NKD: Kisuke Manaka x Xingou 180 ATS Bunka

This is almost like the antithesis of a Japanese knife in my mind. It’s not light or agile and does not cut with finesse. It’s almost like a board scraper with an edge on it. But I love it. It’s sooo different than anything else I have now or have ever had before. And for that alone I would keep it. But it performs amazingly. The heft it has helps propel it through ingredients with very, very little effort. And food release is surprisingly good too. Added bonus is that the blade is so dang heavy I was able to swap handles to this awesome ironwood burl with smokey marble ferrule I got from Boogwa. It was far too heavy for any other blade I owned. So that’s a win. Happy Sunday ya’ll