Pictures of your new acquisitions

I love the Damascus pattern on this knife - crazy nice!


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I know it's not quite as exotic as many of the knives on here but it's my first laser and I received it yesterday - it's still got the lacquer on it

Ashi Hamono Ginga - 240mm gyuto in white #2 with a lefty grind and an ebony handle. The OOTB edge definitely needs a little work but it still goes through onions like they're butter.

 

Congrats on the acquisition. I'm becoming more and more a fan of lasers. I haven't tried a Ginga, but Yusuke and Takamura do very well indeed. The Takamura is a knife that doesn't get enough love on this side of the knife community. Very thin, good (if a bit small) handle, excellent (imo) profile, great steel. I haven't fully made up my mind, but if I were inebriated, I'd admit I like it more than my Yusuke knives (thin model and standard)

 

pass around please!

 

My newly acquired Ealy parer and mini nakiri. Thanks Del, they are gorgeous!

Also my 210 Itinomonn from Maxim. Received this one a few weeks ago. Really enjoying it so far.

 

Love me some Del!

 

The Ealy's are stunning. Have never seen a Nakiri anything like it.

 

Those mini nakiris makes me want to buy one for my daughter. Is 20 months too young to start using knives? In a few years I know where to get her first one. Nice catch, Erilyn!

 

It was fate. I bought the parer before the nakiris were listed and someone claimed it. They changed their mind and then it was mine

I actually had my son in mind when I got it. He will be 3 next month but I figured I'd better get it before I can't

 

Here's a new knife made by an American blade smith named Salem Straub. I first learned of his work through another forum and admired not only his craftsmanship but also his philosophy on knife making. He only makes the type of blades that personally interest him, knives that inspire him to take his craft to the next level, which means he typically doesn't taken commissions. I happened to catch him at the right time since he was having fun forging chef knives. I had seen a design of his that caught my eye, and I had seen some of his other work specifically with W2 and hamons. I contacted Mr. Straub and found out he was still very much interested in making gyutos so I told him to make one for me. I let him choose all of the options, steel, handle materials and finish, I had only requested a french profile.

Here's the result
W2 with hamon
Black Ash burl handle with Micarta bolster
Speaking from an aesthetic point of view, the knife's craftsmanship is 100% spot on. I have not had a chance to use the knife yet so function is still up in the air, and the handle requires a very minor adjustment to my style of pinch grip, which might not effect others.

 

I had a line cook that sported a Salem Straub. Big beefy workhorse. His had a more German influence to the profile. Sorry to go off topic with pics but haven't seen another one before.

 

Konosuke HH Sujihuki 300mm

 

Kind of digging this Straubs. That hamon on the W2 is quite stunning

 

Something to be ambivalent about, woohoo!

 

don't know how it cuts, but it looks great.

 

Wow. Any chance you can PM me some price details, just for curiosity's sake. I'm kind of in love...

 

I am not sure about it yet myself. My first impression was that I liked the thinnish spine...feels pretty light in the hand. The handle collar is plastic but it doesn't bother me. My initial feeling was that the edge is a bit more convex and thicker than I was hoping...but I've been a bit spoiled by the paper-thin edges I've got on my Zakuri knives, so it may be unfair. Need a bit more experience with it before I decide to keep it, keep/thin it, or get rid of it.

 

The OKCA show was a very busy one for me and I came out of there with some great purchases. I bought 2 from Blair Todd and got 2 from Murray Carter. The BTodds are are a 6" Gyuto and his Nakiri that won best new maker. I also bought a Carter neck knife and received a 5.1 sun Kuro-uchi Funyuki. It was great learning many things from both makers. I've got a trip scheduled to go up and visit Murray and pound some metal. Here are pictures of the purchases.

 

just a little buy

 

New Ealy Little Guy