Zwilling saw the writing on the wall years ago. That is why they have the miyabi line. There's a stand alone store in megamall (or at least that was the case till a couple 'o years ago.) Googling says abenson is the local distro.
https://www.zwilling.com/us/miyabi/The japanese approach to kitchen knives is to leave it harder (for all its faults and advantages.) The harder steel doesn't suffer fools gladly, more for pros and pro-consumers. When i was a young pup, I was so proud after spending my saved allowance on a zwilling and another brand that was swiss, available at santi's- but they do not hold a candle to the japanese stuff =/.
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@Wheelee, as for the thud vs. the ring/pinging sound, the latter often suggests sound construction or integrity to most things...
surface grinder wheels? Ring test:
https://youtu.be/NDtL4gisZYo?t=125Cast parts? Ring test:
https://youtu.be/W6CumbyZC0k?t=5A fable but zatoichi's sword? Ring test:
https://youtu.be/6kgkaX2ySYw?t=203If a guitar doesn't reverb on your hands like it used to before, a glue line failure or a wood crack developed somewhere... and so on and so forth.
But having said that... i'll take a guess that your knife may thudd even tho it doesn't have a crack. It's the handles, not being one with the rest of the knife. One of the rivets may not be snug, the epoxy may have failed... I remember one conscientious knifemaker telling the guys in a forum to peen the rivets nicely to the scales till it rings.
Some links with some babe content tho:
A guitarrera:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nm0N4JYjDnQA japanese mom:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s3vZV2qbgEk
