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I hope you are wrong as well! I have a ZDP-189 Higo and a Shin in ZDP-189 STILL on its way to me (thanks...DHL). I am also sure that Rockstead will take care of you should you request special services outside of what their basic warranty service entails.
Knifecenter has a few YXR7s in stock now. Awfully tempting, but something about that mirror polish ZDP just gets me. I know we all split hairs over the minutia and rightfully so with such expensive items, but both steels are beyond exceptional and will stand up easily to any task where the knife is the ideal tool. I don't think Rockstead's YXR7 is as corrosive or ZDP is as chippy as the forum posts will lead us to believe. Treat it with care and it will last more than a lifetime.
Knifecenter has a few YXR7s in stock now. Awfully tempting, but something about that mirror polish ZDP just gets me. I know we all split hairs over the minutia and rightfully so with such expensive items, but both steels are beyond exceptional and will stand up easily to any task where the knife is the ideal tool. I don't think Rockstead's YXR7 is as corrosive or ZDP is as chippy as the forum posts will lead us to believe. Treat it with care and it will last more than a lifetime.