Knives & Stones Back from Japan

Had a really successful trip to Osaka, brought back with me quite a lot of photo / videos. Will process them in the coming days. I will publish some of them here

First up is a complete video of master Itsuo Doi (son of Keijiro Doi) forging a Sakai Takayuki Hienn from start to finish. Total 3 parts, this is part 1. Please check out the rest at my channel.
[video=youtube;PqJxmUDePC8]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PqJxmUDePC8[/video]

Welcome back James, looking forward to hearing about the trip

Very strange dialect of Japanese they're speaking

Awesome video! Thanks for sharing. I'm looking forward to the other two parts!

XooMG said:

Very strange dialect of Japanese they're speaking

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Haha! I was waiting to see what this dialect was going to be... Took me a second lol. It was nice to have some narration!

that was utterly unprofessional chatting. It was me and my partners speaking in mandarin. I will in the future make sure I won't chat in front of a video clip what would made its way to the public :surrendar:

thanks Huw, how did you go with the honyaki?

Welcome back !

Thanks for the video. Hammering the tang was pretty impressive!
Welcome back

pkjames said:

that was utterly unprofessional chatting. It was me and my partners speaking in mandarin. I will in the future make sure I won't chat in front of a video clip what would made its way to the public :surrendar:

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Oh no, not at all what I meant. I learned some knife vocabulary as well as the process because you guys were talking about it. I was being serious about narration. Obviously it's not word for word narration and you can't hear half of it, but I liked it! It's certainly not something you should worry about in any way James!

I agree, chatting isn't an issue, regardless of language. I was simply making a joke because folks would be expecting to hear Japanese in a Japanese knife shop.

pkjames said:

thanks Huw, how did you go with the honyaki?

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Just picked it up at the PO today.

I'll let you know how I get on with it, but first impression is very positive.

Added some photos to the blog, please check them out
http://www.knivesandstones.com/blog/

1. Visiting Tanaka
http://www.knivesandstones.com/blog/japan-trip-2014-miki-city-tanaka-nishihara-workshop/


2. Mr. Itsuo Doi forging a Sakai Takayuki Hienn Kiritsuke Yanagiba
http://www.knivesandstones.com/blog...city-aoki-hamono-itsuo-doi-and-hirosugu-tosa/


3. Mr. Nishimura Norikatu sharpening the upcoming Sakai Takayuki Syousin Sakura
http://www.knivesandstones.com/blog/japan-trip-2014-sakai-city-nishimura-norikatu/

4. Visiting Maruoyama, the only active natural stone mine that is producing from all layers
http://www.knivesandstones.com/blog...maruoyama-natural-stones-and-mr-yozo-dobashi/

5. The vivid autumn foliage of Kyoto
http://www.knivesandstones.com/blog/japan-trip-2014-kyoto-autumn-foliage-/

Really loving this series, James

What an incredible experience, and such fantastic images. Keep it up! :thumbsup:

Nice video James!!! Looking forward to some more great stuff from you!!!

Check out his site, especially his Sakura line. The great stuff is already here!

James,

Are there any plans to expand the Sakura line to where it might include a sujihiki or a petty? Or is it too early to tell?

Bill13 said:

James,

Are there any plans to expand the Sakura line to where it might include a sujihiki or a petty? Or is it too early to tell?

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the whole line has all of these, and g3 as well but even 270 gyuto is not out. That is the current state