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Hiromoto Aogami Super (AS) Steel Gallery - Full Spa Treatment

Discussion in 'JapaneseKnifeSharpening / Dave Martell Knives' started by Dave Martell, Mar 1, 2014.

  1. Dave Martell

    Dave Martell Professional Craftsman Founding Member

    DC you're probably the reason why Hiromoto was so succesful! :D

    Thanks for the kind words on my work.
     
  2. Mrmnms

    Mrmnms Founding Member Gold Contributor

    The handle work and etching are on these knives are beautiful Dave, but after doing as many knives as I have over the years, the consistency of your edges is pretty humbling.
     
  3. Dave Martell

    Dave Martell Professional Craftsman Founding Member

  4. cheflarge

    cheflarge Founding Member

    Damn sexy work on the Hiramoto's, Dave, you should be very proud!!! :cool:
     
  5. Dave Martell

    Dave Martell Professional Craftsman Founding Member

  6. I still have 3 of the full line I had at one time. Just can't let these ones go :) both Wa handled knives and the 300 suji, and of coarse the one that started it all, the 240 HC the first Japanese kitchen knife (poor thing LOL ) I trained on...
     
  7. Dave Martell

    Dave Martell Professional Craftsman Founding Member

    Here's two Hiromotos that have been gone over top to bottom. They're headed to Austria. [​IMG]


    A couple of things to note....

    1. The koa is killer. The pictures look OK but in real life the handles have such nice movement and character.

    2. The gyuto had twice as much cladding on the left side than the right as well as a slight over grind on both sides in the kanji section. The overgrind is an issue that I've seen off and on over the years (mostly on the right side under the kanji) but the left side being thick is a recent (this year?) situation I've been seeing rather consistently. This was a brand new knife from Japan.


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  8. Wow!
     
  9. Jim

    Jim Old Curmudgeon Founding Member

  10. Dave Martell

    Dave Martell Professional Craftsman Founding Member

  11. James

    James smarter then your average duck Founding Member Gold Contributor

    I donno Jim, there is this super pretty one a couple of pages back with thesw copper liners and pins, has box elder burl, I think it may just be the best ever. Bit I may be biased on the matter
     
  12. Jim

    Jim Old Curmudgeon Founding Member

    HA! I would think you are James.. Now you need the matching knives for a set.
     
  13. Dave Martell

    Dave Martell Professional Craftsman Founding Member

    Please click on the image below for more pictures and information about these two knives....

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  14. Dave Martell

    Dave Martell Professional Craftsman Founding Member

    Here's a 240mm Hiromoto AS gyuto that's been thinned/etched, rounded spine/choil, sharpened & handle upgraded. The owner wanted to take a walk on the wild side so he went with a purple dyed box elder, copper liners & pins. I think that he's got a unique one here for sure! [​IMG]

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  15. Dave Martell

    Dave Martell Professional Craftsman Founding Member

  16. John Fout

    John Fout Founding Member

    I'll attest to never selling mine. And I'll put against knives costing twice as much of what I've paid. It also gets the most comments out of anything in my roll.
     
  17. Dave Martell

    Dave Martell Professional Craftsman Founding Member

    Full spa treatment for this Hiromoto AS Gyuto...


    Dyed Maple Burl with nickel silver pins used for the handle.

    Blade thinned, spine/choil rounded, etched for appearance, & sharpened.

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  18. Maximus

    Maximus Founding Member

    Dave: are you still offering this? I did not see it on your site. I have a 270 wa Sufi that never did much for me in the performance dept, and would be interested in giving yo a shot at it. Pm me details. Thx, Eric
     
  19. Dave Martell

    Dave Martell Professional Craftsman Founding Member

    PM sent :)
     
  20. Dave Martell

    Dave Martell Professional Craftsman Founding Member

    Here's another 240mm Hiromoto AS gyuto post spa treatment. This knife is this customer's 3rd spa treated Hiromoto. [​IMG]

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