Knives..what are your favorites?

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Okeya 120mm KoDeba vs Aji (Horse Mackerel)

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Went to TAD (Triple Aught Design) gear store, in Dogpatch, San Francisco today.

Guess what I bought there.






I’m (normally) not a flipper guy, but this thing is...

cool ...



I don’t go there that often, for obvious reason.

But, every once in a long while, I just have to ...

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Shibata Takayuki "Kotetsu" 270mm slicer, in R2 steel

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IZ iz still on the first page. Been building up a collection of Leatherman. What’s your favorite?

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Both IZ and Mother on the same day

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Just ordered the SOG Twitch II. I'm gonna carry it at work, so I wanted something a bit more incognito.

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IZ iz still on the first page. Been building up a collection of Leatherman. What’s your favorite?

That's a tough question.
(The question itself isn't. It's just difficult to say which one is my favorite.)

Meanwhile ...

EDC Pocket Caddy by Recycled Firefighter
and Hinderer XM-18 TAD edition






It is a simple pouch made out of recycled fire hose, carries bare minimum EDC items, folder, pen, and flashlight.

Since I don't like using pocket clip, I had to get one.
And it works better than I thought.

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Somehow, I forgot to post about this ...







The notebook cover is "THE FIRST RESPONDER", from Recycled Firefighter.

https://recycledfirefighter.com/products/the-first-responder-riteintherain-notebook-cover

The knife is BenchMade Contego in M390 steel.

https://www.knifeworks.com/benchmade-contego-810-1401-3-9-in-m390-stainless-blade-plain-edge.html

The brass + copper bullet pencil is from Metal Shop

https://metalshopct.com/collections/bullet-pencils

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Shibata Slicer video part 2


Excellent edge stability


 Can you see tiny, tiny damge ?
Comapre their size to the scale (the lines are 1mm apart)
They can be easily removed when I sharpen the knife on the stone



Slicer tip

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Edge observation, before you start sharpening
(Shibata Kotetsu part3)




Useful tools



Tomato great cut



Tomato not so great cut




Murray Carter once said, there are two kinds of cutting.

One is to cut and keep, another one is to cut and throw away.

To cut and keep type of cutting, quality of the cut matters.

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Finally, sharpening Shibata Kotetsu slicer on the stones !



tomato cells


Edge after sharpening
on Chocera 800
and Kitayama 8000




Murray Carter’s “three-finger test”

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Knife Rescue - fixing broken tip of JA Henckle-



The knife is not mine.

The edge I put on is about 20degree per side
(40 degree inclusive)

The steel on these knives are on the softer side.
If you put less than 17 degree per side, the edge
won’t survive that long.

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Cutting carrot, with 270mm slicer, just because ...

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Takamura R2 steel
Santoku (170mm) & Petty (150mm)




So, Hida tool in Berkeley is doing knives in stock 15% off sale right now.
(Until 12/31.)

I picked up these two, Takamura R2 steel santoku and petty.

All in all, they are excellent performer, and very reasonably
priced for what they are.

You get the cutting performance that’s very close to
Shibata Kotetsu knives for about 56 -65% of the cost.

(But, then again, they don’t make long slicers and such.
Also, they don’t make “wa-handle” which I prefer.)