Okay, so here we are
this is I think this is the last shipment at least I'm expecting from my recent trip in Japan and
I have an idea of what they are and I just cannot wait to see them and show them to you
So I am NOT as sophisticated as some of the other unboxing channels out there
So I apologize
If I don't give proper details of the knives during the unboxings
But I will give proper details during the review of these knives. So if you guys were ok with that, please forgive me
Lots of newspaper
Alright so this is an
Ek de and on Ryu. So I am a huge fan of both Ikeda and on Ryu and
This is actually one of the knives that they have a collaboration
Efforts with which is really cool something you guys need to understand about the HSN knife makers is there's a lot of collaboration
Between blade makers and handle makers. This is one of them. Oh
Oh
Man
That is beautiful so beautiful
Wow
All right, so this here is a blue number two a hammered finish
Made by honor you and akkada, and this is just a gorgeous knife
beautiful polish on the spine and the toil
That is nice so beautiful, it's got this kind of glazy hazy
Mirror polish which has a really nice kind of a rustic look to it
It matches the hammered finish really well on this knife
It's a 210 but it looks a little bit longer than a typical 210 the dimensions on this knife are just right
um, it's just and it's very light very nimble and extremely well balanced as you can tell or as you can see I
Cannot wait to use this knife in the kitchen
Beautiful beautiful knife. All right, so this is a combo. Come on r2
Damascus oh
My goodness look at this
Tell me this is not one of the baddest knives
Baddest looking knives you've ever seen now. This is a beefy knife
I mean you see 240s all the time
but not with this sort of like girth throughout the heel all the way to this hip and this
It just feels really nice in your hands. It has a great finish on the spine in the toil. It looks like we've got a
That Bini handle with a double buffalo horn on the federal and the end cap here. Oh man, but this finish is gorgeous
yeah, really rustic and
Yeah, such a such a nice knife. Oh
My goodness this knife is not leaving my collection ever
okay, we have another knife here from
You curve sake oh
My goodness
This is a 270 millimeter, it's a it's a slicer it's a fifty-fifty bevel and
It's got that
Insane finish that he does with all of his knives and I just love the way he finishes his knives
I actually have video footage of how he actually cuts his Whetstone's I will show it to you. He's big grinding stones
they have very specific patterns that he cuts them with and there's something that nobody else does you guys will see exactly
Why his knives look the way they look in addition to the other craftsmanship that workmanship that goes into them
But in terms of how he finishes his knives you guys will see exactly how it does it
Man, but this is gorgeous. Oh
My goodness, oh
It's like you're pulling a knife straight out of a videogame. That's how his knives
look, they're so unique and there's no other knife maker out there that does what he does and you
Know so this is well the knives I had to pick up when I saw it
I mean, I just love his knives and I'm gonna have an entire wall of
Quarter-second knives here some point
All right, and this one here is from cattle
Whoa, that's a clean finish right there. Very clean. Very nice-looking knife
great polish on the spine great polish on the soil very
Rustic knife. I
Love it. It's 210
It's not very tall. It looks like about a forty seven millimeter height and just like gray finish on the spine again again
I'll go through the details of why this
spine detail on the artisan knives are
Basically, you cannot replicate it with a machine and there's a very specific reason why they actually do that
But we will talk about it soon. I cannot wait to use this knife in the kitchen
Okay, these knives here are actually a part of a very specific collection
So when you pull them, let me try to sort them out
All right, so really quick backstory of this one when I had a chance to visit with kato-san over in HSN
there was a very specific line of knives that
It's been in the making for about two years
and
I was privileged enough to get a hold of some of these knives here. And so these are basically
Variations of kind of the same knives same series of knives. They're all our two
Steel and they'll most of them have a Ironwood handle. This one here is a 135 petty gorgeous knife
I mean, I love pedis. I
Actually use them more than I use paring knives personally. So this knife here is a part of the collection of these knives
Are we here?
