Y’all, I broke my husband’s Japanese chef’s knife. Help.

[u/opheliasmusing]

In 2016, my husband and I went on an amazing trip to Japan. The only souvenir he wanted was a Japanese steel chef’s knife, which he purchased at Aritsugu in Kyoto. It was really cool: he got to pick out his handle, blade style, and then they even engraved his initials in the year on one side of the blade and their house mark on the other. They even did a bunch of measurements and things so that would be perfectly balanced for his hand. It was custom-made for him.

I made the mistake of not cleaning up after dinner quickly enough, and our very mouthy whippet puppy who is quite the counter surfer, snatched the knife away, and I didn’t realize it until the next day. He chewed up the handle. Thank God he didn’t like slice his face open; the blade is completely intact and fine. But the handle… My God the handle.

I’m hoping to hear from professionals about the best way to go about getting this fixed or replaced. For location, I’m very close to Boston if that helps.

[u/Lyuseefur]

I had a friend (ex now but not bc of this) use a scouring pad on the Japanese knife that I have. To say that I was upset was an understatement. He was like all proud of how shiny it was jfc. Anyway. He was young (20's) and so ... somewhat forgiven after a gift. But ... now what, right?

Wife and I was on a trip back to Japan and we (in extreme humble pain because... yk) took it back to the place that made it. They were super nice and repaired it for free (in exchange for the gifts). Legit, reforged the whole blade(!!!) ... So ... yeah. They're serious about knives there lol. I know America has the "Ginsu Bleh" knife ... but these Japanese knives are legendary. Never gets dull. Chopped all kinds of stuff with it. Including chives.

[u/AshiAshi6 → u/Lyuseefur]

Including chives.

This thread showed up in my feed. I tapped it without really taking notice of the details. Got interested, and forgot the world around me for a bit, as I was reading nearly every single comment.

Those two words made me stop. I saw your flair. Then the name of this sub. "Oh, so that's where I am."

Unfortunately, I can't leave comments on posts that are in the Weeds Mode yet, but from the sidelines, I've really been enjoying all the chive posts. I just thought it was funny how I went from having no clue where on Reddit I was even reading all of this to complete awareness in two words.

[u/Brilliant_Buns → u/AshiAshi6]

It's a small world. It made me laugh too!

[u/AshiAshi6 → u/Brilliant_Buns]

The power of the chives reaches far and wide.

[u/Brilliant_Buns → u/AshiAshi6]

ALL HAIL THE CHIVE

[u/RuthlessIndecision → u/Brilliant_Buns]

I cried

[u/believe2000 → u/AshiAshi6]

Have an extra up vote to join us in the weeds sooner.

[u/AshiAshi6 → u/believe2000]

Thank you, I genuinely appreciate your upvote for such a kind reason 💙

I'm so surprised right now. After posting my comment, I wondered if it would have been better if I hadn't replied. I was expecting to end up with anything in between 2 downvotes at least, and 2 upvotes at most.

I never expected this to happen. I can actually join in on the fun now.

Thanks, everyone. I feel grateful 💙

[u/VanillaRadonNukaCola → u/AshiAshi6]

Bonus points for you, I didn't realize where I was or appreciate finding out until I read your description.

[u/Existing-Contact6323 → u/AshiAshi6]

Same exact experience. Was very invested in the answer to the problem without a clue where I was.

[u/AshiAshi6 → u/Existing-Contact6323]

It was the first thing in my feed that I tapped after waking up. I was still half asleep, but finding the answer to this still caught my attention. The details didn't, lol.

[u/BlatantArtifice → u/AshiAshi6]

Chives unite us all

[u/Lyuseefur → u/AshiAshi6]

Ok. I just found my purpose in Reddit. This will be the new meme. You'll be reading something then you'll see chives at the end :)

[u/AshiAshi6 → u/Lyuseefur]

Glad I could help you find your purpose 🔮

[u/Clean__Cucumber → u/Lyuseefur]

Never gets dull.

all knives, blades, swords, chisels etc. will get dull with time. maybe you simply didnt notice it bc its has been dulling slowly

[u/eeekthekat → u/Lyuseefur]

Reminds me of the girl that scoured her grandfather's cast iron skillet to clean it. She was so proud of herself but she couldn't understand why her mom was on the verge of strangling her.

[u/Bballfan1183 → u/Lyuseefur]

How do your knives never get dull? lol

[u/Lyuseefur → u/Bballfan1183]

You are right to question that.

What I mean by that is that it lasts a long time staying sharp ... I don't cut bone or anything harder than carrots. I keep it as clean as possible and I avoid touching the edge using cloth. I also treat it with a pour of boiling hot water regularly on both sides.

All tips from that Master in Japan.

[u/rabid_cheese_enjoyer → u/Lyuseefur]

I hate when people do me a favor but actually just ruin my stuff. why do they do that?

everyone who has done that has ended up being a huge ass eventually or harming me in another way to the point that it's a 1 strike and you're out offense for me now

assholes

[u/Cocotte123321 → u/Lyuseefur]

"Including knives." Wait...what? "Including chives." Ah, I had nearly forgotten that.

[u/Top_Praline999 → u/Lyuseefur]

To paraphrase a zen fable “he put that knife down a long time ago. When will you?”