Got them on Saturday, pix and specs coming soon. One is mine, small utlility/peeler, looks more like a muki, slightly different, as I was designing it for specific purpose, to be precise vegetable cleaning/prepping. Secondone was for my friend, large, 240mm miroshi deba.
Wednesday, October 20, 2010 16:34:37
While YoshiBlade website tells you in many ways how wonderful and universal their knives are, and how they replace drawers of knives, their care and maintenance brochure is far more restrictive and tells you exactly what you shouldn't attempt with ceramic knife. Definitely worth reading before buying the knife. I think it is very wrong not putting those warnings on the same website where they promote their knives, because online sales is the primary source. Although, given their tactics to lure unsuspecting buyers into buying more on their site, I'm not surprised.
Monday, October 18, 2010 18:15:17
One more Miyabi 7000MC knife, this time the shortest knife in that line. ZDp-189 steel used to make the 7000MC series of knives is mainly what makes them interesting to me. Although, I am not so fond of the utility knives, since I can't find much of the use for them, I still tried my best to use it for bunch of things. Details in the review.
Thursday, October 14, 2010 22:29:14
One more borrowed knife for sharpening and evaluation, and one more Sur La Table exclusive knife too. SG2 steel, at 63HRC is really good for sujihiki, or a slicer and quality/craftsmanship are really good, just what you'd expect from Miyabi. I'd be happier if it had ZDP-189 steel, but then again, it's not my knife and after all it's still a lot better performer than more expensive counterparts fro mnenox. Can't say it's the best bang for the back either.
Wednesday, October 13, 2010 22:03:40
Another overdue review, but better late than never. Aritsugu fugubiki, which was my first fugubiki actually.Went through the notes collected during over a year period of its use, played with it again and the results is there. I really like it. Slim, slender, it's a cutting machine, incredibly sharp and super hard steel. Details in the review.
Tuesday, October 12, 2010 15:33:45
Added Hitachi YXR7 high speed tool steel composition.
Sunday, October 10, 2010 21:42:05
Haven't seen it for a while, then, G-48 santoku ended up with me once again, to get sharpening job done. I guess I forgot what it was since then :) Anyway, sharpened, played with it a little. It's a weird santoku, come to think of it, the point, blade geometry, etc. Still, it's a good knife fro average guy concerned with quality knives. It wont' match performance of the true Japanese style santokus, but for westernized knife, it's pretty good.
Saturday, October 9, 2010 23:05:55
For several name records W-Nr names were listed as DIN standard names. Both are German, but standards are different.
Friday, October 8, 2010 23:39:41
One of the best looking knives in my quite large kitchen knives collection, and one of the best performers as well. What more would you ask form a knife, or any other tool for that matter. Had it more than a year, and this was one of the backlogged reviews to post. The new handle is still in making process with Stefan, but other than that, the knife is just super.
Thursday, October 7, 2010 23:09:58