Knives..what are your favorites?

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Pro Sushi chef reacts to rude comment on YouTube video
(Am I cheating in “towel cut” demo?)

https://youtu.be/E9gEPKibnn4

“(You) talk the talk, do you walk the walk?” -Animal Mother, in Full Metal Jacket (1987 Stanley Kubrick)-

Link to the video
https://youtu.be/opPRDGM6Mb4

Even though his comment was the newest one, it was pushed down way below.
I didn’t do it, YouTube did it. Don’t know why.

Just uploaded.
As the title says, simple video.
No music at all = No false copyright claim bullshit

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I’m working on the next project.
Teaser by T K, on Flickr

So,… I pulled a trigger, eventually.
After asking myself, again and again. “Do I really want to do this?” .
I was telling myself this is the last time, fully knowing that it won’t be.
There will be others.
There always will be….
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Against my own better judgement, I decided to make this as a “short film”, instead of (more common) “How to(tutorial)” video.
But, just look at the screenshot above.
The lighting, prop blocking (it's out of focus, but a bag of Black Rifle Coffee "Silencer Smooth" in the background, and AeroPress Go), everything but the blade is underexposed (on purpose) ... this is not going to be tutorial video.
What I had in my mind was the opening scene of “Terminal List”.

Screw the YouTube popularity.
What I want to do is telling a story.

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Pro Sushi Chef’s short knife movie “Strider SnG blade centering”

https://youtu.be/riqG1TAKb7g

This is NOT a tutorial video.
I tell a short, and simple story.
So don’t complain about soft focus and under exposed images.
They are so called “stylistic choices”.


Inspiration
“Terminal List” (2022) opening scene
“Jacob’s Ladder (1990) last scene

Yeah, I totally forgot to take “before” photos / videos.
Doesn’t matter, because I don’t have to “prove” anything, to anybody.

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Two yanagiba, one slicer, one deba, and Strider SnG all in one afternoon

https://youtu.be/SYm3MtsKy9w

Here’s how I sharpen five knives in one afternoon. Took about 45 minutes or so.
Keep in mind that “45 minutes” includes the time to set up the camera, tripod, audio recorder, microphone & boom pole, all these crap.

Also, keep in mind that I’m NOT some sort of knife / sharpening expert.
I’m just a guy who work in the restaurant business.
(Or, at least that’s what I tell people. You’ll never know my true identity. I’m like an iceberg, 90% of me is hidden underwater.)

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Pro Sushi Chef's Ultimate Knife Edge "Test"
Cutting something softer that easily falls apart is more challenging

https://youtu.be/E3mDVgF3r_s


Cutting manila rope doesn’t tell you anything you need to know about your knives.
You can press down as hard as you can, if the edge doesn’t have enough bite, the blade just slips.
Cutting paper doesn’t tell you anything worth, either.
It just means the apex's nose radius is small enough to catch the grain of paper.

Cutting sushi roll, especially the ones that are rolled up softly, is far, FAR more challenging.
If you force, the roll just falls apart.
If the edge doesn’t have enough bite, you’ll have to do “sawing’ motion, which, again, makes the roll to fall apart.

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Pro Sushi Chef’s knife mod, from Double bevel to Single bevel Part2, Why, Dos and Don’ts

https://youtu.be/elU27qC-Ghc

With "Pro Tip" on how to cut sashimi.
The difference between single-bevel, double-bevel, modified to single bevel.
What you SHOULDN’T do.
When you want to do.
More cutting demo in the next video.


Don’t do this mod to laminated construction blade.
The reason is simple.

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Pro Sushi Chef’s Maguro cutting (with Sugimoto 2524)

https://youtu.be/6Pl4rnt_Z2Q

The footage of cutting 8 lb. of Big Eye Tuna at work, with Sugimoto Slicer 2524 and Masamoto Deba.

I'll take some break.

I won't be making knife / knife sharpening video for a while, until I feel like it is fun, again.

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This was a gift to me, several years ago. From a friend who did UN service in the middle east.

Do you know anything about it?

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It looks like a Kukri (sometimes spelled as “Khukri”), which is originated in Nepal.
NOT those Amazon crap, but the traditional style.
Amazon Crap


Traditional style



Even though it’s origin is (supposed to be) Nepal, its next door neighbor is India, then Pakistan, then Afghanistan,… and Pakistan has a LONG history of knife / sword making. It’s probably made by a local blade smith in Pakistan.

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Cool - thank you!

Any idea if it's special? Millitary? Valuable?

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Is it anything special?
First of all, I am not a Kukri expert. Also, without seeing the entire blade, I really can't say anything, but...

About "Military"...
Yes, even today, every enlisted man in Nepal armed force (and police force, also) is issued Gurkha Kukri. They were widely used by British / Indian Army in the jungle of Burma (back then it was called, Burma, now it is Myanmar).
Perhaps, "Gurkha Kukri" and "FS(Fairbairn Sykes) commando knife(dagger) are two of the most famous military knife from WW2.
(FS dagger is purely designed for one thing and one thing only. Killing a man, efficiently. Kukri is a weapon AND utility tool at the same time. While it may be useful in the jungle of Myanmar / Indian border, it isn't really that much useful in San Francisco Bay Area. Any big knife, its usefulness greatly depends on where you are.)

Valuable?...
Don't expect knives / bayonets that were produced in large numbers to be something really valuable.

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SK, White, Blue, the truth of Edge Retention that nobody talked about

https://youtu.be/ddWrNP0aRZM

Short story of “Edge retention”

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Pro Sushi Chef’s Yanagiba online shopping -Sukenari R2 has arrived

https://youtu.be/8dJL84C-oAw

So, how do I shop Yanagiba when online shopping is the only option?
[NOTE] This is NOT a “How to” video. Everything I described in this video works for me, but ONLY for me.
Don’t try to find an easy answer on the internet.
You have to find your own way to walk, and have to find the way to ignore false info floating around.

Sukenari R2 (aka SG-2) Yanagiba 270mm

How I buy Yanagiba / Deba / Usuba
https://youtu.be/VtY2AfSOArk

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Ginza Watari Original 255mm Kiritsuke Sujihiki White#2, Day One

https://youtu.be/ynUCNT2Iedk

Moving a blade toward you while the edge facing you on rather hard materials such as carrot requires some real confidence inspiring edge geometry.
This knife is so much fun.
Build quality is really high. (You get a lot more for the money you pay, compare to the similarly priced artisans knives. I’m NOT bashing artisan knives, but they’re novelty items. This is a professional’s working tool.)

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I’m not gonna lie.
Sometimes (often times, actually), I am guilty, for not being able to resist buying a new toy.

What’s this?

What's this by T K, on Flickr

It’s an OTF!

OTF by T K, on Flickr

Hyper glow switch inlay and the bead (which I added)

Hyper glow by T K, on Flickr

Size comparison with blade open (with Boker Stubby Strike (which is pretty much a crap (I knew it’d be crap when I purchased it from Blade HQ years ago, it was on sale) and Benchmade 380Aller)

Comparison open by T K, on Flickr

…with blade closed

Comparison closed by T K, on Flickr

Clip is billet, not stamped.
Clip by T K, on Flickr
But, as usual, I’m not going to clip any knife onto my pants pocket.
(I just attach longer lanyard to the blue one shown in the photo, and keep it in the pocket while the other end of the lanyard is attached to the belt.

Blight orange and blue lanyard were intentionally chosen, so that it won’t be “tactical” looking. Rather, it would look like some sort of alpinist tool / gadget.

(I should have taken the photos with Small Sebenza and Strider PT, as those are my go-to small knives…)