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Hello everyone, Time to liquidate a bunch of my stones. Getting out of the hobby and just keeping a couple things to maintain...

If anyone's adventurous, aoto make great nagura for a working finish, I use some scrap aoto for that purpose very well. Otherwise, aoto...

I will to give it a second try but yeah, my experience was opposite, little too slow for the expected grit, little too soft for the...

BBB 400 vitrified diamond scratch pattern and finish. Also stone close up The nanohone actually looks shallower it seems

This is the Nanohone diamond resin 200 um grit stone The stone is incredibly unique due to the fact that it uses rounded diamonds and...

Reminds me a lot of my bbb 400 vitrified scratch pattern, which I will post

Natural aoto combo stone with 4 handsawn sides (ends and top and bottom). It's around 2k grit and super fluffy. Both parts perform...

Shotaro Nomura @ work

https://gokitcyou.shop-pro.jp/?mode=cate&csid=0&cbid=2013942 Jnat merchant, unfortunately does not ship overseas :(

Ground boundary is a mistranslation. Ground refers to the mild steel layer of the blade, called 地金 jigane (vs 鋼 hagane). Jizakai then...

Hey folks. Putting up a beginners kit, if you will, of wet shaving pieces. This is another deep rabbit hole, so if someone wants to try...

Okra tossed lightly in oil, grilled hot and fast, finished with okra oil, lemon zest, green pepper, and some flake salt is the good stuff

@Choppin Moriya munemitsu is good stainless, better than the masahiro stainless. I liked it better than Ashi stainless, most of the...

@blokey I'd defer to thebradleycrew, since he sold one, but I had owned a 170mm santoku that was very much a mini version of the knife...

Oh wait it's you yummycrackers? Hmm ahaha, uh the okubo will be great. Convex right and flatish left side, weighty and tall with thick...