Sep 20th, '08, 16:11
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Trioxin wrote:I'd be missing a few fingers by now using one of my Japanese knifes. Though It might be kinda fun to go to town on a cake with my 11" Yanagi.
I have a few Japanese knives.
Of course, even a moderately compacted beeng would ruin the edge of your yanagi. (11"? You got a short one. ) The only ones I would attempt to use would be a hankotsu or honesuki.
Have you been bitten by the water stone acquisition disorder bug yet?
11" is still longer than what I need it for. Larger fresh whole fish is a rarity in the midwest. Unless of course you're talking catfish.tony shlongini wrote:Trioxin wrote:I'd be missing a few fingers by now using one of my Japanese knifes. Though It might be kinda fun to go to town on a cake with my 11" Yanagi.
I have a few Japanese knives.
Of course, even a moderately compacted beeng would ruin the edge of your yanagi. (11"? You got a short one. ) The only ones I would attempt to use would be a hankotsu or honesuki.
Have you been bitten by the water stone acquisition disorder bug yet?
No waterstones as of yet, not that I haven't looked. For now, I'm using a semi nice set of Norton stones.
Sep 20th, '08, 18:57
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[quote="Trioxin]
11" is still longer than what I need it for. Larger fresh whole fish is a rarity in the midwest. Unless of course you're talking catfish.
No waterstones as of yet, not that I haven't looked. For now, I'm using a semi nice set of Norton stones.[/quote]
Just kidding. A 270mm is plenty long for almost any application.
I have a few stones. Here are about half of them-
http://badgerandblade.com/gallery/displ ... geid=10599
11" is still longer than what I need it for. Larger fresh whole fish is a rarity in the midwest. Unless of course you're talking catfish.
No waterstones as of yet, not that I haven't looked. For now, I'm using a semi nice set of Norton stones.[/quote]
Just kidding. A 270mm is plenty long for almost any application.
I have a few stones. Here are about half of them-
http://badgerandblade.com/gallery/displ ... geid=10599
Sep 21st, '08, 17:18
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