I am thinking about getting the Takumi Katana, thats made by Kanetsune. I can't find any reviews or opinions on the company, or the knife. So can anyone give me some info on this "Blue Steel", as I have never used it, or any other info on the quality of Kanetsune knives in general? Thanks.
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Kanetsune knife help
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I bought 4 Kanetsune knives recently, but haven't got to use them yet. They are not at all sharp out of the box, I was told that that's the way Japanese knives are shipped, although my Shun came very very sharp. I was also told that the edges of the Kanetsune knives are convex, so that means I have to strop them, which I haven't got to do yet. Nobody here seems to know anything about them, I got the info from the other forum.
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Blue steel is a good carbon/tungsten alloy steel. There are 3 variants; aogami 1, aogami 2, and super blue steel. Yours would be Ao 1 or 2, not super blue ( I looked it up on Japanese knives direct).
Some reading about the Hitachi steels ; http://www.groupsrv.com/hobby/about3700.html
More information from Mr. Wilson ;http://www.paragoncode.com/temp/YSS_HCC_spec.pdf
In my experience the blue steels and white steels are both excellent. I prefer the blue due to the added tungsten. White steels are higher carbon than our 1095 steel and both types are usually going to be hardened over RC 60, up to RC 64 even. The blue steels will have greater wear resistance than our 1095, and white steels. I've never chopped or batoned with mine so I can't say which holds up better ( I'd guess white if not too high RC, but neither would be as good as our 1095, or better yet 1085 or 5160.) I've got a couple kanetsune knives. I'd place their knives a bit under Bark river knives in quality, but not bad at all. Mine came just under hair shaving sharp, with an appropriate for skinning, etc. Light to medium outdoor stuff. Treat it like our 1095 for rust resistance. Good luck, joe
Some reading about the Hitachi steels ; http://www.groupsrv.com/hobby/about3700.html
More information from Mr. Wilson ;http://www.paragoncode.com/temp/YSS_HCC_spec.pdf
In my experience the blue steels and white steels are both excellent. I prefer the blue due to the added tungsten. White steels are higher carbon than our 1095 steel and both types are usually going to be hardened over RC 60, up to RC 64 even. The blue steels will have greater wear resistance than our 1095, and white steels. I've never chopped or batoned with mine so I can't say which holds up better ( I'd guess white if not too high RC, but neither would be as good as our 1095, or better yet 1085 or 5160.) I've got a couple kanetsune knives. I'd place their knives a bit under Bark river knives in quality, but not bad at all. Mine came just under hair shaving sharp, with an appropriate for skinning, etc. Light to medium outdoor stuff. Treat it like our 1095 for rust resistance. Good luck, joe