CodyJ

edited to include the laserpony as well!

Putting up my Kono cleaver as possible trade bait for a Kipp. The bevels have been worked on a bit and polished by @kpham12 who did a...

Oh damn. That’s a nice package 😉

Asking price $800 This is a 240mm (just a hair over 240mm of cutting edge) 51mm tall at the heel. K390 steel, at 67 hrc. 3 color...

If only I had an extra 1k lying around..

This is what I’m thinking as well. Still have some work to do to polish better without as much slurry and just water. I understand why...

That looks really good! Typically, with slurry most stones create what is sometimes referred to as kasumi. This describes a hazy kind...

Will try this, thanks!

I really enjoy the shiro nagura bench stone for this more and more as time goes on.

Great news is that once you learn to master a natsuya in terms of surface prep, slurry management, water management, pressure, etc. -...

And that’s why people keep recommending hard, medium fine Nakatoishi like the Natsuya. They can do excellent work and teach you the...

Man this is such an interesting experience. I feel like I’m beginning to understand what does what in terms of what I’m doing. The...

When you first start and have conditioned the surface with an atoma and have built up some slurry, to further refine your scratch...

Thank you for such a detailed response. Luckily for me the gyuto I’m using is a HF that has already had its bevels worked on with...

You have embarked on a journey and your starting point, it seems, is better than mine. So let us start by saying you did a better job on...