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I've gone back to the block thinned try to get burr/edge and it's worked better this time... but still not right. Presumably cause I've take massive chunk off I need to do some drastic thinning???

Brilliant! Mr Tiger that's answered my observations I guess it's time to attack the thinner (properly ) Was too nervous last time

Thank you for you help! I do think I will have heat damaged it I was careful not to over do on the wheel. I stopped just before my edge line so that I would remove any damaged steel before I made my final edge. I did do some thinning (not a lot cause I'm not to that idea) so I might spend...

So for years I had my eye on two old knives that have been in my grandparents house as far I I can remember Im sure one was a wedding present so it safe to say 70 years ? Give or take? It had been sharpened bay my grandfather to the point were it totally lost its shape (no chef or knife...

Great advice guys. Jki is a bit far from UK but I get the idea. I have done a few re tips reshapes of battered knifes for a few plp and and sharpened so other chefs knife to a edge that's please them (last one was a surated pastry knife and changed it to a 90/10 bevel slicing mostly as a...

Little update, my petty is back in business cutting magazine rolled over... not quite shaving or toilet paper but it's enough for me and my 4k. Just needed a little angle readjustment a few strokes moving up the grit 250,1,2,4k (not a single newspaper in the house to give it a go) If at 1st...

I was about to say I only own 1 then I realised that the silver fox's count (globals) so I technically own 4. But I count all as Westernised because of the handles etc. But the craftsmanship that has gone into all of them just blows away western ones (wusthof eps shapering. ... great you got...

I was told this when I purchased my knife at the wonderful shop japanese knife shop in Kensington ld uk (best shop ever I wanted £100 petty she was letting me play with £1000 knives ooooo pretty). But she said on works on layered knives due to the molecular structure. I do find this knive...

I never timed but felt like 45min (just remembered I dud fo 10 mins work on my "project knive") it was pretty dull so I started with 250 got burr.. deburred the 1k got fine burr the did a bit on my 4k. I don't have a strop or ceramic rod to finish with. I'm getting good results normallying but...

Just spent 45 minutes sharpening my beautiful petty and it will only just cut paper dumbfounded on what I did wrong... nice shinny consistent edge, good angle, deburred ... back to the drawing board more YouTube maybe 4k isn't enough hmmm

I've made so many mistakes and I still am. Trying to re edge on a 4k grit was my most recent quickly aquired a 250/1k that did the trick. I recently realised why I was leave massive scratches on my once nice 33layer petty among others so now I sand the edges of my stones (thank you CKTG vids)...

It's always who you know, Not what you know. 3am comments are dangerous.

Yes it was a member of this congregation. If you try to get one from SLT well let's just say it's easier to buy white powder from Columbia

Bit the bullet. My heart wanted a japanese Gyuto but my head ruled and gone with the closest thing to a japhybrid I could find and afford (after so dodgy dealing cough cough ) the kramer essential Ss 8" was the winner. Thank you ever one for you help and in two years time ( time stipulated...

Well I am on your territory it's on polite to be polite

Typos I do apologise! Edit: Polispam

Okay! The kramer meiji is our my price range but the essential as range has been brought to my attention

Just to through a spanner in the works if I wait another month I could possibly put another £50 to the kitty making my limit £200 ($293) would that change your recommendation or would I still be in the same ball park. This would mean two things me doing another month of prep with my Global...

So far short list is Tanaka vg10 Zwilling Kramer. Gesshin Uraku My $%!@ list is Tog Wusthof Hattori (my originals lol)

Thank you very much Xhinacats (auto spell but I like it so I kept it ) a reassurance about the handles helps (always taught triple rivit full tang is the sign of a good knife ) so very worried about these handles not lasting etc. The steel keeps my Global working nice until it's whetsone day...