My first Japanese Gyuto, a Moritaka AS 210 mm
Well done sir!
Have you gotten your knife yet? If not, what's your preference on maintenance (low or high), carbon or stainless? For Japanese knives, I think most would agree that you should focus on steel first before brand. Carbon is sharp but would require you to wipe all the time to prevent rusting. Stainless is also sharp (HRC 59-62) but not as sharp as carbon steel (HRC 60-65). Then after than is mostly workmanship from different blacksmiths. Popular ones are typically more expensive for good reasons. But yeah, most people go for Tojiro because it is sharp and stainless, I think Tojiro DP is HRC 61 (too lazy to check), effortless to maintain, but plain.My wife and I are adulting particularly hard these days and best Japanese knives it’s time to upgrade to a decent chef’s knife.
I don’t want to spend a ton of money, but she’s an excellent cook and I want to get her something nice.
What brands?
How does it sharpen and patina? Mine gives this orange/yellow color within 10 minutes of sharpening but it's aogami #2. I hope AS gives a better patina than #2. AS wasn't available when I was trying to get one in honesuki.
are those all originally kurouchi or just the angle caused the color diff?I have an entire drawer full of knives. Mostly Watanabe and Tojiro. But the knives I reach for every day are the Watanabe shown below.
180mm gyuto
120?mm petty
180mm nakiri
All are Blue #2
If I’m just cutting vegetables I likely reach for the nakiri. If I want to do some cutting that will require a bit more dexterity (cutting up meat, cutting up a bell pepper) I will reach for the gyuto. If I’m cutting something I hold in my hand I grab the petty.
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How does it sharpen and patina? Mine gives this orange/yellow color within 10 minutes of sharpening but it's aogami #2. I hope AS gives a better patina than #2. AS wasn't available when I was trying to get one in honesuki.
How does it sharpen and patina? Mine gives this orange/yellow color within 10 minutes of sharpening but it's aogami #2. I hope AS gives a better patina than #2. AS wasn't available when I was trying to get one in honesuki.
Wow man, you didn't have to sharpen it just for me. Mine looks about the same but your shows a better contrast in blueLets see how well it shows. View attachment 1483846
Wow man, you didn't have to sharpen it just for me. Mine looks about the same but your shows a better contrast in blue
Oh my. Someone's not fooling around. That's a beautiful knife.
Oh my. Someone's not fooling around. That's a beautiful knife.
How does it sharpen and patina? Mine gives this orange/yellow color within 10 minutes of sharpening but it's aogami #2. I hope AS gives a better patina than #2. AS wasn't available when I was trying to get one in honesuki.
The patina is slow to show. I haven’t messed with the edge yet.