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		<title>Don&#8217;t Cheap Out on Your Usuba</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Nov 2011 07:37:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leonard Chu</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been working on my usuba for hours now, and I still don&#8217;t have the edge the way I want it. It&#8217;s not that I&#8217;m demanding. I just want that edge straight and dead flat, the way it&#8217;s supposed to be, and sharp. I just want the usuba&#8217;s edge to be the way it&#8217;s supposed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Honesty &amp; Integrity in Some Corners of the Web</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Oct 2011 14:40:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leonard Chu</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sometimes people are truly and remarkably honest and it is an uplifting experience to deal with them. I came upon just such an individual yesterday. Ehsan, an absolutely stand-up guy on the knife forum that I frequent, is selling a particularly attractive knife. It&#8217;s one that I&#8217;ve been curious about for quite some time: a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why Does That Knife Say &#8220;Do Not Sharpen&#8221;?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Oct 2011 01:43:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leonard Chu</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My colleague asked me in the office kitchen today, &#8220;Why do some knives say &#8216;Do Not Sharpen&#8217;?&#8221; Until he asked me that, I never knew there were knives that manufacturers would actually say &#8220;Do Not Sharpen.&#8221; It only took me about a second to realize why, though. &#8220;Probably because those knives are serrated with little [...]]]></description>
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		<title>No Sweat or Tears, but There&#8217;s Blood &#8211; Still Working on My Knife Sharpening Skills</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Oct 2011 22:58:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leonard Chu</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nothing worthwhile in life is free. Sometimes the cost is measured not in terms of money, which is why they are &#8220;free&#8221; from a narrow point of view. Their cost is blood, sweat and tears. Such is the case with many physical skills that demand practice, practice and more practice to really refine and internalize. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>More Thoughts on my Tanaka VG-10 240mm Gyuto</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Aug 2011 18:20:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leonard Chu</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s been more than 4 months since I first wrote about my Tanaka 240 gyuto. I&#8217;ve been using the knife on and off since then, and I&#8217;ve been making mental notes about how it performs relative to my other knives and to a few I&#8217;ve test-driven but do not own. I&#8217;ve come to the conclusion [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Big Thumbs Up for Tosho Knife Arts: Professional Knife Sharpening in Toronto</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Aug 2011 02:16:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leonard Chu</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have always been attracted to people who are passionate and driven to excel. That is what I find at Tosho, and it is always a pleasure to drop by and just chat with whomever happens to be in at the time. Sometimes it’s Olivia, sometimes it’s Ivan. Either way, I enjoy the conversation and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tosho Knife Arts: Toronto&#8217;s Newest Japanese Knife Store</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jul 2011 04:06:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leonard Chu</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There’s a new knife store in Toronto. It’s been around online for a while, but it has finally stepped over into the physical realm. It is Tosho Knife Arts at 602 Markham Road, right near Bathurst Station in the Honest Ed Village. I saw on Tosho’s website yesterday that the store is open now, so [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Knife Review: Thomas Haslinger 8&#8243; Chef&#8217;s Knife</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jul 2011 14:47:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leonard Chu</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I had the great privilege to test drive a custom, handmade 8&#8243; chef&#8217;s knife by Thomas Haslinger. I got this chance to try out a $500 knife thanks to the great community at KitchenKnifeForums.com, where serious knife users &#38; collectors and knifemakers congregate. Serial test-drives by a short list of members, a process we call [...]]]></description>
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		<title>I Need to Slice, Dice, Chop, Cut, Whatever &#8211; I Just Gotta Use My Knives</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 May 2011 23:34:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leonard Chu</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I gotta slice, dice, chop, or cut to be happy in the kitchen. If I don&#8217;t get to use my knives &#8211; even for something small and trivial &#8211; I&#8217;m just not very happy. When I went on my week-long trip to Montreal and Quebec, I brought along with me one of my petty knives [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Knife I Can&#8217;t Give Up: Tanaka Damascus VG-10 240mm Gyuto review</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Apr 2011 23:21:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leonard Chu</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My Shigeki Tanaka 240mm VG-10 gyuto is a mainstay in my kitchen. It&#8217;s not my sexiest gyuto, and it sure as hell isn&#8217;t my most expensive one either. VG-10 technically isn&#8217;t the highest-performing steel I can choose to use.  I&#8217;ve considered selling it on several occasions in order to make space for a different, more [...]]]></description>
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