Basic review of the fugubiki is posted. There is no usage section, as I have not used it so far, but the rest is there, specs, detailed report of blade, handle and general report are all there, plus the photos of this gorgeous knife. Basically it's a 300mm long razor.
Saturday, August 1, 2009 09:35:54
Moritaka just contacted me and notified that my chukabocho is ready :) Original estimate was 2-3 moths, but I got lucky somehow and it was made in less than 3 weeks! Can't wait. Aogami Super steel at 65HRC! Talk about hard blades.
Wednesday, July 29, 2009 21:38:30
No photos yet. 210mm long Aogami II steel blade. Kamagata style. Faint lines of damascus pattern, too faint to my liking, but it's a good knife, from a good maker.
Thursday, July 23, 2009 17:32:51
This 300mm long, kitaeji blade is 20 years old, and in excellent shape too. It was an lucky buy from Takeshi, the knife showed up all of the sudden on his site - aframestokyo.com, I couldn't miss it. 300mm Fugubikis are really rare, too hard to make a blade that hard and long without warping. Takes a true master to do that.
Monday, July 20, 2009 09:18:54
I guess I just couldn't be without a new knife for too long. Ordered Moritaka Hamono Chukabocho, aka Chinese cleaver. Aogami Super steel, 65HRC. That should do some severe veggie chopping. Now the hard part, waiting for it.
Thursday, July 16, 2009 17:00:10
Famous Japanese knifemaker, Moritaka contributed the photo of Kawamuki. Looks like few other knives, but it is Kawamuki :) All that naming is really confusing. Anyway, we have a photo.
Thursday, July 16, 2009 16:54:12
Productive day, nothing to say... Added few new knife types to that database. Including such weird things as candy knife and pumpkin knife. I already had Watermelon knife in there and thought that was weird enough, but steamed fishcake knife just blew me away.
Wednesday, July 15, 2009 00:02:12
Few more terms added. Fixed couple invalid internal links and updated descriptions for some old entries. This thing is getting more complete, which should make you happy ;)
Tuesday, July 14, 2009 23:24:20
Few more new terms from Japanese kitchen, all knife and cutting related of course.
Sunday, July 12, 2009 23:00:47
One of the first really good knives in my kitchen collection. Had it almost a year. Don't use is that often, specific design, but whenever I need it, does the job perfectly. Well made knife, from well known and respected maker - Shosui Takeda. Details in the review.
Saturday, July 11, 2009 23:23:15