Darker blades?

someone has this carbon laminated blade..i remember the person's saying it was too slow...

Got a Darker Speed 90 last year - not the same as what you're looking at but from what I can tell, they make excellent quality blades (though they do charge you for it). 

at a similar price, if you're SH get a Tanpan, and a J-Speed 90 if you're cpen.

tuco wrote: does anyone know of a website that details Darker products?

Just iruiru.com as far as I know.

Weight information is no problem at all, just ask M/s Suzuki from iruiru, she will weigh it for you.
Darker makes nice blades for single ply hinoki, but I don't know about other blades. My 7P2A carbon CHN is not made with enough aesthetical care. The handle is not in line with line of the grain of the wood on the blade face, so it is not nice to look at, the handle being at an angle to the grain line.

That is a shame actually. High priced blades should be meticulously made so it is nice to look at.

My Darker blade is beautiful. Simplicity, quality, and craftsmanship.

Dalamchops, unfortunately it is a fact. I have two Darkers, one is Speed 90 (9mm) which has superb craftmanship, superior to Butterfly, and the other is 7P2A Carbon CHN which looks weird because the handle is not in line with the grain line.
Tiehwen, that reminds me of the reply from Borko against my complain: "Do you want performance or fashion"?

aeoliah wrote: My 7P2A carbon CHN is not made with enough aesthetical care. The handle is not in line with line of the grain of the wood on the blade face, so it is not nice to look at, the handle being at an angle to the grain line.

I have a 7p2A-t/Straight Handle. I like the grains on the face of the blade and I like the handle, even though it's a little crude, but the two sides of the handle are not horizontally in-line/parallel to each other on the top. When I draw a pencil mark across the top of the handle on each side, they are no where near matching (am I making sense?). I do this to create a guide for sealing, attaching glue sheet and rubbers.

I haven't played with it yet, but I hope to later this week.

tommyzai wrote: aeoliah wrote: My 7P2A carbon CHN is not made with enough aesthetical care. The handle is not in line with line of the grain of the wood on the blade face, so it is not nice to look at, the handle being at an angle to the grain line. I have a 7p2A-t/Straight Handle. I like the grains on the face of the blade and I like the handle, even though it's a little crude, but the two sides of the handle are not horizontally in-line/parallel to each other on the top. When I draw a pencil mark across the top of the handle on each side, they are no where near matching (am I making sense?). I do this to create a guide for sealing, attaching glue sheet and rubbers. I haven't played with it yet, but I hope to later this week.

Nice! The handle is in line with the line of the grain. This is the correct way to fix the handle. Going off the line would mean careless manufacturing.
It seems that much more people like the 7P2A wood version instead of the carbon version.

tuco wrote: Does anyone have any information on the 5P-2A?  Is it a slower version of the 7P-2A?

I have never tried that, but from my various blade having 9 and 10 mm, the J-Speed 90 (8,5 mm) will not be very fast, compared to its older brother 9 and 10 mm hinoki.

doraemon wrote: tuco wrote: Does anyone have any information on the 5P-2A?  Is it a slower version of the 7P-2A?   Yes, it seems that people here have more experience with the 7P-2A instead of 5P-2A.  I don't usually like 7-ply because they are usually stiffer but in this case, I read that 5P-2A is more powerful due to the 2 stronger plies in between the Hinoki.  While for 7P-2A, it's all Hinoki thus less powerful than 5P-2A.  I am curious also about Darker as it is hard to get complete information about them.   Anybody knows the detail of the name? 7P-2A = 7 plies with 2 ....??? 5P-2A = 5 plies with 2.....???  "A" is certainly not Arylate I guess.