Thank you very much my Japanese friend, also thank your friend for me please for showing his collection. Lovely knives, beautiful craftmanship . Excellent video. Regards, Chris.
Your friends collection of Japanese knives is terrific. Very beautiful knives. I have never seen knives with convex grinds on one side and saber to zero grind on the other. Thank you for sharing.
Any one of those knives can easily become a family heirloom, I think. Especially the ones with the incredible mirror polish. Thank you very much Virtuovice for allowing us to view these.
Primo knives. Top notch craftsmanship. I esp. enjoyed seeing the wooden sheath on the 1st knife. Very elegant contrast between the gloss black paint and the light brown leather. Also the steel, wrap around, reinforcing brackets on some of the leather sheaths was interesting. The rivets will never bite into the leather. And once again, a pleasing contrast, this time between steel and leather. I think details like that break up the monotony of the leather shape and color.
Wow. These are really beautiful and stunning knives. Thank you so much for sharing. Right now, I don't know where to start to research and look up these knives. Fingers are itching again.....
Many thanks to you and your hunting friend for taking the time to show us his knives. Some of those damascus blades, especially the Yusui Itou @ 11:42, were beautiful.
What a wonderful treat! Thank you for sharing so much about Japanese knives. I am like you and love American knives mainly by Cold Steel,Ka-bar and Ontario. Your videos are very thoughtful and original. Thank you for all you do and thank you to your friend for sharing his beautiful collection.
I've been a fan and subscriber for awhile now. My favorite video is your two part shashimi video. And this is my second favorite now. Thanks for sharing.
These knives are exquisite. You are highlighting the best of Japanese knifemaking tradition. I will follow from now on. Carry on the good work. Kind regards.
Very beautiful brother, He must be very proud of them all, A collection I would love to own for myself, Thank you for taking the time to show us them. Regards Cliff.
Hey,So many beautiful knives ,hard to pick a favorite.Please tell your friend Mr.Sato thank you.The sharpness of his knives is superb.Thank you very much.
Really love the simple looking fishing knife @ 12:00 I like the look and agility of slim/narrow handles, sadly I need large thick handles, I have large hands (index knuckle to pinky knuckle portion is over 10cm) F1 is just too small for me to comfortably use, even the Mora companion is a bit too small and gives me cramps quickly.
Mr. Sato has a wonderful knife collection! I have never seen the Kitano edge design before. Very interesting! Japanese knife makers look to be very skilled craftsman indeed! Thank you for taking the time to showcase these knives. Did Mr. Sato fully skin the stags that you took that day? I would very much like to see his technique if he did. I hope that you filmed your hunting experience with him. As always, a great video. Thank you!
you are lucky to be Japanese, really awesome knives there. I was drooling for a half an hour :) I do like that final higonokami knife - seems like a good all around EDC knife.
Professor how are you, I connected the dots from one of your Japanese Choppers, in a different video, I think. Anyhow it's a Coping Style front (flat), I could understand the similarity between it and the Carpenters Hatchet both having a straight flat bevel, both can be used for forming and carving wood. I alway's wanted one so I got a Ka-Bar Zomstro which reminds me of your Japanese Chopper, a few weeks ago I was able to form out a Pancake Lattle which is a large type of a spoon. I really enjoy your videos, Thanx.
Thanks to you and Mr Sato for sharing the many interesting Japanese knives. There were some very hight Rockwell C hardness values on a few of those steels. For those high RC steels, is there any special blade use care needed to avoid chipping? ありがとう
Many Japanese knives and many Fallkniven knives have a sandwitch construction. The core is hard steel and the sides are soft steel. When the blade is long like a Japanese sword, its construction will be needed definitely. The broken sword must be defeated. But I don't think the sandwitch construction is practically needed for short knives. I suspect the makers take it to cut the steel cost. Damascus is for the side steel and I personally won't need it for my short hunting knives. Thanks.
The G Sakai ZDP 189 and the following one is quite beautiful, Id love to see you test it and see how it cuts flesh/backstraps. The edge design is so unique. Keatanu?
