u/Hungryhungryhippoo44

I was looking for a new petty since my Hatsukokoro Kumokage 150mm petty has a lot of sentimental value.

Rule 5:

Anryu Petty VG10 Migaki damascus

150mm

Burned oak

88 grams

Spine thickness 3mm

Blade high 34mm

I bought the knife from a fellow redditor on TCKBST. The knife was described as a mini gyuto and nothing was lied about it.

The fit and finish of the knife is great and has a great in hand feel. Despite it is pretty thin the knife feels sturdy enough.

The knife feels really light and nimble. Despite it was a tad bit on the long side, I love to get it of the cutting board and peel fruits for example. Because of this I tend to pick up this knife often for a small and quick tasks, not having baby it too much since it is VG10. ( no worries still wipe it and dry it)

OOTB the knife was super sharp, so no touch up was required. I tried using the knife for different tasks, as I mentioned before it I tend to pick it up for peeling and cutting fruits. But I used it for removing silver skin and after using it for quite a couple of time I am loving thing knife. There is nothing I can hate about this knife.

Now the stupid part:

With the Anryu I had a total of 2 pettys, but shortly after I got a Tetsujin k-tip petty metal flow. And since I really don't need 3 pettys the Anryu has to go.

Thank you for reading!

My first NKD and lets start with a banger!

Intro:

I started last year with my first Japanese knife, but it was a factory made knife but with great specs. But I wanted more.

Rule 5:

Tetsujin K-tip Gyuto Ginsan Kasumi

240mm

Original handle: tagayasan

Current handle: Ebony

I bought the knife from a fellow redditor on TCKBST. The knife arrived on a short notice and when it arrived I viewed the knife and there were some minor scratches which were mentioned in the BST post.

The knife is an absolute beauty. The quality of the knife is exactly what you want to expect from a knife made by Tamura and Myojin. The lasery feel in hand feels amazing and also with the fit and finish you can expect from the makers. But with enough meat behind the spine so the knife does not feel flimsy at all.I have to add I am not yet completely familiar with a 240mm blade, so first time I knicked my finger (again) with the heel of the knife, but no serious damage has been done.

My first meal I cooked with the knife was Cola braised short ribs. So I had to prepare a bunch of aromatics and while I was cutting the carrot I tried to baby the knife a bit too much. But after a bit getting used to It went way smoother through the carrot. Cutting celery and onions it went like a hot knife through butter. preparing the the chunks of short rib was also incredibly smooth. The food release was good, little ingredient stuck to the blade, nothing much I really enjoyed cooking with this knife as it burns through ingredients.

Soon there will follow more Tetsujin NKD.

So I got hooked on Tetsujin and with the great help of a seller in BTS and someone else helping from the TCK community I acquired some amazing pieces in the last months. It definitly burned multiple holes in my wallet.

Knives:

- Tetsujin K-tip Petty AO#2 Metal flow 165mm

- Tetsujin Nakiri AO#2 Kasumi 180mm

- Tetsujin Gyuto Ginsan Kasumi 210mm

- Tetsujin K-tip Gyuto Ginsan Kasumi 240mm

NKDs coming soon