D. Martell Shun Meiji - Before & After

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These knives had some damage to the edges, the profiles were wonky, and the damascus was scuffed and scratched up a bit.

I fixed the edges, then reprofiled to customer specs, thinned for performance, and etched the damascus for effect.

You like? :dontknow:

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DAM! Looks waaaaay better than before! Nice work!
 
Wow. Really nice work. Very impressive.
 
MontezumaBoy said:
Nice to see such a beautiful silk purse can be made from a sow's ear ... as always amazingly detailed finishes Dave!
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Thanks



Nemo said:
Nice work again Dave.

What's the Core steel in these. How was it to sharpen/ deburr/ thin?
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Thanks

It's SG2. I power sharpened it so I can't say. Hmm, now that I think about it I don't believe that I've ever sharpened one of these on stones before. I quit hand sharpening Shuns back a L-O-N-G time ago.
 
Quite impressive Dave! I feel like that guy in the pizza commercial who’s sitting on the hospital gurney and the doctor says.. poor guy couldn’t wrap his head around all that cheese.
 
Danzo said:
Can you explain to us power sharpening? I’m assuming that’s just using belts.
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Yes you're correct. For me it means using belts, very cool temps, very specialized to Japanese and high end thin edged knives.





niwaki-boy said:
Quite impressive Dave! I feel like that guy in the pizza commercial who’s sitting on the hospital gurney and the doctor says.. poor guy couldn’t wrap his head around all that cheese.
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Hahahaha - Thanks! :)



panda said:
are these same as zwilling kramer meiji line?
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No sir, see Pen Tiger's post below.





Nemo said:
Which etchant do you use? Ferric Chloride?
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Yup, ferric chloride.




Pensacola Tiger said:
No. The Zwilling-Kramer Meiji line is FC61 core steel, the knives are very much thinner, and the handles use different materials.
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Thanks for jumping in with the answer Rick.




Godslayer said:
?You ever refinish an uchigumo? :whistling:
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LOL - not yet - could be a fun one to try though. :spiteful:
 
Once I get back home(mid-end of summer) and get settled we'll have a chat, the ol girl spent a lot of time in the kitchen and could use an aggressive thinning and a serious cleanup afterwards . I think Imma retire her from pro use and make her my main inhouse driver(should warn you, between a 2mm chip, an inhouse repair and countless sharpening sessions/heavy use, she probably isn't as pretty as the show ponies your used to, but she's still gorgeous, in a pornstar sorta way
 
Godslayer said:
Once I get back home(mid-end of summer) and get settled we'll have a chat, the ol girl spent a lot of time in the kitchen and could use an aggressive thinning and a serious cleanup afterwards . I think Imma retire her from pro use and make her my main inhouse driver(should warn you, between a 2mm chip, an inhouse repair and countless sharpening sessions/heavy use, she probably isn't as pretty as the show ponies your used to, but she's still gorgeous, in a pornstar sorta way
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I'll just put some make up on her and a new dress, she'll be good as new. :D
 
Dave...do you mind telling what a job like that costs?
 
Dave Martell said:
These knives had some damage to the edges, the profiles were wonky, and the damascus was scuffed and scratched up a bit.

I fixed the edges, then reprofiled to customer specs, thinned for performance, and etched the damascus for effect.

You like? :dontknow:
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That is crazy how different those knives are now! So you’d have to re-etch it with that ferric c.... to get the Damascus out again? You can’t just sand and polish it to bring the Damascus back out to a more vibrant distinction?
 
TEWNCfarms said:
That is crazy how different those knives are now! So you’d have to re-etch it with that ferric c.... to get the Damascus out again? You can’t just sand and polish it to bring the Damascus back out to a more vibrant distinction?
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Nope, sandpaper alone won't cut it, you need the acid.
 
TEWNCfarms said:
Gotcha, well that’s good to know thanks. Is it dangerous/toxic? Will it eat through a table or anything? Your revamps are beautiful for real!
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It's not safe but it's not really super dangerous either. If us simple knifemakers can use it anyone can. ;)
 
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