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I guess you've never seen or handled a burnt chestnut handle. Huge cavities and crevices. As for Wenge, it's a bit blah IMO. I prefer...

Love mine! Never had an issue with anything getting stuck in the pores.

I hate them. Maybe I have never had a good one but I like to wash my knives and handles when I get them and then I do an Axe Wax...

They look pretty cool but do those huge pores bother anyone else? I don’t soak my handles but they do get wet sometimes, and I’m...

Description Fell in love with Tanaka's AS but I'm trying to get some customs so I'm putting my last one up for sale. Original owner...

The knives in the top photo are pretty much the ones I found on the bay. I saw that knife on the far right in a Korean soap opera (I was...

Shinkiro is a monster. I got a heavier one, thick spine but the grind is close to the best I’ve tried. Rivals TF in cutting performance...

LFG my guy!! SG220 seems to bite the cladding pretty good and not too deep for the step after coarse. Cerax 320 hiding back there for...

I remember doing this on TF stainless 🥵. I dropped down to 120 to get it mostly evened out.. Round 2 got started then got shelved, im...

Honbazuke 💪 I’ve really only undertaken this extreme task on a handful of knives, and man just about every knife has had some...

Nihei does excellent work, glws!

Been working on this for countless hours for the past 4 to 5 days. Not seeking perfection but this will work for me since it’s going to...

Guys I am terrible at sharpening normal people knives. Traaaaash. The soft steel, huge bellies and sheer mass BTE are all so...

I thought this was good enough not to just post in the video thread. A small Japanese youtube channel made a nice up to date video with...

Work in progress…Spent 7 hours working on my new Honyaki.