Recent content by Timthebeaver

The (mythical) puported superiority of "customs" is old as this forum and its predecessors. As are crap customs, which you allude to. See also: the hype knife of the moment merry go round.

Mid-weight, excellent distal taper, thin behind the edge, great steel = Yoshikane SKD or Gengetsu SS. And you'll have c. $500 left to blow on blackjack and h**kers.

Calling all older Yoshikane

All of this

Wabi sabi bro! (old school is still cool)

Before the hype train there was Yoshikane.

There were Zensho in SKD and SLD clad stainless too. I have the 240 Zensho SKD migaki. The endgame of gyutos for me, think I bought it in 2011. I also had a Tamomoku in V2 for a time. Shouldn't have let that go really.

Some western handles have not suffered from a drop in quality F&F at all. Take TF - they've always been ****.

Zzz

Aogami hype-r sounds like the mystery steel that Kato uses. Apparently the edge retention of this steel increases tenfold if kanji that looks like it has done by a five year old is chiselled onto the cladding.

This guy gets it.

Bernal Cutlery have a good selection. The more interesting Yoshis are scarce now. The SKD hammered is still a great knife, and has been pretty much since the beginning of these forums.

I also agree.

Not really. Craftsmanship is first class. Performance is unremarkable when compared to other blades. Hype train is more crowded than ever. QED.