Thank you very much Roy. Its turned into an unexpected and fun find. Up until recently I would have said I knew a lot about sharpening. After recently reading through this and couple other forums I now know I'm still a neophyte. Trying to correct that. Looks like I'm again in the market for...
Sorry for what ever reason unable to imbed images in post. So having to redirect to flickr. I also exceeded my 15 minute to edit post so that's the reason for the disjointed post.
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After reading through some other posts and it looks like the larger kanji/writing on the blade says Kiya knife store. Thats as far as I have gotten tough. The knife was acquired at a local thrift store for 25 cents to use as my first attempt to sharpen a single bevel Japanese knife. I just...
