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I finally remembered to take pictures... this was for basic sharpening plus chip/broken tip repair. No refinishing (i.e. surface scratches on non-bevel areas were not cleaned up).

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That reminds me to rewatch your vid. on tips again. (I think it was yours I watched) I brought home some beaters from work this week that has some tips issues.

Oh ya very nice work.
 
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nope... its some other stones i have around here... a soft muddy middle grit one and a soft finishing stone (softer than the takashima)

the edge on the yanagiba is the takashima, the edge on the usuba is the suita, and the edge on the deba is a tsushima.
 
Looks like you did some 'refinishing' to me. :D
Great job, Jon.
 
you love that new toy in the corner of your shop don't you.
 
it makes my life a lot easier... total work time for these (all of them)- about 1.5 hours (and i was working slow and talking to people while doing this)
 
here are a couple more before and afters (not so dramatic in this case, but still...)

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i dont know if you can see it in this picture, but the usuba had a very big bevel along the edge at a much more obtuse angle than the bevel should have been

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and after:

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Awesome. That Tad Usuba looks much better now and it's found it's way back to the US continent again .. tee heee. New owner must have been a happy camper now.
 
Any chance for a close up of that Damascus Yanagiba??
 
Wow, that is just awesome!!! What was the final stone used?? Or stone progression if you don't mind me asking? That is a really nice and clean contrast there!!
 
i forgot to take a before pic of this one, but this one started out with about 2mm missing from the tip and a very large (long) 1.5mm-2mm or so chunk of the edge missing. After some initial sharpening, i saw that this yanagiba also had horrible high and low spots. It took much longer to fix than i had planned :(

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here are all 3 of the single bevel knives i sharpened today... the far right and far left ones were rehandled as well (ho wood octagon handles)

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Man, I love that look of the blade road and the contrast!!
 
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