Sharpening Session

[tk59]

I've spent about 5 hrs grinding on stones over the last couple days and I have a little around my fingernail tips. What are you doing with that swarf, anyway? oke1:

 

[steeley]

get busy.

 

[steeley]

freaking new image host.

 

[steeley]

LY Nhen village .

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[steeley]

THIS is a sharpening session.

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[Cnimativ]

that looks like vietnam? is he tempering or actually sharpening?

 

[steeley]

that was the heat treat .now a little grinding.

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[Mattias504]

Yet another thread that makes me want to get a Shigefusa gyuto.....

 

[PierreRodrigue]

Hi Matt, the damasteel is stainless. Interested to here more on that one...

 

[Potato42]

Man that looks like what I need to do for my herd. It takes me forever just to sharpen one with all the prep and cleanup, I've been putting it off. This thread got me thinking about the different steels I have to sharpen though. White #2, AS, Blue #2, ACUTO440, CPM154, VG10, SK4, S30V and at least a couple of unknown carbon steels. Honestly I hadn't realized the variety of steels I had it just sort of happened.

 

[tim0mit]

I've spent about 5 hrs grinding on stones over the last couple days and I have a little around my fingernail tips. What are you doing with that swarf, anyway? oke1:

I think it probably has a lot to do with the 2 stones I'm using. King 1.2k and arashiyama 6k both very muddy stones.