330mm damascus pattern Aogami steel blade on my way. What's even better, Shinichi threw in keyaki handle and another small present for me. He's a really cool guy, besides being an excellent maker. Pix and initial review once I get my hands on it.
Thursday, August 13, 2009 09:08:39
Sites moved again
New host, new box, and perhaps new bugs. I have moved again. But, now I have php5, mysql 5 and the whole thing should be mucho faster :)
Saturday, August 8, 2009 23:42:45
Man, that's a knife. Well, chukabocho to be precise, a.k.a. chinese cleaver. I already have one from Takeda, but this one is bigger, 230mm vs. 210mm and the blade is slightly curved. I chose curved blade geometry as an experiment. We'll see how it will work out. Wuality is very good and the handle is one of the most substantial stock handles I have ever seen. Even thicker than on Takedas.
Monday, August 3, 2009 21:30:20
Basic review of the fugubiki is posted. There is no usage section, as I have not used it so far, but the rest is there, specs, detailed report of blade, handle and general report are all there, plus the photos of this gorgeous knife. Basically it's a 300mm long razor.
Saturday, August 1, 2009 09:35:54
Moritaka just contacted me and notified that my chukabocho is ready :) Original estimate was 2-3 moths, but I got lucky somehow and it was made in less than 3 weeks! Can't wait. Aogami Super steel at 65HRC! Talk about hard blades.
Wednesday, July 29, 2009 21:38:30
No photos yet. 210mm long Aogami II steel blade. Kamagata style. Faint lines of damascus pattern, too faint to my liking, but it's a good knife, from a good maker.
Thursday, July 23, 2009 17:32:51
This 300mm long, kitaeji blade is 20 years old, and in excellent shape too. It was an lucky buy from Takeshi, the knife showed up all of the sudden on his site - aframestokyo.com, I couldn't miss it. 300mm Fugubikis are really rare, too hard to make a blade that hard and long without warping. Takes a true master to do that.
Monday, July 20, 2009 09:18:54
I guess I just couldn't be without a new knife for too long. Ordered Moritaka Hamono Chukabocho, aka Chinese cleaver. Aogami Super steel, 65HRC. That should do some severe veggie chopping. Now the hard part, waiting for it.
Thursday, July 16, 2009 17:00:10
Famous Japanese knifemaker, Moritaka contributed the photo of Kawamuki. Looks like few other knives, but it is Kawamuki :) All that naming is really confusing. Anyway, we have a photo.
Thursday, July 16, 2009 16:54:12
Productive day, nothing to say... Added few new knife types to that database. Including such weird things as candy knife and pumpkin knife. I already had Watermelon knife in there and thought that was weird enough, but steamed fishcake knife just blew me away.
Wednesday, July 15, 2009 00:02:12