Pictures of your new acquisitions

Mail call from Monday:

220mm beast from Bryan Raquin
Ohira suita
Narutaki Kiita iromono

From Bryan's page:

"workhorse gyuto
Blade 220mm (san mai 145sc)
heel : 55mm
handle : burnt oak , shiny finish
thickness from 6mm at the handle to 2.2mm half blade .
heavier than my usual knives"

 

NICE!

 

Just picked this up, haven't had a chance to use it yet.

Toyama 240mm Shirogami #2

 

Damn!

 

Two chef knives, the top is a 220mm out of Elmax from Andrei Nikolaevich and the bottom is an integral 220mm 52100 chef from Alex Horn who is one of the Muteki smiths:


Really nice transition from the bolster to the blade, nice and smooth and very comfy:


Choil shot on the Andrei:

 

Nice knives! Which one cuts better OOTB?

 

Paid WAY to much for this! But what can I say....

 

Hard to say, they both cut well, maybe a slight edge to the Horn. Long term the Horn should sharpen up easier and Andrei's edge should last longer.

Both really well made knives.

 

No idea how much you paid but it's an absolute must try for any kitchen knife enthusiast.

Congrats.

 

Beautiful. Someone put alot of work in that finish.

 

Matt got his a couple days before I received mine. But it was worth the wait!

 

And this amazing gem. Not new, but might as well be. Cris resized and re-profiled it for me, as well as add some updated touches to the handle.

This knife is just off the charts now.

 

Pretty darn sexy right there, sir!!! Hell of a line up.

 

Cris Anderson, Mert Tansu, Joe Schrum, and Michael Rader. Where's Andy Billipp?

 

Can only fit so many gents into one knife bag. May just need a bigger bag?

 

Would need a bigger bank account in my case.....

 

wow pretty sure that was my knife glad to see it ended up here. did so much work on that finish one of my first kasumi polish

 

Mazaki 215mm Gyuto


Tripped over this a couple weeks later and couldn't help myself.
Toyama Damascus 240mm Gyuto

 

Both of those are nice, but that mazaki just really takes the cake for me!

 

The Mazaki has not been a disappointment. It's an excellent knife at an extremely competitive price.