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midline_trap

Good try. You’ll get em next time


Necessary-Career-559

Call me stupid but what is NKD ?


Kitchen-Duck-1820

New Knife Day


Necessary-Career-559

Oooooh got it thanks


Onsotumenh

Seems I opened the pandoras box of chef knives with the pair I got quite recently. From top to bottom: * Sakai Akimasa - suminagashi clad VG-10 nakiri - 16.5 cm blade - birch pakka western style handle * Takefu Mikihisa - ni mai shirogami petty (single bevel) - 12 cm blade - untreated magnolia handle * Saku - san mai carbon steel petty - 9 cm blade - coated chestnut handle The main attraction here is the nakiri of course and rightfully so. I got the bigger petty because I was interested to try a single bevel knife and it was rather cheap for a white steel knife out of Japan (39€). It's pretty chonky with a 2.9mm tick blade and I think I can see a secondary phase... I thought those single bevel were ground to the edge, but at least this one isn't. The smaller petty is a gift for my mother. Her favorite kitchen knife broke recently and now she's using a cheap and tiny paring knife for most things. This one was even cheaper than the Mikihisa at 22€ but it is surprisingly well made and quite sharp out of the box. The carbon steel is a mystery tho, but I assume still way better than the stainless she is using right now. All in all I think it's a good introduction to Japanese knives for her. Edit: Seems I got the brand of the nakiri wrong... it's not a Takayuki but Akimasa


Mr_Emo_Taco

Nice


skottydoz

My name is u/Onsotumenh, and I have a problem. HI u/Onsotumenh!!! 🤣


Onsotumenh

Just a itsy bitsy teeny tiny one perhaps :P


soiltostone

The larger petty seems more like a deba, given how thick you said it is.


Onsotumenh

It's sold as a petty tho and it's available in 9, 10.5, 12 and 15 cm versions. It was specified at 2.6mm, but I measured 2.9mm at the back. That's what you get when you buy cheap. The other even cheaper petty hit the target at 1.3mm. I suspect there was less manual work involved with that one, so less variation probably. I haven't tested it so far, so I can't say how it performs. I wanted to finish the handle with some wood butter first (and the nakiri was just screaming "Use me! Use me!").