初心「雲影」青神 #2 黑內大馬士革 210mm 牛刀

Bought this 240mm gyoto and bunka of the same series. These are my first Japanese knives (unless you count a Global chef knife) and they quickly become my favourites in the kitchen. Edge retention is quite good, sharpness on arrival and after sharpening is great and they are very easy to sharpen. I've used Naniwa 800 + 3000 and a homemade strop from an old belt, did all my old knives first. Very fun and addictive to learn sharpening.

Shipping to sweden ended up a bit pricey due to the added taxes that i had to pay separately, but these Hatsukokoro knives are still excellent value imo. Other than that, which I guess isn't Burrfections fault, the service, packaging and so on was excellent. The knives were shipped and arrived really fast, much faster than I expected.

The finish on the Damascus wears off fairly quickly during use, but I think the patinated worn look is just as beautiful and the damascus pattern still shows without the finish. So these knives are definitely not for people who want their knives to look mint while also being used, these age very visibly.

Photo is after 2 months of daily use and a couple sharpenings. I've tried to follow advice on cleaning and care but I have children and cook every day, so forgetting the knife a while after use does happen which means I've had to scrub off some rust a few times. You can probably make the finish last longer with perfect care.

Will definitely look at more knives in the future, sad that the 120 petty of this series is sold out, no other store I could find has the ebony handles and I'd like matching set if possible.

Anyways great service and product, cheers :)