Chemiker wrote on Thu, 22 Apr 2010 15:18:27 -0500:

>> brooklyn1 > wrote:
>>
>>> Love those Yoshi girls.... Niiiiice!
>>> https://theyoshiblade.com/default.as...fcode=yoshibld
>>
>> The Yoshi knife is a very small knife.

> Um, beg to correct.....

> The Yoshi set comes with 4 pieces:

> 1 ea 5" Santoku, max depth 1.32", thickness spine of blade at
> the hilt is 0.70". Clumsy to use.

> 1 ea 4" spear blade parer. thickness of spine is also 0.70".
> Indifferent handling.

> 1 ea 2.9" parer, spine 0.63". Handles OK.

> My Kyocera 6" santoku has a max depth of 1.76", thickness
> spine of blade at the hilt is 0.66". Well shaped and
> ergononic.

> I have acquired similar paring kinves under the Jaccard
> brand, a 4" parer as I recall, but it seems to have
> disappeared from my kitchen.

> Also 3 and 4" parers under the name Chic Chefs, spine
> thickness 0.065".

> All thicknesses were measured by me with a micrometer.

Haven't you lost the decimal point somewhere or else are you using a
metric micrometer? 0.7 inches seems more suitable for a hammer.

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James Silverton
Potomac, Maryland

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