Xmas Chef Knives for the Wife

[diablo2112]

Researched, bought, and assembled a complete set of Japanese kitchen knives for my wife. Tons of fun in this project. Here's a few pics, showing about half the knives in the set (there's another block with more specialty knives).

 

[strummer]

Great work . Tell me more about the knife block .

 

[Fritz MacKrieg]

Wow! Is that some Itou?!

 

[diablo2112]

Knife block is made by Boker. Available in the dark red wood (above), black, or light olive.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00286VJ3Q/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

The knives are from Mr. Tsukahara, his multi-color Damascus custom line (bottom photo) and the High End Damascus line from Shiki and Mr. Masui (top photo, center, satin etched blade).

 

[Fritz MacKrieg]

Ah, Shiki is nice. The Masui looks great as well! What core steels do you have there?

 

[DavidZ]

Sweet! How about a few more pictures, from other angles. I was about to buy a Shun premier block and set, but after seeing this, I may reconsider!

 

[diablo2112]

Core steel on these knives are all VG-10. Mr. Tsukahara makes this same knife with a ZDP-189 core, but they're very hard to get and sell out within hours when they become available. I have a couple of Shun Fujis with SG2 cores (which is also the core on the Shun Reserve series). All are great knives. And yes, Mr. Itou makes a gorgeous set of knives with R-2 cores as well. These are also scarce and sell out quickly.

Shun make great knives, with the bonus they're easy to find in the US. My favorite of their lines is probably the Reserve series. Beautiful, wood handles and custom pins. Very nice ladder damascus pattern on an SG-2 core. Do try to find a Reserve series Shun in person; from my experience, the online pictures don't do this knife much justice.

I'll try to get a few more pics shortly.

 

[oivind_dahle]

Very Nice Collection