List of manufactureres/makers using ZDP-189

Gator97 · Jul 16, 2008

As per Brogan's suggestion adding Cowry-X makers as well

Can we make a list of the makers/manufacturers using ZDP-189 and Cowry-X?

Manufacturers/Semi customs:

Fallkniven - Cowry-X
G-sakai - ZDP-189
Henckel - MD67(AFAIK very similar to ZDP or Cowry)
Ichiro Hattori - Cowry-X
Kershaw - ZDP-189
Moki - ZDP-189
Rockstead - ZDP-189
Spyderco - ZDP-189
Sanetsu (Japanese kitchen knife maker) - ZDP-189
William Henry - ZDP-189

Custom Knife Makers:

Koji Hara - ZDP-189
Yuna - ZDP-189

T.K.C. · Jul 16, 2008

Yuna IS a custom maker. He makes everything by hand. I don't know where you got the idea that Yuna knives are semi-custom.

sixfoot7 · Jul 16, 2008

Kershaw

ryknife · Jul 16, 2008

kershaw also made some knifes with ZDP-189.

darthsoaker · Jul 16, 2008

T.K.C. said:
Yuna IS a custom maker. He makes everything by hand. I don't know where you got the idea that Yuna knives are semi-custom.

Oh god..... (insert face palm picture here).

Srsly, I could make a couple hundred identical chairs by hand, and they would all be custom> correct?

hardheart · Jul 16, 2008

depends on who you ask. People call a maker like Bob Dozier a custom maker, and his knives have model numbers. Yuna does take orders.

darthsoaker · Jul 16, 2008

hardheart said:
depends on who you ask. People call a maker like Bob Dozier a custom maker, and his knives have model numbers. Yuna does take orders.

I wasen't attacking the man, just the idea that handmade items are somehow custom.

hardheart · Jul 16, 2008

yeah, I prefer to call handmade knives... handmade, and a knife I get made to order, or a one off from the maker's imagination... a custom.

blue_umbrella · Jul 16, 2008

rockstead makes several models w/ ZDP-189

Gator97 · Jul 17, 2008

I got an idea about Yuna after skimming through website. More like models. I did say semi-custom though.

Allrighty

I've moved Yuna to customs. I don't feel like getting into another argument over classification. No offense to Yuna fans. Peace...
I'm just looking for ppl who make Knives out of that steel.

P.S. Is YXR7 steel used by Rockstead same as ZDP-189 or something else?

MORIMOTOM · Jul 17, 2008

darthsoaker said:
I wasen't attacking the man, just the idea that handmade items are somehow custom.

tkc is a girl.

ryosuke · Jul 17, 2008

G-sakai, a Japanese manufacturer uses ZDP.

darthsoaker · Jul 17, 2008

MORIMOTOM said:
tkc is a girl.

I meant Yuna.

Jos · Jul 17, 2008

darthsoaker said:
Oh god..... (insert face palm picture here).

It doesn't hurt to be polite to a lady, even if you disagree.

Kind regards,

Jos

rnr · Jul 17, 2008

You might want to include S90V. It's the equivilant.

It doesn't hurt to be polite to a lady

And posting here, "always The Lady she is".

Gator97 · Jul 17, 2008

rnr said:
You might want to include S90V. It's the equivilant.

Do you mean S90V is equivalent of ZDP-189? It's a different steel from Crucible and chemical composition is quite different. Unless I'm missing something here.

Gator97 · Jul 17, 2008

Jos said:
It doesn't hurt to be polite to a lady, even if you disagree.

Oh, wow, that was so impolite that it was worth for two people to start posting about that here and hijack this thread?

thombrogan · Jul 17, 2008

Gator97 said:
Is YXR7 steel used by Rockstead same as ZDP-189 or something else?

It's something else, I think.

The two ZDP Rocksteads I saw were their NEHAN and GI models.

ZDP-189 is pretty much Hitachi's knock-off of Cowry-X (aka kauri-x and a bunch of other spellings), so please consider adding Ichiro Hattori to your list.

Gator97 · Jul 17, 2008

Ok, I guess I'll combine the list for Cowry-X and ZDP-189 then. AFAIK Hattory only uses Cowry-X.

Jos · Jul 17, 2008

Gator97 said:
Ok, I guess I'll combine the list for Cowry-X and ZDP-189 then. AFAIK Hattory only uses Cowry-X.

Fallkniven makes a knife with a damascus blade and cowry X cutting edge. (NL5cX Idun)

Kind regards,

Jos