Masahiro Nihonkou(japanese Steel) Kuchiganetsuki Gyutou 210mm

Masahiro virgin carbon (Japanese steel) can be had under 100$, amazing edge retention, really durable (I use mine to break down super tough cardboard all the time, like poster tubes and cat litter boxes,)and pretty nonreactive. Great profile, not super thin, can have some issues with food release, prolly from the asymetic edge creating concave pieces of food that vacuum seal onto the side of the knife. Smaller blades don't have much issue with this, 240 has some, 270 had a lot. Masahiro Nihonkou(japanese Steel) Kuchiganetsuki Gyutou 210mm https://a.co/d/0j63fJyC

Changing the bevel angle a couple degrees is no big deal. Also what you hear about those angles is a rough guess. I believe tojiros are still hand sharpened so what angle you get probably depends on the person that sharpened it. Don't use a grinder. I don't think the barrel sharpeners handle the tip correctly. Either learn the stones, get one of those articulate arm thingies, or find a knife shop that sharpens with stones and pay them. Never really heard much positive about shuns. Thick, chippy, and ugly. Don't get tojiro domascus, tourist markup type knife. Here's a regular tojiro on amazon, they are sold under the name fujitora with, idk, different quality guarantees, when not sold as tojiro at premium retailers? tl;dr doesn't matter same shit. https://www.amazon.com/Fujitora-saku-Gyuto-210mm-FU-808/dp/B06WLNJD4Q/ref=sr_1_8?sr=8-8 Here's the cheapo tojiro dp, same good steel, cheap handle. I have the petty and I like it https://www.amazon.com/Fujitora-Double-edged-Cutting-Vegetables-Thickness/dp/B06VWT71MV/ref=sr_1_6?sr=8-6 I will say, some japanese knives to respond well to a western knife steel, and I don't believe vg10 is one of them. If you're down to try carbon steel these respond really well to a knife steel: https://www.amazon.com/Masahiro-Nihonkou-japanese-Kuchiganetsuki-Gyutou-210mm/dp/B000S7Q5AE/ref=sr_1_1?sr=8-1 Aus-8 stainless does respond well to a steel, these no bolster minosos are a pretty good deal: https://www.amazon.com/Misono-Molybdenum-Gyutou-Collarless-No-612/dp/B001TPA9MY/ref=sr_1_1?sr=8-1