Shun Knifes worth it?

With the help of Buzzard767 and joec, I decided on the Tojiro 240mm DP gyuto. Bought it from an Asian restaurant supplier in L.A. for $69.99+s&h. It's proving to be a very nice chef's knife at a very reasonable price. Has a western-style handle and a 50/50 bevel, so it is ambidexterous. It is pretty, but very utilitarian. Maintenance directions for basic sharpening are included, and include the use of waterstones and a disposable bamboo chopstick as an angle gauge. They are still back-ordered on the $55.00 Tojiro 210mm DP gyuto, I think for good reason,,,looks like a sweet deal.
 
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Can't go wrong with Tojiro DP at all, I have 3 of them myself. Used the 210mm Western Deba by them tonight to separate the ribs I had for dinner tonight.
 
Wart, you are very funny! I will leave that kind of knife play to someone who actually knows what they are doing.

It is too bad that my mom never saved my Grandpa's knives. Grandma kept some, I guess my Aunt has those.
 
gadzooks said:
With the help of Buzzard767 and joec, I decided on the Tojiro 240mm DP gyuto. Bought it from an Asian restaurant supplier in L.A. for $69.99+s&h. It's proving to be a very nice chef's knife at a very reasonable price. Has a western-style handle and a 50/50 bevel, so it is ambidexterous. It is pretty, but very utilitarian. Maintenance directions for basic sharpening are included, and include the use of waterstones and a disposable bamboo chopstick as an angle gauge. They are still back-ordered on the $55.00 Tojiro 210mm DP gyuto, I think for good reason,,,looks like a sweet deal.
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I like the 210mm DP that Buzz recommended to me a lot. I also like the 270mm Pro-M a lot. The Pro-M definitely has a nicer looking handle, and it feels better when holding the knife just by the handle, but I don't even notice the handles when I am using the knife. The pinch grip has become second nature and I would not let the handle affect what knife I wanted..... anymore that is.
 
PieSusan said:
It is too bad that my mom never saved my Grandpa's knives. Grandma kept some, I guess my Aunt has those.
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That brings back memories. My parents had a small set of bone handled carbon steel knives, a slicer, utility, and serving fork. My sister has several boxes of stuff we packed away when we moved Mom from her apartment to a nursing home. This summer I'm going to go through the boxes in hopes of recovering those heirlooms. My fingers are crossed we didn't give them away.

Buzz
 
Well, I am referring to the knives my Grandpa used at his steakhouse. The fabricating tools (butchering saws, etc) were sold but he had a lot of different knives. I remember Grandma using some of them after the restaurant was closed. I use to love to watch my Grandma make hatchmarks in an onion and chop and cut it finely in her hand. She could also peel and apple in one peel. She had knife skills that were amazing to me when I was little. She was very good at filleting and deboning. She could clean a fish. Far better than my mom. My mom was too wasteful but she saved everything for her stocks.
 
gadzooks said:
With the help of Buzzard767 and joec, I decided on the Tojiro 240mm DP gyuto. Bought it from an Asian restaurant supplier in L.A. for $69.99+s&h. It's proving to be a very nice chef's knife at a very reasonable price. Has a western-style handle and a 50/50 bevel, so it is ambidexterous. It is pretty, but very utilitarian. Maintenance directions for basic sharpening are included, and include the use of waterstones and a disposable bamboo chopstick as an angle gauge. They are still back-ordered on the $55.00 Tojiro 210mm DP gyuto, I think for good reason,,,looks like a sweet deal.
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Is this the knife?
http://korin.com/Tojiro-DP-Gyutou?sc=7&category=17368

That is not so expensive that I couldn't take a chance on it.
 
Yes that is the one, I have a 240mm just like it only in Tojiro Powder Steel, it is a great knife espically for the money. The other choice is the Pro M shown here in 240mm. The Kanetsugu Pro M Series 240mm is 85.50 + 7 shipping and will be at your door in about 7 days tops. I highly recommend you get the 150mm petty at the same time and still both knives are $7 shipping.
 
Joe, want to provide the links? You shortened the lingo and I got lost. I don't know what a 150 mm petty is and I did not see the Kanetsugu at the same website.
I think I found the page. Which petty? http://korin.com/Styles/Petty
 
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Yeah that's it, Susan. I think the 210mm was $56 when I bought it last fall, $46 over their holiday sale. The website looks different and I don't have the link on this PC, but I'm pretty sure I got it from Korin.
I couldn't believe it when I got it. Have some super glue on hand (lol). It doesn't take much to nick yourself. I think all I did was touch my thumb to the back corner of the blade because of a bad grip. That only happened once ;^)
 
I think I will make the purchase tomorrow. I am too tired now to think about it and I want to see which peeling knife that Joe was referring to.

