Switched to center column design. Should be easier to read. Also, fixed super wide knife steel composition table in the firefox browsers. Sadly, they never fixed word break issue, it's been around for years. Well, it's same as in other browsers now, had to code workaround.
Tuesday, November 9, 2010 21:45:40
300K hits reached :) And I'm still working on the next gen chart builder.
Friday, November 5, 2010 22:24:26
Benchmade 707 Sequel's cousin, made for Blackwater company. Nice, little folder, in may ways identical to the predecessor, but the blade geometry is different. Enough to make oyu think about choosing one or the other, unles you want them both. 154CM steel, G10 handles, all black design, complete with Blakcwater logo. Details in the review.
Monday, November 1, 2010 18:59:29
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