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Recent Content by timthebeaver

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    Knife Giveaway!

    I'm in. Thanks for the opportunity, Taylor .
    Post by: timthebeaver, Oct 20, 2014 in forum: Se Ecglast
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    WATCHES/TIMEPIECES

    Almost as ugly as it is absurd. Ymmv.
    Post by: timthebeaver, Apr 14, 2014 in forum: The Off Topic Room
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    What's your one "Go To" knife?

    Zensho-Yoshikane SKD-12 migaki, 240mm.
    Post by: timthebeaver, Mar 10, 2014 in forum: The Kitchen Knife
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    Show your chuka-bocho, show your cleaver

    V2 (Takefu) sits somewhere between Hitachi white #2 and blue #2. As always though, it means very little. The skill of the smith is infinitely...
    Post by: timthebeaver, Mar 9, 2014 in forum: The Kitchen Knife
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    Show your chuka-bocho, show your cleaver

    #6 is the thin blade model, #7 is the medium blade, and is c. 100 grams heavier.
    Post by: timthebeaver, Mar 2, 2014 in forum: The Kitchen Knife
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    Outstanding knives

    No, it is a hamon. It's not a clad knife - it's a mizu-honyaki. Hamon are less pronounced on aogami (vs. shirogami) honyaki as the steel is...
    Post by: timthebeaver, Mar 2, 2014 in forum: The Kitchen Knife
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    Outstanding knives

    That awesome Hide was a JKI special order I believe.
    Post by: timthebeaver, Mar 2, 2014 in forum: The Kitchen Knife
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    OK so you only get 1 knife......

    Kramer Damascus Chefs, so I could hawk it on the 'bay for silly money.
    Post by: timthebeaver, Feb 24, 2014 in forum: The Kitchen Knife
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    Knife Brands I should look for, and ones to keep away from

    Some personal favourites include: Yoshikane, Itinomonn, Mizuno Tanrenjo, Watanabe, Sugimoto. Would love to try: Jin, Gesshin Hide, Kato, Catcheside.
    Post by: timthebeaver, Feb 24, 2014 in forum: The Kitchen Knife
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    Pictures of your new acquisitions

    Sweet Yoshi.
    Post by: timthebeaver, Feb 21, 2014 in forum: The Kitchen Knife
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    Inexpensive (or maybe just really good value) Knives

    Zhen VG-10, $50 for an 8" gyuto, Sugimoto CM 210mm wa-gyuto, $70. Kiwi 8" chefs knife, carbon - < $10 is probably the best value knife out there.
    Post by: timthebeaver, Feb 21, 2014 in forum: The Kitchen Knife
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    Carbon vs Stainless, What's your poison?

    Stainless clad, tool steel core for gyuto.
    Post by: timthebeaver, Feb 20, 2014 in forum: The Kitchen Knife
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    Shwmae

    Wales up in here. TTB.
    Thread by: timthebeaver, Feb 20, 2014, 13 replies, in forum: New Member Check-In