I appreciate all your help. I am sure that I will be happy and it will be a major improvement to what I have been using--to say the least! I even found a local sharpener on chowhound so I shall be all set when and if that day comes.
 
Ok Susan here it the main product site http://www.japanesechefsknife.com/products.html Now look for Kanetsugu under the product name then click on the Pro M series or if you like metal handles the the Pro S as both are the same steel just different handles. Most of us prefer those that are more like real wood than steel.anetsugu
 
Looks like tomorrow is shopping day! Thank you! I hope to snag http://www.japanesechefsknife.com/ProMSeries.html
the pro M 150 petty as you suggested and I guess since Korin has it, the 8.2" Tojiro-DP Gyutou at
http://korin.com/Tojiro-DP-Gyutou?sc=7&category=17368

(Do you know how long the handle is on that Tojiro is?)

I figure by buying the two different makers, I will have more fun playing and seeing which I prefer.


Oh, and Wart, do you actually believe that I will admit to cutting myself after putting everyone through my endless questions? lol I have read about knives for hours and hours and hours and hours. I still want to read the Knife book but I trust your guys' judgment.
 
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PieSusan said:
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To each their own. I agree they are ugly. I would rather have the serviceable knives that you all suggested. Thanks again. I am about to buy them now! Woo hoo!!!

Edited to add: Done deal. I will let you all know when they arrive. Woot!
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I can see you sitting there, Susan, like that e-trades commercial with the whole family watching... Click! I just bought my first stock. (lol)
Cool. Let us know. The first thing I noticed is how darn light they feel. Now I never notice that either. You just get used to it from what you've been using.
 
I don't care for his rather avant garde designs, and lean more to the utilitarian, but his craftsmanship is really excellent.
 
I have a digital camera but am not that great at taking pictures but I will try to see if I can take some photos and post them. It may take me a while but I will post pictures.
 
Rob Babcock said:
Btw, what type of electronics are you talking about? I'm into computers and audio gear pretty heavily.
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It’s time to move to 7.1 Surround. The 42” 1080p flat panel deserves a bit more than just 5.1. My PCs are up to date with my latest machine being a Quad Core with 4 gig of ram, Black Magic HD Capture card, and 4 500 gig drives set in a Raid 0 array for 2 Tera bytes of storage with a 4x seek time.

The Cerwin Vega speakers I’ll keep, so I really only need to bump up the amp. I was thinking of a Harman Kardon AVR series. Do you have an amp you prefer.
 
Keltin said:
It’s time to move to 7.1 Surround.
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Oh man, I envy you. I don't have a place for 7.1, just 5.1. Next house maybe. Right now my setup is a Pioneer VSX-1018AH-K and it calibrates the speakers. I'm happy with the result. The Blu-Ray player is a PS-3 and it decodes just about everything so no problem there either. The display is a 67" Samsung 1080P DLP with the new LED color engine. I had it calibrated. I looked at high end equipment but couldn't tell the difference.
 
I have a 7.1 sound system on the computer I post from but then I have TV going all the time on it as well while I'm on line.
 
buzzard767 said:
Oh man, I envy you. I don't have a place for 7.1, just 5.1. Next house maybe. Right now my setup is a Pioneer VSX-1018AH-K and it calibrates the speakers. I'm happy with the result. The Blu-Ray player is a PS-3 and it decodes just about everything so no problem there either. The display is a 67" Samsung 1080P DLP with the new LED color engine. I had it calibrated. I looked at high end equipment but couldn't tell the difference.
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67"???? Good lord man!! :lol:

Now that's big! How far away from it are you when you view it? At 67", the recommended distance is around 13 feet. Wow, that's a nice TV!

Love the PS3. I've got it and an Xbox 360 hooked up in the game room to a Samsung 32" 1080p LCD and an Altec Lansing 5.1 powered sourround system. The PS2 (I chipped it), GameCube, and N64 are also wired into that setup.
 
Keltin said:
67"???? Good lord man!! :lol:

Now that's big! How far away from it are you when you view it? At 67", the recommended distance is around 13 feet. Wow, that's a nice TV!

Love the PS3. I've got it and an Xbox 360 hooked up in the game room to a Samsung 32" 1080p LCD and an Altec Lansing 5.1 powered sourround system. The PS2 (I chipped it), GameCube, and N64 are also wired into that setup.
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Chris, I might not have acquired that large a display except for the circumstances. It's located in the living room of an apartment where I spend the summer. It's an 80 year old rehab and the room is HUGE with the kitchen at the back end. There's no room in the kitchen for a TV so I got the 67" to view from afar. As it is, the LR furniture is located from 15 to 20 feet approximately.

As a side note I'm cutting off the cable company this year. With digital TV transmission and free WiFi stolen from the coffee shop across the street I don't need it. :tongue:
 
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