/ck/ - Food & Cooking

Mixed feelings. I think now that Japanese knives are fully mainstream they have become an easy way to hock substandard knives on a gullible public. I also violently dislike polished, stained, lacquered, or inlaid wa handles especially on "rustic" finishes like kurouchi or nashiji. Should be just bare unfinished magnolia wood with a horn ferrule, no exceptions unless you're rocking a honyaki mirror finish.

Also, if there is no machi I am automatically suspicious of it, just goes up there with the finish on that handle. Incoherent message being sent, because it's trying to tick off a lot of boxes in order to appeal to ignorant rubes.

Also, threadly reminder that the mods have german sippy cup knives.

>>11699070
Careful what you say about Wusthof customers, the mod is one of them