After struggling with BIOS not willing to save any changes ended up with cross-flashing BIOS. Using ASUS Rampage formula BIOS for my old Maximus X38. Well, I got X48 chipset after all ;) Now, if I only can get my hands on those OCZ blade series memory, I can definitely hit 4ghz. Stuck with measily 3.4ghz...
Monday, June 15, 2009 10:53:09
While waiting for the new platform next year decided to upgrade CPU and RAM. Got brand spanking new Intel Q9650 core 2 quad. 4 cores will do for now. Obviously something had to go wrong with overclock. Asus Maximus formula mobo decided to ignore my FSB settings after flashing BIOS. For 3 hours it would revert any FSB setting to 333hz. Called Asus tech support, I was told someone would call me back shortly, since all the technicians who had some knowledge of motherboards were busy. Obviously nobody called back. Cleared cmos, and set some other params in bios along with the FSB. All of the sudden it all worked. Because ofthe crappy Kingston memory the maximum OC I can get for now is 3.42ghz. It is a shame, ppl run that chip over 4ghz on air and I am watercooled... Couldn't get RAM, OCZ blade low voltage is out of stock everywhere...
Friday, June 12, 2009 22:44:16
Just received back polished blades that were re-hardened by Phil Wilson back few weeks ago. Look much better and actually close to mirror polish than after rehardening. Pix and more details later. The whole story why and what was rehardened is in the link for this entry.
Thursday, June 11, 2009 22:18:25
Beautiful knife as you will see on the photos. It was suposed ot be 190mm, but there was a conversion error in Japan, came out 240mm instead ;) I like it better that way.
Monday, June 8, 2009 20:08:39
Update in Tadatsuna 270mm Shirogami(White Steel) gyuto knife review. Inox steel details added. Some updates on comps pages. Rig component details corrected. Preparing for moderate upgrade - cpu plus memory.
Thursday, June 4, 2009 13:09:54
I've had it for a while now, and used it a lot. Even though it gave me some troubles in the beginning, now it's set on 15 degree angle and cutting like crazy. Well, takes patina like crazy too. Still, very efficient and precise knife. Pleasure to use in short. Read the full review for more details.
Tuesday, June 2, 2009 23:58:47
After waiting for this knife few months it is finally here. CPM S110V is a steel that is hard to come by, but Phil made it. Medium, upswept blade, very suitable for skinners. Blade is 5" long and around 3mm thick. Another superb cuter in my collection with very high edge holding. Initial review and pix coming up this weekend I hope.
Thursday, May 28, 2009 21:51:36
Well, long story short. I just picked up 13 new kitchen knives to sharpen and review. New as in new to me and not reviewed on this site. Quite a catch, except they all are pretty messed up in terms of their edge sharpness and I have to sharpen them all. On the positive side I have few months to play with them. I won't really enjoy using those knives, and it is unlikely that I will use them heavily, but for testing purposes it will do. Overall, I got 1 Furi cleaver, yes that Furi knife, which I dont' even consider a knife, plus 1 Shun classic santoku, 4 Henckels, 2 Wusthofs and 5 Porsche design knives ;) Porsches are a kick. Weirdo looking blades with crappy 301 stainless steel, and priced like Porsche. I guess only Porsche would have the guts to price cheapo stainless steel knives that high. Cutco still beats them with their prices, but even Cutco junk 440A steel is better than Porsche knives 301 stainless.
Wednesday, May 27, 2009 23:04:35
Fixed knife edge grind type page image styles. Now it will not jump below the other divs. Updated Tadatsuna 270mm Shirogami Gyuto Review.
Monday, May 25, 2009 15:48:24
Interesting knife from very famous and respected maker. The thinnest gyuto in my collection. Just 2mm thick blade. For 270mm long blade that is really thin. Compared to western kitchen knives this one is a razor. Cuts exceptionally good too. One more interesting aspect, Shirogami or white steel. Very pure alloy, gets extremely sharp.
Sunday, May 24, 2009 19:05:55