Pradel Oyster knives one with and one without the hand guard. Dead cheap and good, nasty cheapo plastic handle but with the blade pattern of my choice.
And I mean cheap $3 a pop, you willn’t cry over snapping it.
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APR09- I’ve modified both oyster shuckers with convex edge for 2/3 of the blade to give the shucker better ease of wedge into the oysters.
Original post: 29JUN07, Updated: 29APR09
Unlike the shitty deba from the same Fujiwara FKM series, this is actually a really nice knife. Intended for poultry butchery with its thicker blade and large handle, it can easily handle most birds and with the pointy tip it makes getting at the wishbone easier. I’ve used mine mainly for fish filleting, but have since upgraded to a deba.
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This is my first time attempt at a multiple wood scale handle.
Caring this knife off to a KF member, but not before making a pinless saya for this knife.
KF post related to this rescaling:
http://www.knifeforums.com/forums/showtopic.php?tid/835120/
Original post:18OCT08, Updated: 25OCT08
Masamoto Sohonten 150mm Aoko (Blue Paper steel) honkasumi hon-deba, Magnolia wood handle with a white water buffalo ferrule and surprisingly beautiful saya.
I bought this knife for $200 shipped from a fellow KF member, and I’ll say they taken amazingly great care of the knife, looks new to me. It retails for about $269 from the likes of JCK.
Original post:19OCT08
Not exactly sure which high carbon steel is used in this knife, I suspect SK-series steel. I’ve dropped it once and chipped the heel of the blade and sharpened half of it out, which was easy enough.
Has a smaller handle compared to the Fujiwara FKM, and is better suited using a forward choke “accuser grip” due to it’s somewhat short handle.
I’m going to keep this knife for my honesuki, I’m probably rehandle it in a hidden tang style, Black Canvas Micarta block with some form of contrasting forward spacer and pommel similar to that on the Fujiwara FKM honesuki.
Original post: 18OCT08, Updated:25OCT08
Bought it for the shape of the blade and handle for a good price on eBay, but I don't like the roughness of the handle and the shiny smooth pinch grip area which gets slippery when coated with fat.
Good for functionality but the blade is surprisingly flexible for "stiff boning knife".
Replacement will be a Swibo with a straight handle.
Part of the Johnson & Wales tool kit.
A shorter 4" F Dick narrow boning knife with the ergogrip handle almost like short poultry boning knives, another nice boning knife from F Dick. It has a slightly more pronounced concave in the pinch grip area of the handle which I like.
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