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Mazaki kurouchi maybe? With the caveats that it won't have sheepsfoot tip and most vendors have it come with the infamous walnut ferrule handle. From what I've seen his prices haven't increased as much as other Sanjo makers recently. I got a killer deal on one of his kurouchi nakiri earlier...

I had similar experiences with the same model. The front half of the knife in particular was poor at cutting through dense vegetables.

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Scroll back a few posts on his page you'll see them making the steel!

In terms of synths Morihei 4k leaves a very nice finish on cladding, more matte and contrast than Gesshin speckled 6k in my experience. Morihei can be a bit on the slow side when it comes to removing scratches from mid grits though. JNS red aoto has better speed and very even finish, but the...

The maker is masutani. Fantastic knives for the price. I gifted one to my mother for her birthday last year. They make knives in the smaller size range, great for home cooks and smaller apartment kitchens. They are ground nice and thin so they can chip pretty easily if misused.

Hammer mark from spine tapering rather quickly. I have the same Mazaki nakiri:

Not tamahagane but kagekiyo white 2 honyaki would at least cover two of those. Takada honyaki is really special as well. They keep escaping me everytime I try to get my hands on one.

Took another shot at the diagonal finish on the hira last night. I'm happier with the results this time. I pretty much changed what I pointed out in my OP. Next step is to refine the bevels and prep for finishing.

Hinoura Mutsumi and Shigefusa come to mind. I'm sure there are more. My Fujiyama FM have some banding in them as well. But it's minimal compared to some western knives e.g. nine soft iron clad.

Yep I was using rhynowhet redline 400 paper.

A few years back, I purchased a Hitohira Kikuchiyo Ren white 2 gyuto as a knife that would expand my knowledge in sharpening and polishing. It taught me a lot about dealing with imperfections and experimenting with bevel shaping and polishing. I wrapped up by trying to emulate the stock...

Ehh this is within my expectations when it has such tall bevels and kurouchi. It is exceedingly difficult to get sharp and straight lines on that style of grinding.

A lot of them in the wild are white 2. I own blue 2 reika nakiri and I've seen ginsan reika as well. This blue 1 was on his insta a few weeks ago.

Do you have any harder or less muddy stones you can include in your progression? The muddy coarse-medium stones like jns 300, morihei 500, and arashiyama 1k leave a very nice even finish but might be hiding some of the inconsistency in your bevels. This is perhaps why things feel like they are...