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Pascal
06-20-2009, 04:19 PM
a cheap, nice looking, german knife

http://www.nesmuk.de/englisch/kollektion_kochmesser.php

Anybody tried/own one of those Nesmuks ?
heyhung
06-20-2009, 04:52 PM
Wait, that knife is listed as 4900 euros?!?! You poor Europeans. (That's $6838.93 in USD)

For that price, there better be a virtual tour of that knife so you can see it at all angles. :) (I wish there was a choil shot as right now, it looks like a left handed single-bevel kiritsuke to me) At least it comes with a saya.

Never heard of Nesmuk before, but it looks like Nesmuk uses a patented Stainless Steel blend (what's a high niobium content mean for the metallurgy men here?).

Makes the $900 Doi yanagis at Korin look like a down-right bargain (which they really are for a historical treasure... I'm just not much of a history buff) :D

Cheers, Herb
mainaman
06-20-2009, 04:58 PM
I thought you said cheap not dirt cheap :mad: those are not even worth my money unless its at least 5k Euro I am not interested
bikehunter
06-20-2009, 05:25 PM
a cheap, nice looking, german knife

http://www.nesmuk.de/englisch/kollektion_kochmesser.php

Anybody tried/own one of those Nesmuks ?

If you want a hand made "nesmuk" try Daniel Koster. I don't have one, but he has a very good reputation.

http://www.kosterknives.com/
Seb
06-20-2009, 06:53 PM
There are some cheaper ones here:

http://www.everten.com.au/category/Nesmuk-Janus-Knives.html/
bikehunter
06-20-2009, 07:24 PM
There are some cheaper ones here:

http://www.everten.com.au/category/Nesmuk-Janus-Knives.html/

It appears that I may have mispoken..Koster's knives are called "Nessmuk" and I assumed that they were at least close. The blade configuation is obviously quite different. Also, the link above displays "Nesmuk" cutting boards. What's with that? Is it a type of knife or products from a particular region...or what?
SShepherd
06-20-2009, 11:23 PM
niobium is hypoallergenic ( just incase you become a knife sheath)

is also very corrosion resistant
iceman01
06-21-2009, 03:20 AM
There are cheaper versions available.knives, cuttingboards,... (http://www.messerkontor.eu/index.php?manufacturers_id=72&XTC)
But you can get very expensive cuttingboards and knifeblocks.
What I find strange is that these cheaper knives are hollow ground.
Alchemist
06-21-2009, 03:43 AM
As soon as I saw it I realized - I have to have one. Just need to hop over to the bank real quick and take out a new mortgage on the farm first... ;)
Pascal
06-21-2009, 04:49 AM
I wish there was a choil shot as right now, it looks like a left handed single-bevel kiritsuke to me

From the movie in the "press" section of their site, it is a symmetric bevel, and both faces are hollow ground.
They have a cheaper line (Janus), and a diamond coated one (Diamor, also cheaper), non damascus, with the same design...

What I find interesting is that high-end german knifemakers are going japanese style....