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Gesshin 6K diamond plate (diamond 6000 stone kit). In my opinion more convenient than Shapton, and excellent for stropping.

I recently bought a Sieger rod, and I like it. It is not ideal for sharpening Japanese knives with good steel, for reasons duscussed in this thread, but I have found it to work for using between sharpenings for knives with softer steel. The Sieger ruby rod can be used to sharpen small knives...

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I realize that this is a very old thread. This thread, and in particular, the posts of mrdrinky is responsible for causing me to spend more money on peppercorns than I used to. I enjoyed the Tellicherry and Lampong peppercorns from sirspice (formerly pepperpassion), but you may have noticed...

I am sorry that I badly screwed up. I meant to write that I found some of the posters on Knife Forums and NivestoGo to characters, and accidentally typoded KitchenKnifeForums when I got the name mixed up with Knife Forums. I also mixed up the abbreviations Knife Forums, I guess KF and Kitchen...

Ken Schwatz has stated that in order to get optimum grinding speed from the Nubatomic stones, you should apply "just a little bit of CBN water based spray of matching grit", sort of like Nubatomic stones on steriods. Unfortunately this adds significantly to the price of the stones. I have also...

Heard some of the Coks smell good when wet.

I am one of the worst knife sharpeners on this forum. I too am very anxious about the Presidential race. America will be much safer if Trump wins. I have never shot a gun. I "celebrated" the impending Clinton victory by attending a CCW class today to be able to get a concealed carry permit...

Dave M. is Mr. Big.

I purchased this knife. I $30.63 from an Amazon seller, shipping included.

I just ordered a Spyderco MBS-26 6 inch utility kitchen knife.

Thanks for the information Daveb. I am okay with carbon blades that are mildly to moderately reactive, and I love my Spyderco Gayle Bradley 2 with M4 steel that I use as a steak knife. It sounds like the Tosa may be almost as reactive as the Tojiro ITK. In that case I would not want to use...

Natto, could you please post a link. Also, I don't know any Japanese, so I hope I could use the site. I am willing to risk $40, and I am not expecting to get a great knife, just a reasonable high carbon knife to practice on.

natto: do you know of any other sellers of the Tosa Bunka knives? Hidatool sells a 6.5 inch one for $33.90. The knife only weighs 0.3 pounds and is shipped from Berkley California. I live in Las Vegas. I called Hidatool to get the cost of shipping, and I was ready to buy. They informed...

When I first tried to sharpen, I got to try a Tojiro ITK gyuto. My sharpening ability was slightly worse then than it is now. It was fun to sharpen and easily raised a burr on my 1K SG stone. It sliced paper, but at best only borderline shave. The knife would rust before my eyes as I was...

According to online information, the A.J. Henckel 4 star knives are still made in Germany. I checked with Williams Sonoma and they claim that the Henckels 4 star, 7 inch chef's knife is made in Germany. It generally retails for around $80. I don't want to spend good money for a carbon...

I am a wobbler and I want a decent nife that is easy to sharpen, not too expensive, that I can beat up when I practice sharpening. The Henckels 4 Star, 7 inch Chef's nife is currently on sale for $40. I might be able to get one for $32 total including shipping. Is the famous Henckels 4 Star...

You can try Ebay. There are several for sale with most sellers being in the United States. Some sellers ship internationally. You can email sellers that state the ship to some countries to find out if they will ship to you and how much it will cost. Ebay gives you some protection to get a...

Can you thus, lay the knife flat on the stone and sharpen with the blade flat to thin behind the edge? Could this be effective without hurting the performance and longevity of the knife. It is much easier to me to thin by laying the knife flat than by trying to hold an angle of between 5 and...

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