But oh so well finished
So well done and just really gorgeous really nice in your hands. These handles are custom made for
For this project with the iron would handle very comfortable in your hands. Then we have here the 210. This is the 210 three layers
with
The same finish as
The petty polish on the toil on the spine is just spot-on and just
It is such a joy to hold these knives and I was so privileged to get a small collection of these here for myself
And so what people don't realize is that with these artisan knives every single detail is done by hand
And so the hammer marks that you guys see here are actually done by what they call spring hammers
But they're done with a different head on them and they do them one at a time
So every single mark every divot you see is done one at a time and depending on the knife
Project that they're doing they may space these holes out or they may space a difference out, you know at different intervals
And so I can take anywhere between 30 minutes to even an hour to do one side of a knife
so this is
Look at that. Oh
So this is the same our two core Steel's what we just saw except it has 69 layers of the masses cladding
is
so
Beautiful
But it's not the same iron wood handle gorgeous handle very comfortable
Yeah, I mean, I don't know. I don't have enough words in my vocabulary to describe
you know the feelings and
What I see
I
Mean I can tell you is a work of art and it is it certainly is but I think it's even more than that. Just
Enjoy it
So this is the same knife is what we saw on the three layer with the I would handle except it uses
cherry
Cherry lumber for the handle instead of an Ironwood. So has a slightly different feel to it
Obviously a very different look more red instead of a gold brown
But the same shape of a handle very comfortable in the same great blade profile
with that beautiful hammered finish
Same polish on the toil and the spine so very nice. Very very nicely well done
So this is a 240 version
of
What we just saw
Oh
Yes
Beautiful I would handle
Hammered finish or our two core steel
and
These are hand engraving
Behold the 240. I know I have an addiction. I
Know I do now. This one here is the 69 layers
That beautiful handle I mean these handles are just so gorgeous
When they hand engrave their name
I wonder what happens when they mess it up like how offset would you be to actually mess up your name?
I mean, I'm sure they're planning people who will still buy knives that have you know
cosmetic decals or cosmetic
Imperfections on these knives I mess it up. I'd be a little upset at myself, and I'm sure that happens
So here's the 240 with the cherry handle
And this is a knife, I really wanted to show you
So when I saw this knife, i
Said I had to buy that knife theater, and then I saw the other night. I said I have to buy the whole collection
Which is what we have here. This one here is one of only two made
Well that was available. Oh
My goodness
That is so
So nice this purple. I haven't seen this in about a month or so, but seeing it again just
Makes me love it all over again. And so you have the same great 69 layers of domestic lighting on the are two core steel
but that custom handle and
Obviously, there aren't many knives. I have with colorful handles or with cola handles at all
But now I've got the you kurosaki with the blue handle or the turquoise handle and I've got this cazzo with this beautiful
Beautiful purple handle here. And this is actually wouldn't this I believe was actually using birch wood and
that'll stabilize it with with a die, but it's got it's it's such a such a nice look and and feel to it and
oh, I
Love this thing. I love this thing. Oh, man
All right. So now it's time to make space on my wall
And finally this one
Well, there's still room for more knives
These two knives are a secret project. I'm working on I can't tell you anything else
What you're seeing here what you're looking at right here are two knives from 2-0 and they are the
Mmm, basically the final production samples of a knife that I've designed
That that's what zero is gonna be making for me
And it's a Damascus cladded knife with a VG10 core steel
And the reason why there are two here is because the one on my left
It's actually using a Class B polisher and the one on my right is a stainless speed polisher
And so the look is very similar, but the glass bead polisher. It's a bit more
Glossy a bit more reflective. So it has a more mirror finish to it as opposed to the stainless steel bead finish
I need a quick favor from you
I need you to let me know which finish you actually like better
The high polish of the glass or the more satin finish of the stainless steel
so
Based on your feedback. I will get on the phone with the folks over to zero and okay the
Production and about three to four months will have a number of these for sale
Oh here is bequest from me
Let me know which one these knives you actually want me to review and I can see about doing kind of like a voting system
Once a week and you guys can vote on what knives and what some is you guys want me to review the cot?
Oh the commo
asaji knives
the new em
Custer's
The you kurosaki knives
The sooo Canaries
The Tanaka's the
Kawamura knives or do you guys want to see a restore video? Do you want me to take this?
You know this raw blank right here
It's more or less in raw form. If you guys want to see me turn this knife into a
Useable knife in the kitchen. Let me know in the comments as well
So I will get on it. Okay. Alright guys. Thank you for being here and I'll catch you in the next one