We 'Bunkarised' this vintage Japanese kitchen knife - Minamoto No Masakane 270mm Gyuto Old Stock

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We 'Bunkarised' this vintage Japanese kitchen knife - Minamoto No Masakane 270mm Gyuto Old Stock

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00:00 - Intro.
00:22 - The Story of Minamoto No Masakane.
01:13 - Flexing two more LARGE Gyuto's.
01:27 - "Bunkarising" this beast (from YO handle to a WA handle + K-tip re-profiling).
02:17 - About that SK Carbon Steel.
03:31 - Cutting action on the board. How does it cut?
06:44 - End verdict. Conclusions.
07:43 - Outro. Thank you for watching!
In this video I show a lot of 'HOW' and 'WHY' of my Minamoto No Masakane Old Stock 270mm SK Mono Carbon Steel Wide Gyuto.
HOW I "Bunkarised" this 50+ year old beast of a blade. HOW it cuts through a few stuff. And share with you WHY this is a fun blade.
This vintage kitchen knife was purchased at www.japanesenaturalstones.com
Euro 167,25

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@ModernCookingEurope 8 ай бұрын

Absolute TANK! 👌🏻

@chefknivesenthusiast 8 ай бұрын

A different kind of beast for sure 😊

@Steelforfood 8 ай бұрын

Awesome

@chefknivesenthusiast 8 ай бұрын

Thank you. 🙏🏾

@SanderVermeer 2 ай бұрын

That blade reminds me of a French knife I saw in a video once. Can't remember which one but it was mainly used by chefs to be able to butcher/cut larger pieces of beef and pork for old school rollade. Side question, have you ever checked out Robert Herder knives? Although pretty available, I feel that most enthusiasts are unaware of their awesomeness. True German lasers that perform excellently, are stupid easy to maintain and overall are just awesome. Their K Chef is just amazing. My Yoshimi Kato can't hold a candle to it (well, before I thinned it) and I always seem to gravitate back to it. Would highly recommend you to check it some time.

@chefknivesenthusiast 2 ай бұрын

I do know about Robert Herder knives. We sell them at Meesterslijpers. They are indeed super thin, laser blades. But personally, I really don't like the Western YO handles in general. So, I never thought of getting one for myself. I only have WA handles in my rotation. I have my Shibata Koutetsu battleship, my Kei Kobayashi Damascus Petty, and Bunka. and my Yu Kurosaki Houou Gyuto, when I want to use a laser.

@travelsahead 8 ай бұрын

What a beauty. I want to see more of the grinding and build process. I put a WA handle on a victorinox and its my best budget workhourse.

@chefknivesenthusiast 8 ай бұрын

In this video, you can see a little bit more of the knife 'flip' proces: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/ib92daWpqLadf58.htmlsi=f9Z5Tx6d0uVNUTnU

@jackbolder5734 8 ай бұрын

Looks very nice. I wonder why they don't make such tall, ok'ish gyutos anymore. How much does it weight?

@chefknivesenthusiast 8 ай бұрын

I don't have a scale around to put it on and check, but I guesstimate it around 250 - 275 grams

@SliceydiceyCookingNicey 7 ай бұрын

I have become a big fan of SK4 carbon steel. Its not fancy, but it takes a very sharp edge, holds it very well and is reasonably priced. It is fairly reactive and patinas quickly, but not so reactive that a new user will damage it if they dont dry it immediately. As for this monster of a knife you have, i would love to find something like that , just for the shear size of it !!! I have a very small kitchen , but i would figure out a way to use this monster k tip lol.

@chefknivesenthusiast 7 ай бұрын

I must say I have very similar experiences with my SK steel blades. So it's like you took those words out of my mouth. 👌🏽 My kitchen is also crampy and tight, but it does fit my 600mm x 350mm cutting board. 😁💪🏾

@stevenderringer2570 8 ай бұрын

I just picked one up at JNS. It looks like they wa handled and bunksrised one of their own. Love the height on these, even taller than my komakiri.

@chefknivesenthusiast 8 ай бұрын

Maksim bunkarised about four or five of them indeed. I got the 360mm Gyuto.

@trappenweisseguy27 8 ай бұрын

I’ve thought about doing the same to my 240 mm kiritsuke for several years. It’s just too long for my cutting space. I’d like to bob it down to about 220-225 mm and make the k-tip even more aggressive. That was the only size it was available in unfortunately. It is taller, which I like, than a 210 would have been anyway had it been available. You win some, you lose some 🤷‍♂️.

@trappenweisseguy27 8 ай бұрын

The SK steel should be pretty decent and you’re getting a mono steel, which gives better stiffness and feedback over sanmai.

@chefknivesenthusiast 8 ай бұрын

You could go for a Chuka Bocho if you like tall blades. But yeah, it sounds like if you re-profile your blade, you win it all.

@chefknivesenthusiast 8 ай бұрын

I experience it to be very decent steel, especially for an old blade like this. When I need a stiff blade it has my back for sure. When I need a bit of flex and a forgiving blade, my San Mai's are ready to go.

@trappenweisseguy27 8 ай бұрын

Do you have a link to who is selling these ?.

@chefknivesenthusiast 8 ай бұрын

I bought min at www.japanesenaturalstones.com Look for the "knives" section and then at "other knives" section. I know that Bernal Cutlery had a few in stock, Hitohira. Otherwise, just google Minamoto No Masakane old stock knives.

@jackbolder5734 8 ай бұрын

Is that a radioactive button mushroom? Always wonder where you get those monster carrots from. I'm not far away (Austria), but our supermarket carrots are a third of that size lol

@chefknivesenthusiast 8 ай бұрын

Hahaha, yeah, I bought it at the nearest Nuclear Farmers Market. It's a Portabello mushroom. Really firm and yummie, I love it diced up in a soup, as a burger patty or off the bbq. This is a winter carrot, not your regular Bugs Bunny carrot. They can be really huge. I use them in soups and stews a lot.

@jackbolder5734 8 ай бұрын

@@chefknivesenthusiast lol thanks. I wish you did some cooking videos, bet you're an awesome vegetarian chef

@arturmisiuk9387 8 ай бұрын

Yeah, so you can sell me Nigara Anmon 27cm... I can't find anywhere. Thanks 😊

@chefknivesenthusiast 8 ай бұрын

Here's my video with that knife. In reality, it's 255mm. I might be willing to sell it. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/mZimftyay5jPioE.htmlsi=N29NFJy0w1PVLkIa

@arturmisiuk9387 8 ай бұрын

@@chefknivesenthusiast I know that video very well, dammmamascus .... 🤩🤩🤩

@jackbolder5734 8 ай бұрын

Could this double as a cleaver?

@chefknivesenthusiast 8 ай бұрын

I wouldn't go as far as it being tall enough for a cleaver. It is taller than most of my Nakiri's, but not as tall as my Tinker Tank or Chuka Bocho's. But the profile sure is versatile, especially after I Bunkarised it.