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I don't speak any Japanese and only recently became aware of Japanese honorifics (i.e. -san). I'm curious to hear if you use an honorific when dealing with Japanese makers and vendors, especially after having conducted repeat business with one. Google-ing the customary use of honorifics in...

I'm not a metallurgist but am curious as to why, say, a Masamoto KS gyuto (white steel HRC 62) is so easy to sharpen versus, say, a Hattori gyuto (VG-10 HRC 61), which isn't quite as easy (still not difficult). I'm clearly mistaken in equating hardness to ease of removing steel...

My Naniwa 10000 has an odd "feature". There is a perfect rectangle that appears in the center of the stone after collecting debris from sharpening. It's about 2" wide x 3" long, centered in the stone. This area seems slightly slicker than the rest of the stone. In appearance, it looks like a...

My current stone lineup is: 500 Beston (thinning & establishing new edge only) 1200 King 6000 King 10000 Naniwa These give good results with both white steel & VG-10 gyutos, yanagibas, honesuki, deba... I have a Hattori Forums 150mm petty (VG-10), however, that has been a challenge...