I was not too happy with the performance of my Heiji Santoku and I had it collecting dust in the block for some time now. Finally, few days ago I had some time to work on it. Since it was an impulsive work, I do not have before or progress pictures. It only occurred to take some after 5K stone.
Original photos when it was new: http://www.kitchenknifeforums.com/s...west-knife-buy?p=257617&viewfull=1#post257617
This was my first time doing serious thinning on the knife (don't be too critical on me), so it came little rough on the left side. Apparently, it is much harder to maintain steady low angle on the left side of the blade, who knew! :lol2: Once thinned to the desired level, or better said once I got really tiered of thinning... ...it occurred to me to put a mirror finish on the "wide" bevels. I always found it attractive.
Just the thinning took me about 2.5 hours split in two days; I used Norton Coarse India for most of the work, followed by Gesshin 220 water stone. For the polishing I used several stones in the following order, King 1200 -> Chosera 800 -> Imanishi 8000 -> Naniwa SS 5000 -> Naniwa SS 10000. While the reflection is quite good to be honest, there are still some scratches left on each side. It looks like I did not spend enough time on mid grit stones. It probably would help to have something in 400grit level, unfortunately something I do not. The polishing process was probably another 1.5hours, split in two sessions once again.
Well here are some pics of the work. Hopefully I did not F******ed it up to badly.
Mirror Finish after 5K
Left side is quite rough
10K Finish
Choil shots
Final Product, after using some sandpaper on left side and patina on the edge
I did not have time to use it for whole a lot. Few things I cut, it did perform quite well. I am planning to use it for the whole dinner tomorrow. It better not disappoint me irate1:
Original photos when it was new: http://www.kitchenknifeforums.com/s...west-knife-buy?p=257617&viewfull=1#post257617
This was my first time doing serious thinning on the knife (don't be too critical on me), so it came little rough on the left side. Apparently, it is much harder to maintain steady low angle on the left side of the blade, who knew! :lol2: Once thinned to the desired level, or better said once I got really tiered of thinning... ...it occurred to me to put a mirror finish on the "wide" bevels. I always found it attractive.
Just the thinning took me about 2.5 hours split in two days; I used Norton Coarse India for most of the work, followed by Gesshin 220 water stone. For the polishing I used several stones in the following order, King 1200 -> Chosera 800 -> Imanishi 8000 -> Naniwa SS 5000 -> Naniwa SS 10000. While the reflection is quite good to be honest, there are still some scratches left on each side. It looks like I did not spend enough time on mid grit stones. It probably would help to have something in 400grit level, unfortunately something I do not. The polishing process was probably another 1.5hours, split in two sessions once again.
Well here are some pics of the work. Hopefully I did not F******ed it up to badly.
Mirror Finish after 5K
Left side is quite rough
10K Finish
Choil shots
Final Product, after using some sandpaper on left side and patina on the edge
I did not have time to use it for whole a lot. Few things I cut, it did perform quite well. I am planning to use it for the whole dinner tomorrow. It better not disappoint me irate1: