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nice honyaki there
hire me, every kitchen needs an asian cutter
Wow! some really nice pieces. (and I'm not talking about the fish either!) could you say a few words about the bottom three in the fourth photo from the top? those look particularly stunning.
KC, it's a different world here in fly-over country. (I'd also love to see how you got those sheets)
Those three are from Mr. Itou. Abalone santoku (I actually don't have that one any more.) Then a Combination handle ivory, turqouise and Granite (I think) and one of those crazy colorfull handles on the parer.
From JCK
"Chef knives out of the special powdered steel called R2. His name is Hiroo Itou from FukuiCity, northern part of Japan. He has explained me that this powdered steel is made by Kobe Steel Company (Kobelco), one of the biggest steel maker in Japan. He said they never show him the chemical analysis of the steel (it seems they want to keep it confidencial to prevent being copied by other steel makers), but he found this steel the best for the kitchen knives in terms of the sharpness, edge retention, durability and rust resistance. I have asked him how good it is compared with other powdered steel such as Cowry (Daido steel) and ZDP (Hitachi steel), and he said, oh, uncomparable..... it is much far better than those powdered steels."
He uses this R2 powdered steel for the core edge heat treated to Rockwell Rc 62,hand forged with 16 layered hard and soft stainless steel materials (total 33 layered Damascus blade).
The only knives I don't use on a regular basis.
Last edited by Saltydog; 03-07-2009 at 08:01 AM. Reason: cus i'm an idiot
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I'm drooling. Not at fish eitherOriginally Posted by Alchemist
I'm not saying the other ones are any less impressive - to be sure, these are very serious tools of the trade! But the ones I mentioned are absolute Jewels! I'm usually not very fond of CPM steels - but these look like they are truly in a league all on their own. Kudas to Mr. Itou, I am impressed.
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That's the first time ivexseen a mizuno sumigashi wagyutopretty
It's the only one.
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Beautiful. Can you give us some measures? Spine, weight, etc?
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