Decided to make portobello pizza. The recipe calls for lots of chopped and minced ingredients. Was a good test for Sanetsu. Plus, one of the worst enemies of the edge - cheese. Overall, cutting lasted about an hour. No noticeable edge degradation whatsoever, except the 1cm section at the heel. Not sure what caused it. may be I've pushed down hard and the applied lateral load. Still, nothing that couldn't be fixed by few passes on the 0.25µm diamond spray loaded strop. The more I use this knife, the more I love it.
Friday, February 13, 2009 17:38:41
Used Sanetsu 270mm ZDP-189 gyuto today. This is the first kitchen knife that is made out the latest super steel in my kitchen. Obviously single, 1.5 hour long session isn't enough to make final conclusions, but I love the performance of this knife. Very light, nimble. One of the rare knives that I didn't have to sharpen out of the box. Edge holding so far - superb. Cut julienne and batonnet from carrots, chiffonade from basil, chopped and minced over an hour. Build quality and fit/finish are also top notch. A+ in performance so far.
Thursday, February 12, 2009 21:42:24
Having 3 feeds on this site and just discovered that feature. Anyway, now index and blog pages both have feed auto discovery tags in them.
Tuesday, February 10, 2009 21:00:53
Initial review of the Kobayashi nakiri is up. Completed General sections, including blade, handle, sharpening etc. Usage data is still in progress. Check back later.
Tuesday, February 10, 2009 17:19:01
Navigation improvements
Added popup menus for the main menu items. Now, form the main menu bar frame you can access most of the key pages in all sections.
Tuesday, February 10, 2009 16:07:08
Started adding CSS menus
Decided to add CSS menus throughout the site, wherever appropriate. Layout became too cluttered for larger sections. Hopefully that'll improves the ease of navigation.
Monday, February 9, 2009 23:29:38
Sanetsu ZDP-189 270 Gyuto.
Just received my shiny new Sanetsu 270mm damascus gyuto(Japanese chef's knife). Beautiful knife. Very thin, only 2.5mm for 270mm(10.5in) blade! Made of latest super steel, ZDP-189. Pix and review will follow soon.
Monday, February 9, 2009 17:00:01
Finally completed Aritsugu 270m A-Type gyuto review. Excellent knife. Click on the title to see the review and pix.
Sunday, February 8, 2009 02:46:58
Updated usage sections for several knives, bug fixes, etc.
Friday, February 6, 2009 22:13:41
Found this one after long time. Review is up.
Friday, February 6, 2009 17:41:59