* Munetoshi Gyuto 210mm Migaki Shirogami Knifewear w/ custom spalted maple & horn handle, bought from Knifewear for $373. Used quite bit, good patina. Can be removed. Sharpened once on shapton 1000#. Asking $300CAD.

Shipping not included.

I accept PayPal G&S or if you're located in Canada, EMT.

Everything is shipped by Canada Post, and if you're located in the US I will declare it as a gift with a value below $90USD to avoid tarrifs.

Hi everyone. I'm selling some handles I took off knives I rehandled. All are lightly used. The quince wood has some damage near the ferrule top and bottom, as seen in the first couple of close up photos.

All prices are CAD and don't include shipping. If you are located in the US, I will ship by Canada Post to USPS as a gift so you don't incur tarrifs.

I accept PayPal G&S or if you're located in Canada, EMT.

From left to right:

* Quince wood with blonde buffalo horn ferrule off a Shiro Kamo W2 Damascus 210mm Gyuto $50CAD

* Black oak mono off a Nigara STRIX 240mm Gyuto $40CAD

* Rosewood and black buffalo horn ferrule off a Wakui 180mm Santoku $60CAD

* Unknown wood and wood ferrule off a Matsubara 150mm petty $45CAD

More Pants today. All from Boogwa

Today we have the following:

* Shiro Kamo W2 Damascus Gyuto 210mm with ebony and red marble stone ferrule

* Matsubara B2 Nashiji Petty 150mm with marble ebony and marble horn ferrule

* Wakui W2 & Stainless Clad Migaki Santoku 180mm with Karelian Birch and horn ferrule and end cap

I want to thank everyone who replied to my previous post. Your kind words in these difficult times for me mean more than I could ever explain.

Waiting on the next batch from Jack, should be special.

Take care everyone.

Hi everyone. I'm selling some handles I took off knives I rehandled. All are lightly used. The quince wood has some damage near the ferrule top and bottom, as seen in the first couple of close up photos.

All prices are USD and don't include shipping. I will ensure everything is shipped and arrives without tarrifs.

From left to right:

* Quince wood with blonde buffalo horn ferrule off a Shiro Kamo W2 Damascus 210mm Gyuto $40

* Black oak mono off a Nigara STRIX 240mm Gyuto $40

* Rosewood and black buffalo horn ferrule off a Wakui 180mm Santoku $50

* Unknown wood and wood ferrule off a Matsubara 150mm petty $30

Time to get a little real here.

tl;dr at bottom

I'll soon be 37 years old, and I've struggled pretty much whole life with untreated depression and anxiety. On the whole, I'm better than I was in my late teens and early 20s, where I was in a nearly inescapable hole. Around 2013, I started to climb out--I found a job I was passionate about, met my future wife, and started becoming financially stable. But it hit me hard a few years ago again.

Finally being in a financial position to do so, I started therapy right around the time of my wedding in late 2022. Mostly I think it helped me have a healthy outlet to talk about my life and problems to someone that wasn't my wife or a friend. Mood improved, angry outbursts subsided, anxiety diminished, darkness faded. This led into early 2024 when we found out my wife was pregnant. I continued the improvement and the therapy. Eventually with the newborn coming in early 2025, the time commitment became too large, and I had improved enough to the point that my therapist and I agreed it would be fine to take a break.

Through the later part of 2025 and into 2026, things started to get bad again, but still manageable. We found out my wife is pregnant again in January. With this came crushing anxiety leading to the deepest depression I've had in almost 20 years. The mounting pressure of dealing with a newborn and a young toddler, knowing that our car situation was woefully inadequate for our growing family, and our house was plainly unsuitable for a family of 4, I've begun to crack under the weight of it all.

In the past few weeks things have come to a head. My moods are unpredictable and beyond unacceptable for a father of a toddler and husband of a pregnant wife. My anger is often uncontrollable and I shut down completely. This has to change. Despite my extremely reluctance to do so given the time commitment, I've begun the process to restart therapy. I also have an appointment with my family doctor to ask about medication--a bridge I have never crossed.

I am trying to take more time for myself when family obligations permit it. Part of that is spending more time with my hobbies in order to self reflect and have something external to focus on, that's not my family or work commitments. My wife is fully on board with this.

tl;dr I am depressed and anxious, I'm spending more time with my knives (and other hobbies)

Today was a rough day for me so I decided that I would sacrifice a couple hours of sleep to tidy up my work space in the garage to have an area to work on my knives. I present to you my new (first ever in fact!) pants on my Matsubara Blue2 Kiri Cleaver. They are a stabilized blue burl by Jack at Boogwa with a marble horn ferrule.

I also included the before and after of my work bench.

Thanks for reading.