Received this in my mail this morning, good reviews Japan made 35 layers Damascus Steel.
Can't go wrong with 75% off RRP and even better with free postage now!!!
Happy shopping everyone!!
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Tamahagane Knife $39.95 Delivered @ Kitchenware Direct
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LOL
I have a Serbian friend who jokes that he divorced his wife for the same reason. He jokes that he used to have to hide the knives. I'm assuming he's lying (except for the divorce bit). He jokes around so much, you never know when he's telling the truth.
I am not sure about your friend, but I am just joking.
I worked in a factory, at one point, and I needed to cut some string so I asked one of the ladies if she had a knife, she said "of course I have a knife, I'm Macedonian". We both spent 5 minutes laughing our heads off.
I spent years with Tae Kwon Do, learning to defend against a rubber knife.
You might spend years cutting a single piece of food.
Hi Utopian, if I was to start Tae Kwon Do now, after how many years would I be able to defend against a steel knife(considering it took you years for the plastic one)? :P
You already know.
Talk and/or run, like your life depends on it.
I have learned both knife attack and defence. Unfortunately so has my wife….
Can I suggest to replace them with needles and vacutainer tubes instead? Drawing blood with rubber knives makes a mess!
I use a 2 wheel version of this, not this brand but it's great
I'm no expert on knives (or anything really) but personally I reckon for most people it would probably be worth shelling out an extra $10 for the slightly larger fluted version
http://www.kitchenwaredirect.com.au/Tamahagane-Fluted-Santok…
Fluted can also mean you will have a limit to how much you can sharpen, though I'm not sure how damaged or how much abuse your blade has to go through for you to need to shave off that much metal. Just something to consider
For some reason, the global 20cm fluted cooks knife is cheaper than its non-fluted brother
Tried to find a reasonable review. http://www.gastronomersguide.com/2009/10/finding-right-edge-…. The knife is sharp but stamped 3 ply stainless. They do not appear to have that characteristic damascas patterning. Other knives by the company are well thought of. This reviewer noted the knives were thin and bendy but then again they are not the general public.
the perfect knife for killing a tamagochi
For a second on reading the title I thought the knife was made of tamahagane, but in this case its just the brand name.
…for a second I thought the steel was from Damascus :)
Hold on, you mean its not???
I feel so betrayed :-/
Tamahagane steel is pretty lousy steel anyway. That's why the swordsmiths had to fold and hammer multiple times to make the carbon content uniform and lower it slightly to make it less brittle. Best they had at that time with the iron sands
According to Google, it's a high quality steel. Further reading said exactly what you did. Maybe, it's better now?
Thanks for the tip. Very interesting.I'm a big fan of japanese knives and swords. Read this : The Craft of the Japanese Sword. Great book, lots of pics. They explain the metallurgy of the the sword and why they had to fold the steel. Lots of romanticism about the smith forging and folding, but the practical reason was that carbon content was not predictable, they couldn't just buy a a block of steel with 0.9% carbon like nowadays.
@Pesty: I've read this before, the romanticism on sword making methods of past often overshadows the fact that modern swords made from factories are stronger because we know more about sword making (and we have access to better materials).
Is this better than my Wusthof Le Cordon Bleu 6" chef knife? My knife is so precious (expensive) that I can't bring myself to use it… Im still using my Asian kitchen cleaver that I bought from a convenient store for like 15 and its sharp as well. Cuts through meat and bone with ease.
please mark expired, all sold out even knife sharpener…..
I try not to have very sharp knives at home. The wife is quick to anger and she draws blood fast… (this sounds better & funnier in Romanian). I am trying to replace my cutlery with rubber ones.