Wako-san and Sato-san... Amazing knives!! All of them are beautiful knives. Trying hard to learn japanese!!! it is a very very hard language to learn, even harder than chinese!! especially with the different dialects hahaha
@haywoodf He said he basically didn't sharpen them but sent them back to the makers to resharpen them once a year. It's his way and he loves hard steels, while I love kinda soft steels and sharpening them myself. Thanks.
@traderjoes Kitano edge is very unique. But theoretically I will need a convex bevel on its right side to get back straps beautifully. I guess he is not a field dressing hunter like me. Thanks.
Very nice. Though I am glad we do not have the same length restrictions where bear & boar are concerned I tend to like a bit larger blade. I still like smaller knives for utility, skinning etc but for dispatching dangerous animals & defense I prefer my larger 12" bowie or my 16" dagger.
While I agree that Damascus in most cases is cosmetic, wouldn't you also agree that if you were to twist two high strength modern steels, like maybe a ZDP-189 and a S30V or 1095, in the Damascus fashion along with a proper heat treat, that they would be considerably stronger than one strong steel alone?
@Febeleh I agree, and especially folding a soft and a very hard steels together, I think that will result in absolutely chipping resistance, and hard edge retention holding blade, at the same time.
@Tanrichguy He totally skinned some deer and got all the meat for his friends and sausages or some. But after he got satisfied with much meat, I did it in my way on his behalf. Thanks.
@JesusFuckingChrist84 No limit literally. I ever got 3 stag a day twice this season and I already got 16 stag in a month and some days. I will get 70 stag this season. Hunters are few and deer are plenty here. Thanks.
Jay Cool I think he meant a good knife for bear fighting as he's mentioned that they aren't allowed to carry large knives, or handguns the only thing to protect themselves are bear repellent and a knife.
fantastic and beautifully designed knives.........
great video
Thank you Sir for sharing your expertise. Your videos make us all better knife lovers.
Very beautiful knives. Your friend has great taste in knives. Thanks for sharing
Thank you very much my Japanese friend, also thank your friend for me please for showing his collection. Lovely knives, beautiful craftmanship . Excellent video.
Regards,
Chris.
Your friends collection of Japanese knives is terrific. Very beautiful knives. I have never seen knives with convex grinds on one side and saber to zero grind on the other. Thank you for sharing.
Any one of those knives can easily become a family heirloom, I think. Especially the ones with the incredible mirror polish. Thank you very much Virtuovice for allowing us to view these.
Primo knives. Top notch craftsmanship. I esp. enjoyed seeing the wooden sheath on the 1st knife. Very elegant contrast between the gloss black paint and the light brown leather. Also the steel, wrap around, reinforcing brackets on some of the leather sheaths was interesting. The rivets will never bite into the leather. And once again, a pleasing contrast, this time between steel and leather. I think details like that break up the monotony of the leather shape and color.
Wow. These are really beautiful and stunning knives. Thank you so much for sharing. Right now, I don't know where to start to research and look up these knives. Fingers are itching again.....
What a feast of knives! Thank you for showing them all. And please thank your friend.
Many thanks to you and your hunting friend for taking the time to show us his knives. Some of those damascus blades, especially the Yusui Itou @ 11:42, were beautiful.
What a wonderful treat! Thank you for sharing so much about Japanese knives. I am like you and love American knives mainly by Cold Steel,Ka-bar and Ontario. Your videos are very thoughtful and original. Thank you for all you do and thank you to your friend for sharing his beautiful collection.
I've been a fan and subscriber for awhile now. My favorite video is your two part shashimi video. And this is my second favorite now. Thanks for sharing.
some beautiful looking knives, thanks for sharing them. I probably would've never seen these if not for the video.
Thank you for showing this wonderful collection.
These knives are exquisite. You are highlighting the best of Japanese knifemaking tradition. I will follow from now on. Carry on the good work. Kind regards.
Beautiful collection, so honored to have you share them.
Fine Japanese craftsmanship. A very impressive collection of knives. Thank you and your friend for sharing.
Very beautiful craftsmanship!
Some beautiful custom knives. Don't think I've seen so many Damascus Steels in one place! LOL
Many thanks to your friend for sharing
So beautiful. I'm very happy to own a Saji and Kiku. Pride of my collection.
