3 VERY STRANGE SANTOKU`S

They made a nice paper face.

Erm I`m an Etsy member and they know I love sharpies so they sent me a strange santoku selection suggestion.
It is a set of three Japanese handmade artisan santoku`s and they are quite unusual ; I`ve never seen anything quite like them before.
No idea about the blacksmith but I could ask the seller I suppose.
They range from the smallest 6 1/2 inch to a middle 8 inch one and the big Daddy one has a ten inch blade which is off the map huge - more like big long bunka.
The steel is Japanese SKD11 which is a type of D2 and they are nicely finished with a lovely green resin Western style handle on each ( I prefer traditional Japanese Wa oval or octagonal ones ) - having lived in The East for ages.They are hardened to HRC 62.
They are like a mad fusion of Asian shaped knives but with the heft of traditional German knives.
They are all big, chunky and heavy - the 6.5 inch one weighs just over 300 grams, the 8 inch one is just over 400 grams and the ten inch one is an unbelievable 500 grams which is mental.
Hardly any need to chop normally with these - they are so heavy that they go right through a tomato or medium carrot just by resting the blade on top of `em; like my medium heavy caidao`s.
All three of the blades are an 1/8th of an inch thick which is mad for supposed santoku`s haha !
These are all whoppers going from 13 inches to a 14 inch to the biggest one at sixteen inches.
They make all my other normal santoku`s look like toothpicks.
The blades are all very wide as well - more than two and a half inches.
How do they perform ? not bad actually ; above average sharpness out of the box and after a quick dance on the diamonds they are shaving sharp.
I am used to big heavy knives with varying balance points so they don`t faze me - price was very reasonable considering the quality.
Personally I like them - they`re striking and unique.
I love green so much I`m getting the whole downstairs astroturfed - that`ll cheer me up - sure beats prozac haha !
My Gf likes the look of them but they`re a bit too heavy for her and she prefers full stainless to a semi formulation - these are definitely not girly knives - good job I`m a caveman.
Now where to store them ? - I`ve got nowhere where they`ll fit - but I simply had to scoop `em up `cos I have a sharpie addiction.

 

Interesting. I'm partial to unusual knives, something standard that somebody tries to do differently. Nice find!

 

Thanks Wagner I got `em ` cos they were a total bargain and big, chunky and hard.
Also I adore the colour green - it`s so calming and tranquil - this fashion for grey furniture and clothes is so depressing and boring for me personally - I`m a mad old hippy ; I like colour and flower power (trained herbalist) - it cheers people up !