan — Tamura x Myojin
Hatsukokoro Shinkiro (Nihei) — 150mm petty — Aogami Super — damascus clad
Takamura — 130mm petty — SG2
Adonis Forged Arts — 100mm Monolith paring — 420 stainless
Tojiro — 70mm bird’s beak — VG-10 — stainless damascus clad
Thanks for looking — happy to answer questions on any of them!
Hi TCK, the gyuto post got me in the posting flow — so here are the bunkas!
1: Hitohira Tanaka x Kyuzo — 177mm bunka — Aogami #1 — migaki finish
2: Forester — 190mm bunka — V Toku 2 — S-grind, mammoth and bog oak handle
3: Hado Sumi — 175 mm — Aogami #1 — damascus
4: Mazaki — 180mm — Shirogami #2 — migaki finish
5: Masashi — Kokuen 175mm — SLD — kurouchi finish
6: Lustthal — 150mm — C130 — wrought iron clad
Choil shots are in the same order as above.
Thanks for looking — happy to answer questions on any of them!
Hey Reddit, finally got around to doing a SOTC, so here goes!
Top row, left to right:
Shibata Koutetsu — 210mm “Boss Bunka” — R2/SG2 — (let’s be honest, it’s really a k-tip gyuto 😂)
Shibata Koutetsu — 195mm “Battleship” gyuto — R2/SG2
Mazaki — 210mm gyuto — Shirogami #1 — kurouchi finish
Mazaki — 210mm gyuto — Shirogami #2 — stainless clad, migaki finish
Nihei — 210mm k-tip gyuto — Aogami Super — damascus, custom JNS finish (basically a Shinkiro finished by JNS)
Hatsukokoro Shinkiro (Nihei) — 210mm gyuto — Aogami Super — kurouchi damascus
Konosuke — 210mm gyuto — Shirogami #2 — forged by Nihei
Yoshikane — 210mm gyuto — SKD — extra tall
Second row, left to right:
Hudson Torrens — 210mm gyuto — 52100 — mono steel
Yoshida Hamono — 210mm gyuto — HAP40
Bryan Raquin — 195mm gyuto — 145SC — XC10 clad
Simon Maillet — 215mm gyuto — 135Cr3 — wrought iron clad with nickel twist
Birgersson — 240mm gyuto — ApexUltra — wrought iron clad
Hitohira Nao — 180mm gyuto — SG2 — Myojin
Tetsujin — 240mm k-tip gyuto — Ginsan — Tamura x Myojin
Tetsujin — 240mm k-tip gyuto — Aogami #2 — Tamura x Myojin
Touroku Sakai — 240mm gyuto — Ginsan — Nakagawa x Myojin
Bottom:
Knot Handcrafted — 225mm k-tip gyuto — 52100
Choil shots follow in the same order as numbered above. No choil shot for The Knot. Reddit only allows 20 photos. If you want it comment or dm me. 😂
Thanks for looking.
Happy to answer questions on any of them!i
Getting the Japanese knives I want is proving difficult. Fujiyama, Tanaka x Izo, Tetsujin MF, Tanaka x Kyuzo, le sigh 😂.
I still need to scratch the itch obviously. So lately I've been buying more western makers.
Glad to own this from Bryan.
Haven't had a chance to use it yet.
Rule 5 :
Satin finish Gyuto
198 x50
145sc core XC10 cladding
Maybe one day I will be lucky enough to scorea big boy knife from Antoine for now I grapped this monolith steak knife when I had the chance.
Rule 5:
Maker: Antoine Kniamen
Shape: Monolith steak knife
Steel: 1.4034 stainless
Edge Length: 116 mm
Happy to add another Myojin to my collection. The Hitohora finish is 🤤
Rule 5:
Shape: Gyuto
Length: 180 mm
Steel: SG2
Finish: Kasumi
Was lucky enough to get this from Simon.
Rule 5
Range: Tetsu
Length: 215 mm
Height: 51 mm
Core: 135CR3
Cladding: wrought iron and nickel
Weight: 188 g
Taped: 5,6/2,2/0.8
Finsih: Nickel twist with deepetch and kasumi polish
Not the whole collection. Dont tell my wife. 🫠😬
Luckily won the draw for the recent pk3 production drop.