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    First Knife Buy

    Order successfully placed and has been shipped. Super Excited. Also found out a close friend of mine is into cooking and knives so now I will have someone to share my new found happiness with! Although he has expressly told me he like european knifes with Wusthoff and Henckels being his...
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    First Knife Buy

    an update in case anyone cares as much as I do :) Bit of a snag in the ordering process. They were out of stock of the Santoku and Mark said I could change it out with the Nakiri if I was interested. As I primarily use the santoku for vegetables I figured I would give it a shot. Anyone have...
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    First Knife Buy

    I guess I went a little crazy :). My opinion has always be go big or go home. I seem to jump into things and go all out. The one before this was skiing - dam thats an expensive activity but I've loved every second of it and plan on doing it for the rest of my life so lets hope the same happens...
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    First Knife Buy

    Hey, Thanks for all the info and everything. After reading all the warranty policies from individual j-knife companies I still decided on the Tojiro knives. Ordered all my stuff from Chef Knives to Go. (While emailing them the service was great -- highly recommend them. I will update this...
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    First Knife Buy

    Hey all again. Still trying to finalize order. I really want to get the tojiro DP set but I'm a little bit nervous about the lack of warranty. Is it worth it to get something a bit pricier (ala Shun or something else you recommend) to get the lifetime warranty for those just in case...
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    First Knife Buy

    Will definitely look into Tojiro/Have spent the last 10 hours looking at Tojiro stuff -- its a bad addiction to start having! Just a couple questions: They have a very sharp edge, cut to I think 16 degrees. What are they like to sharpen? Which waterstone do you recommend? I'm not sure if I...
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    First Knife Buy

    Hi everyone and to anyone who answers, thanks in advance! I have just begun the process of trying to decide on my first real knife purchase. I have read through probably 10 hours of forums and reviews. My first knife purchase was actually a few years ago. A friend of mine works at the cutco...
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