a good pu knife

[puerhking]

This works so well I am compelled to share. This is in appearance a peeler. However to those with a skilled eye....it is clearly a pu knife. It comes to a point and is slightly sharp at the tip. The curvature of the peeler keeps it from flexing. The point allows for isolating a particular leaf if need be or diving into a beeng with a more aggresive hand. It simply works great. And of course it is made in China.

[tenuki]

probably started life as an oyster knife in japan it has the beefy handle and strong good quality blade to really pry stuff out if need be but is small enough to maneuver around to get that whole leaf. flat on one side and beveled on the other makes following a layer easy. most perfect puerh knife ever.

[hop_goblin]

My pu knife serves its purpose quite well. However, like the others, it was not meant to be a pu knife but a letter opener. Nonetheless, it does the trick. It also has an added bonus at the back in - a blade. It comes in handy when opening tea packages, cutting through bubble wrap or tongs.

[Salsero]

Pretty picture, Hop. Now you have to tell us what that gorgeous bing is.

[hop_goblin]

Pretty picture, Hop. Now you have to tell us what that gorgeous bing is.

2004 Nanjian Zhai Zhi Po

[Trioxin]

I'm all about the letter openers

[Salsero]

Dang that is such a nice photo, Trioxin. What is the background? Are there two light sources or did you bounce light from one?

[Trioxin]

Thanks Sal. The background is a lacquered serving tray with dual light sources. Then of course, I photoshopped the shit out of it. A combination of blurring and sharpening gives it that surreal effect. Then darkened till you nearly loose detail, the brighten till you nearly blow out the highlights. Its kinda my thing.

[tony shlongini]

Some of those cakes can be a bear to pry apart, let alone tie bings. For particularly recalcitrant tuos or bings, I use a rigid Japanese boning knife called a honesuki. It can tear through anything, but you wouldn't want to slip.