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It looks like a Chef's Wakizashi... i am totally clueless
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Um... what am i looking at here?
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A chef's wakizashi is pretty much what it is. They use them to fillet 800 lb Tuna. They don't do it like a sword, more like a big honking draw knife.
More of a traditional item for high end fine dining than something that is used regularly though. You only need it for certain cuts of meat.
The only folks that use them as wakizashi's are the yakuza, supposedly, I'd also imagine they are good at motivating patrons to pay their bills also.
Personally I want one for reaching down into jars to scrape out the last of the Peanut Butter or Mayo... Then cut my sammitch, of course.
More of a traditional item for high end fine dining than something that is used regularly though. You only need it for certain cuts of meat.
The only folks that use them as wakizashi's are the yakuza, supposedly, I'd also imagine they are good at motivating patrons to pay their bills also.
Personally I want one for reaching down into jars to scrape out the last of the Peanut Butter or Mayo... Then cut my sammitch, of course.
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Got it in one... thanks!
i think it's still pretty awesome
i think it's still pretty awesome
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Its a Maguro Bocho, a tuna knife of epic proportions. Used for large Blue/Yellow fin tuna.
A vid of it in use in Japan. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hoRSpsXqE-o
A vid of it in use in Japan. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hoRSpsXqE-o