Pictures of your new acquisitions

Holy smokes Souli! Great score! Bill's Dragon's Breath is one of the best and most well executed patterns out there! The only pattern on par is his Serpentine Dragon's Breath.

 

I personally don't mind the reactivity. I don't know why it took me so long to figure out that having a dedicated oil cloth is a good idea. However, I just cook at home now, so the extra care isn't a hassle like it would be in a professional environment. I love how stiff these knives are, due in part to that super chunky tang.
Cheers

 

Everyone is throwing up some great stuff:cool1 that Dragon's Breath pattern just blew me away though!!

 

Here is another Shig down the rabbit hole, a 210 kitaeji Santoku.

 

now that is a santoku i can stand behind. a freaking beauty.

 

Carter IP AS 225 Gyuto

 

Naiiice, Huw.

 

Love that Carter!

 

Nice, Huw!

 

Is that AS for Aogami Super?
I thought Carter uses white steel exclusively...

 

That knife is several years old, from the time when Murray made knives in both shirogami and aogami super. He switched over to using only shirogami in January, 2012, and stopped making custom knives in April, 2013. He did use his existing stock of laminated aogami super to make a few knives after January, 2012, but I believe that stock has been exhausted.

 

Dave Martell did an incredible job refurbing this 50's F.Dick for me.
The blade was repaired and refinished, finger guard removed, bolster replaced and a new Kingwood handle. It is a real beauty.

 

Looks familiar!

 

First shig 275mm heel to tip sujihiki.

 

When this bent and beat up package arrived on my doorstep, I dreaded opening it, fearing the worst.



But there was a pleasant surprise inside.

 

Ohhhhhh wow!

Behold! The beauty that lies within!

 

I've got to say I agree with you completely man. I'm not a huge fan of pattern welded stuff (in kitchen knives...multi-bar twist cores with high layer edges in double edge swords now...THAT is something!) beyond san mai, and some random stuff...but Bill's work is just beautiful.

 

Yoshiaki Fujiwara Santoku 180 in white #2 arrived last week. As always, I'm really impressed by Kato-san's knives. And I never get tired looking at those choil shots...

 

Mizuno 285mm Gyuto

 

Looks great Huw , I dig the profile a lot , is the handle bit offset to the top?