Almost 11lbs of veggies were minced, shredded, chiffonaded and betonneted. This time I've kept more precise log of the session, and next week I will repeat the test with the Nenohi Nenox S1 gyuto to get done testing that knife. Anyway, so far, the 600D Morimoto Edition gyuto performed really well. I really like the handle shape, never cusing fatigue during almost 3 hour long session. Overall, knife handles and cuts just great, and the cutting ability of the knife was really high out of the box. Edge holding is what I'd expect from the VG-10 steel at 59-61HRC. Few more tests next week and then it will be off to the next tester. I do feel this line of Miyabis can seriously challenge Shun classic line of knives, and I perssonally prefer the handle on morimoto edition line over Shun D type handles a lot more.
Sunday, June 13, 2010 22:24:04
Slowly starting to use it. Today was just cleaning the veggies after washing them, which are prepared for the more serious testing of the Henckels Miyabi 600D series Morimoto Edition Guuto. Basically, all I did this afternoon was ot cut the ends of the green onions, red radish and cut off some leaves on the broccoli stems. Weird knife to say the lest. it is too big to be comfortable for the paring knife suitable works, which was clearly demonstrated today, and I don't really need any testing to understand that is will be severely inadequate for the knives where the length is key performance criteria, such as slicers. I'll do all the works nevertheless, since Yoshi Blade does claim it replaes drawer full of knives. It is obvious, that's not the case.
Sunday, June 13, 2010 15:38:20
Just one washing cycle this week, but the results are weird. Check the log for the details.
Sunday, June 13, 2010 14:57:19
Fixed broken links, added results from recent sharpening and use. Edge pro apex does make difference in terms of ease of sharpening, but overall, after repeatedly examining the edge under microscope, to see the results of cutting of various materials, well, vegetables only, I am not really excited about it. Micro fractures appear after pretty much all sorts of vegetables when cutting the board, even though it is an end graing board, as knife friendly as it can get.
Sunday, June 13, 2010 11:55:39
Added about a dozen alloy names, that was AFNOR and Bonpertuis names. Thanks to the guys form French knife forums, who provided couple links, went through one of them so far. More tomorrow.
Wednesday, June 9, 2010 22:13:25
MC63 is the alias from Hencleks used for the Takefu SG2 steel. It's used in their new 600MC Morimoto line of Miyabi knives.
Wednesday, June 9, 2010 21:19:08
Wusthof boning knife corrosion experiment observation log updated with the result of the last washing cycle. Discoloration is significantly more pronounced. Attempted to clean the rust spot using cloth. Discoloration around the rust spot was removed, but the rust didn't. That proves the rust formed on the blade, and wasn't simply an iron deposit from the water which oxidized later.
Tuesday, June 8, 2010 22:22:12
There was a bug preventing links with encoded URLs to be displayed properly in the graph. Something to do with decoding and redecoding the string variable values. Fixed now. Knife steel chart 3.0 is in works with a lot of new features and interactivity improvements in works. Chart 2.0 is in lockdown. No new features, only important bugs will be fixed.
Tuesday, June 8, 2010 12:28:10
An experimental knife of my own. And Phil Wilson was nice enough to complete it to my wild specs. just 1mm thick blade is a super cutter. CPM 3V steel at 62HRC performs very well, even in the blade which is that thin. I have only positive comments on its performance, and that scalpel surprised me more than once. Cutting ability is pretty much astonishing. Edge holding ability is very good too, not that I ever had complaints about Crucible CPM 3V steel, but at 62HRC this little knife really shines in that department too.
Monday, June 7, 2010 22:15:01
Very cool looking knife, with western handle, which I like a lot. Light, thin, just as gyuto should be. First test session this weekend. Then another in a week, plus casual use during those 2 weeks. After that passaround on KF. Once again, thanks to Henckels Japan for providing the sample for testing. I took few photos today, they can be seen in the gallery.
Monday, June 7, 2010 18:34:51