Recent content by milangravier

Artisan / Artist is not an easy one. Is artisan doing only utilitarian and artist only useless but beautiful ? Well not anymore or maybe never. Still I feel I am more an artisan than an artist because my object is not aim to express my self mostly. I can express. But not sure I get all room to...

Hey, Don't know much Paris but there is a new place about drinking and looking at knife that seems nice ! I have talked with the owner and I even might participate putting a knife every deceny in his shop😁 : https://www.instagram.com/affuteur_japonais_parisien/

I did not read all the discussion but here is my thought about why I like to use traditionnal techniques. Well I am quite purist and ... maybe narrow minded about artisan work. Of course there is a lot of way to see the craft and to work on it. But my vision of the artisan is someone able to...

hey, I know some people wait to get a knife and sorry I really don't want to show disrespect or unequity. I just saw someone who like the objects I am making and was not able to get the present he wish for his 40iest birthday. I won't be able to make that type of gesture for all, but sometimes I...

40 years old is not everyday..! shoot me a message and we can find a solution

Ueno is sold

Hey, I am not sure me or others started to classify some wrought iron clean or dirty, but I am doing that classification myself. For my knives only, my classification is : Clean : wrought iron with fiber structure (I think it is puddle iron but if there is expert there I'll be glad to learn...

You get really beautiful results anyway ! I think for traditionnal polish hagane will always be quite hazy, even sashikomi, but honestly I am not really sure as I saw Hadori on a sword from my eyes, but not sashikomi. Very interesting how much difference in term of finish you get on the same...

Not an expert on sword polishing, just learning like you ; but I think your finish is closer to Hadori. To my understanding, Sashikomo finish is a finish respectfull of the natural finish from the stones : you work the all blade with uchigumori hato, then Jigane (not harden) with Jito (but as a...

bump!! And last price drop for those stones : Atagoyama 360 euros Nakayama 600 euros Prices are shipping out. Be welcome if you have any question about the stones here or in private messages.

BUMP ! And little price drop ! Atagoyama 380 euros Nakayama 630 euros. Atagoyama is really not like most of those you can find in the shops, not a coarse soft stone at all, it is LV3.5/LV4 and is very fine. Huge stone that give long life and good stability on the bench. Nakayama is great fast...

Morihei 4000 is sold. Morihei 8000 still available for 80 euros, shipping out ! Stone is almost full thickness and can make a mirror finish on hard steel !

Mikawa Nagura is sold

Pictures of the stones.

Bump on this stone and new price : 250 euros shipping out