Recent content by JustAnotherJoe

It's a mixed bag. Many students claim they can read centimeters, but they dont actually know what 5cm looks like. Also, if you think fractional inches are bad (which kids in the 8th grade struggle to read), wait until you encounter the rest of the garbage that is the US Customary Unit system...

That's what leather aprons are for. Now go get dehydrated, lather on some baby oil, don that supple apron and get fixing this problem! Or at least update your Tinder profile! I actually have done a fair bit of forging in a similar state(minus the baby oil), as summer is too damn hot here.

Finally joining the club with some cheapies. Shohonyama Kozaki Aoto from Ikkyu Ave, and a Aiiwatani awasedo kopa from Bernal cutlery. The aoto has a sand inclusion that runs throught the stone, which probably acounts for it's pricing, but for chisiles and plane irons I think digging it out will...

Paint me jealous! I've been looking for a hindostan for the better part of a year and have yet to find one. Have you had a chance to oil up that washita and see what it can do?

At the same time.. you are a genius!

That crust is gorgeous! Mind if I inquire what your oven set up / steam control looks like?

Well that's facinating. How does it compare to mineral oils or water for preventing metal build up? Also, as some one trying to put thier first edge on a straight rozor, thanks for the pointer.

That's the widest 30mm I've ever seen! Jokes aside these are pretty stones, but they are slow.

Perhaps you are thinking of Uchigumori powder? Being neither of those?

Better sign me up for that thinner washita. I really need a courser stone than my king 300 for thinning. I've been meaning to pick up a norton combo crystolon, but if you think the Debado might fill the same roll you could pretty easily convince me to nab it too!

This article may be of interest as it is a scratch pattern study. Not the best of sources (a salesman), an extremely limited sample size of stones(4), presures used, and the steel composition , etc.. , but at least its a good attempt to quantitize the stones they sell...

Uniform sizes and 8×3 at that... Away from home during the week days you say? ... Jokes aside, how is that dan's washita treating you? Also, are you using an oil for a lubricant on them? Also, what type of cutlery are you sharpening? I have a much smaller version of that 'washita' I'm still...

Are these still up, and if so do you have any opinions of any of these you have used? That suita and tanba aoto have cought my eye.

Crocker Cutlery has a small selection of US knifemakers with some pretty wild designs. https://crockercutlery.com/

Nice looking Coricule on the NA bay: https://www.ebay.com/itm/235462621012 That combo WoA/Tam they have has me tempted. I have been enjoying the Dalmore blue I picked up from them too.