I can't believe I just saw the whole video! Incredible knives, and so well maintained. I'm sure Wako now has some new items on his wish list!
The sharpness on the blades that you did the paper cut tests on is unbelievable!
Very beautiful and interesting knives. Please thank mr. Sato for letting us see them.
Very beautiful brother, He must be very proud of them all, A collection I would love to own for myself, Thank you for taking the time to show us them. Regards Cliff.
Those are beautiful knives! Thanks for sharing.
I don't have words - so beautifull knives!
Great video!
Thank you for the opportunity to see these beatiful knives!
what a absolutely beautiful collection thank you guys wicked vid
Thank you Wako, an honor and a pleasure always.
Hey,So many beautiful knives ,hard to pick a favorite.Please tell your friend Mr.Sato thank you.The sharpness of his knives is superb.Thank you very much.
Very nice knives. Thank you for sharing, Mr. Wako.
Very nice knives. I really like the Gotou.
Some truly beautiful blades!
Wow what a beautiful collection. So much interesting information, I thank you for the video. I like the steels very much.
Really love the simple looking fishing knife @ 12:00
I like the look and agility of slim/narrow handles, sadly I need large thick handles, I have large hands (index knuckle to pinky knuckle portion is over 10cm)
F1 is just too small for me to comfortably use, even the Mora companion is a bit too small and gives me cramps quickly.
those are stunning!
thanks for sharing these beauties with us!
Mr. Sato has a wonderful knife collection! I have never seen the Kitano edge design before. Very interesting! Japanese knife makers look to be very skilled craftsman indeed! Thank you for taking the time to showcase these knives. Did Mr. Sato fully skin the stags that you took that day? I would very much like to see his technique if he did. I hope that you filmed your hunting experience with him. As always, a great video. Thank you!
you are lucky to be Japanese, really awesome knives there. I was drooling for a half an hour :)
I do like that final higonokami knife - seems like a good all around EDC knife.
Professor how are you, I connected the dots from one of your Japanese Choppers, in a different video, I think. Anyhow it's a Coping Style front (flat), I could understand the similarity between it and the Carpenters Hatchet both having a straight flat bevel, both can be used for forming and carving wood. I alway's wanted one so I got a Ka-Bar Zomstro which reminds me of your Japanese Chopper, a few weeks ago I was able to form out a Pancake Lattle which is a large type of a spoon. I really enjoy your videos, Thanx.
Hey man I love watching your videos brother ..
Excellent knife knowledge you have sir .. I wish I had some of your collection .. keep posting
Where can I get the first one...actually all of them beautiful collection.
Very enjoyable video. Great knives. Wish Mr. Sato would have Hattori KD30 Cowry-X Damascus that would be a real treat.
Excellent knives!!
respect!!! Very beautiful Japanese steel masters now the craft.
Beautiful blades.
Beautiful. Thank you for showing!
Thanks to you and Mr Sato for sharing the many interesting Japanese knives. There were some very hight Rockwell C hardness values on a few of those steels. For those high RC steels, is there any special blade use care needed to avoid chipping? ありがとう
with the first knife, would it be possible to do batoning and other heavy work?
Many Japanese knives and many Fallkniven knives have a sandwitch construction. The core is hard steel and the sides are soft steel. When the blade is long like a Japanese sword, its construction will be needed definitely. The broken sword must be defeated. But I don't think the sandwitch construction is practically needed for short knives. I suspect the makers take it to cut the steel cost. Damascus is for the side steel and I personally won't need it for my short hunting knives. Thanks.
@paciuc Japanese custom knives are very pricey. Scandinavian custom knives are less expensive. Bark Rivers are just good for my purse. Thanks.
The G Sakai ZDP 189 and the following one is quite beautiful, Id love to see you test it and see how it cuts flesh/backstraps. The edge design is so unique. Keatanu?
Definitely knives to be admired and proud off, thank you both for showing them.
A good day shared is an even better day.
M.
Wako-san and Sato-san... Amazing knives!!
