Stunning damascus kitchen knife for sale

Kalimna

Greetings folks,

I have a completely unused 240mm Gyuto knife in R2 damascus steel by Hiro Itou. These knives are handmade in the traditional Japanese style and all feature beautiful damascus steel blades and handles of various unusual materials from acrylic-imprgnated-wood to corian to synthetic stone and fossilised mammoth tooth.

My knife has a handle of synthetic malachite.

The reason for selling? Many years ago, I bought a similar knife for our wedding ceremony (cant cut the cake with any old blade!), and in a fit of stupidity (and a small amount of panic that it wouldnt arrive on time from Japan) I purchased a backup from Kin Knives (whom I hadnt known stocked these).

Here is a link to the Kin Knives website and their current Itou blades.
https://www.kinknives.com/itou-knives/itou-gyuto-180mm-128.aspx

Bearing in mind that the knife I am selling is a fair amount longer, with a similar handle, unused though second-hand, I am asking a similar price to these new blades.

Here are a couple of photo's of the knife in question

https://i.imgur.com/NVh9UIE.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/J2xlr7x.jpg

And a link to a Japanese kitchen knife specialty website

https://japanesechefsknife.com/collections/mr-itou-r2-custom

Any questions, please ask away. If you are interested, we can discuss delivery.

To clarify, I am asking £700, but would happily discuss any trades.

Adam

Sporky

You do need to post an asking price.

Kalimna

Of course - in the midst of typing up (and thinking it was on one of the links), I forgot. Apologies, and consider it done.

SunDevil

For those who watch 'Forged in Fire' - "This, will Keeal"

Kalimna

Im afraid I haven't seen that. What is it?

SunDevil

Discovery Channel Blacksmithing competition - 4 rednecks with various amounts of facial hair compete to make knives from Damascus against each other.

http://www.history.com/shows/forged-in-fire

At the end of each round, the judges test the knives against each other in 'slash', 'cut' and 'kill' tests

The guy who does the weapons testing, Doug Marciada's catchphrase is 'it will kill' but his accent turns it into 'it will keeal"

Addictive viewing - T-Shirts are available https://dougmarcaida.com/shop/apparel/shirts/will-keal-doug-marcaida-t-shirt/

The knife looks stunning  btw - beyond my means but GLWS!

Kalimna

Cheers. I shall look it up. And regarding the sale, well it is, unfortunately, rather a niche item with limited appeal...

Adam

antifash

Is there a chef's forum this might be better suited for?

Kalimna

I suspect you're right, but the only reasonable one i found had a 100-post minimum before placing a classified....

Adam

handsomerik

I can't imagine that anyone on this forum with a spare £700 would rather spend it all on one knife than a new guitar or amp!!
I do appreciate quality though and I reckon that is one amazing knife!

Kalimna

Well, im sure i could be tempted with swapsies......
Cheers for the comment though

Adam

SteveRobinson

Is it dishwasher safe?

Kalimna

Technically it probably is. But kitchen knives should never go in a dishwasher - it destroys the edge. Dont know how it would affect the damascus however.

Putting a handmade damascus blade in a dishwasher would be much like using a Brillo pad to clean a '59 'burst....

Adam

blk00

Hey Adam, I know I'm 4 years late but figured no harm in asking whether you ended up selling this or if it's available?

Kalimna

Ok, as it happens I still have the Itou knife mostly because i havent explored other routes of selling, and it is something of a niche market.
If you are interested in purchasing the knife (it remains unused and in perfect condition), i am happy to answer any questions and provide further photos.
Cheers,
Adam

blk00

Hey Adam
Would you take 650 pounds for it?
I'm in Australia, happy to cover shipping costs

prowla

Surely a knife is more stabbing than stunning?

SteveRobinson

prowla said:

Surely a knife is more stabbing than stunning?

Doesn't it depend which end you hit them with?

prowla

SteveRobinson said:

prowla said:

Surely a knife is more stabbing than stunning?

Doesn't it depend which end you hit them with?

I reckon you'd slice your fingers off trying!

Kalimna

blk00 said:

Hey Adam
Would you take 650 pounds for it?
I'm in Australia, happy to cover shipping costs

blk00 said:

Hey Adam
Would you take 650 pounds for it?
I'm in Australia, happy to cover shipping costs

Hi, thanks for the offer (and bringing the thread back on track ), let me think about it.
If you were not halfway around the globe, then there wouldnt be an issue. Also, as the original post is now 4 years old, I would want to check what is a reasonable price before agreeing a deal. 
Any questions, however, please ask.

Adam

blk00

Sure I'll wait to hear from you