All of them are beautiful knives. Trying hard to learn japanese!!! it is a very very hard language to learn, even harder than chinese!!
especially with the different dialects hahaha
@haywoodf He said he basically didn't sharpen them but sent them back to the makers to resharpen them once a year. It's his way and he loves hard steels, while I love kinda soft steels and sharpening them myself. Thanks.
so beautiful knives!!!
@Romanlegionnaire77 I have never seen he had a Rockstead knives. He seems like a supporter for genuine hand made custom knife makers. Thanks.
Beautiful knives!
Wako, can you tell me a web site where you can buy this 3 knives: , Marukatsu Asai, Ichinosuke Tanaka, Yusui Itou, i like them very much!!
I collect Japanese outdoor knives. I live in Japan. Arigato ,Great video.
nice knives. thanks for sharing
please thank Mr. Sato for showing his knives, they are beautifull
07:36 awesome knife. I think the best.
@chinarocks2 I agree with you. Many of them seems like pricey collectible items. Thanks.
goto higonokami stile the best one! i
love Japan.
wow what a collection thanks for sharing :)
You continue to evolve your productions. I enjoyed this particular style. Perhaps you have more friends?
Beautiful knives
@traderjoes Kitano edge is very unique. But theoretically I will need a convex bevel on its right side to get back straps beautifully. I guess he is not a field dressing hunter like me. Thanks.
Great video!!!
very nice collection.
i love the bear fighting comments :P
Very nice. Though I am glad we do not have the same length restrictions where bear & boar are concerned I tend to like a bit larger blade. I still like smaller knives for utility, skinning etc but for dispatching dangerous animals & defense I prefer my larger 12" bowie or my 16" dagger.
Beautiful knives! However, I wouldn't use any of them for bear fighting, lol! I'd use a gun.
where i can buy a knife at 13:33
what is the brand?
While I agree that Damascus in most cases is cosmetic, wouldn't you also agree that if you were to twist two high strength modern steels, like maybe a ZDP-189 and a S30V or 1095, in the Damascus fashion along with a proper heat treat, that they would be considerably stronger than one strong steel alone?
@Febeleh
I agree, and especially folding a soft and a very hard steels together, I think that will result in absolutely chipping resistance, and hard edge retention holding blade, at the same time.
@lifegivesmeheadaches No. In ancient ages the Damascus would be tougher. But now it is just cosmetic IMO. Thanks.
+virtuovice can you review Kiku Matsuda knife?
Hello! Do you know where i can buy the knife from 28:14 ?
The knife is custom made by Kitano Edge. It is not available any more even in Japan.
Damn these are some of the best knifes.. I love knifes too but these are very rare and pretty expensive.. I can't get any better then this..
Nice knives .
@Tanrichguy He totally skinned some deer and got all the meat for his friends and sausages or some. But after he got satisfied with much meat, I did it in my way on his behalf. Thanks.
Those are some of the sexiest knives Ive seen.
GサカイのアルティメットハンターはZDP-189をATS-55で挟んだものです。
So beautiful.
Nice japanese custom ,why you prefer american or european knives?
I like sakai very lot!!
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@virtuovice
thanks for your videos, are very interesting !
Ciao
thank you
niiiiiiiiiiice, thank you for sharing=)
23:29 When you really like edge sharpness 😄
@JesusFuckingChrist84 No limit literally. I ever got 3 stag a day twice this season and I already got 16 stag in a month and some days. I will get 70 stag this season. Hunters are few and deer are plenty here. Thanks.
"Hattori Hanso's" steel !
I only know Mr. Itou website. Which is Japanese Knife Direct (.com)
@pelahale +1 for Kill Bill's best scene reference :D
Japanglish... Very good
Wow....
Is the art of skinning an kill lost in Japan? If so that is very sad.
did you really say bear fighting knife ???
Jay Cool I think he meant a good knife for bear fighting as he's mentioned that they aren't allowed to carry large knives, or handguns the only thing to protect themselves are bear repellent and a knife.
WoW!! PEACE :-)
If that convexed ZDP were to meet God in its journey, I can say with little Ego that God shall be cut.
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Very nice collection indeed! The Damascus blades are very beautiful, but do they provide any advantage over the common 1095 steel when hunting?