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yea you can't give up now!! pot odds, as they say. You could use a spray adhesive to keep the paper from sliding. 3M/ home depot variety should do. Or you could spray the paper to the cabinet liner, though it's unclear how that would work, but probably better than nothing. It's a...

kurouchi, a burnt finish over iron or very mild steel (don't know which) shame this isn't an option after seeing how good it was from bkdc.. you still doin the vinegar test?? Time to showcase how inferior plian ole Fe is.. or not!! haha :)

The quality of their tools is OK, and it's also an OK place to get stones, but prices are skyrocketing IMO. some planes have gone up 50% from $500 to 750 and similar story to their premium chisels. But they have a good selection of pull-saws and random things ex bonsai shears you will have...

currently, 36$. But the yen moves a lot. Still it's def one of the best deals I've gotten on anything and goes to illustrate the law of diminishing returns in some of the pricier echelons. chinacats, thanks for the reply. I'm def overthinking it, I know haha. Hence the 3d modelling. But...

nice pic to show the blade wear/reactivity. I would expect the black/burnt finish to be the thing helping you bkdc, but you def have enough wear via use that a major patina/rust could occur. Can someone explain how that burnt black finish is made or the technical name? It's on a lot of my...

good perspective, thanks. Should share a pic for comparison! :)

Alright never mind I can finish this again lol. So I was a bit wrong above anyway 1+/7 is a bit more like 9 degrees, and we want to add therefore about 6.5 degrees per side. Now you could carry on drawing triangles, because all the info is there but there's an easier way, in this case.. we...

hi all! the 155 size Tanaka is really actually a winner, the size and especially shape is growing on me. I surfed some of my other favorite makers (in theory.. due to steel and process) and didn't realize it isn't a given style or size by a maker. Ex Takeda, Yoshikane, Fujiwara, all kinda let...

330mate has a calendar somewhere linked of days he's in a mine mining whetstones, color coded, and informs that his email schedule revolves around that (obviously not by a computer). And, it's a resin ferrule not plastic, also stated.. and there were the upgrade options priced out also in the...

Agree w panda about the chippiness of the Gin, it is like WS#1 at a high temper. Altho he said VG, I guess not much dif despite the name.. here's VG-10 composition; its very close to Ginsanko. So then its all cosmetic preference. I am working on a microbevel angle preference now, with...

I used a 700 grit sigma power carbon for new edge rough-in, and jumped straight to a natural finisher awase-to and was frankly stunned by how well that worked. Logically it shouldn't, but I have another knife to set up and will take pics to demonstrate/prove (even to my still doubtful self)...

I agree with MHLee about the deep scratches being difficult to remove, but so it goes.. automotive refinishing adhesive-backed 120 is nice to work with if you put it on a flat tile or glass or tablesaw... and you'll probably use 4 sheets or more (max hopefully 6?). THEN if you have access to a...

Sigma Power Ceramic is a brand with a good cutting power for all steels incl alloys, excellent price, great life, and supple awesome feel. silky death for steel. Comes w a wood base too if you prefer! Sigma Power 6k My natural stone from japan woodworker is probably faster-cutting but dishes...

To answer my own question from earlier, from poking around I learned quality laminated knives like Takeda's super blue steel line have been known to bend and stay bent and apparently it's consistent across the knives, which hasn't been enough to deter a solid following. So presumably that lone...

interesting.. I didn't realize the nashiji gyuto's existed til you inspired me to check elsewhere (than eBay) and I found them.. could you give a rough estimate of the blade thickness? the 155 is just over 1/16th inch.. not even 3/32.

I agree with steven, sounds pretty dependent upon the angle.. you could go for 50/50 regular edge and transition it more on the next go.. Rick is probably technically right but the angle is guaranteed to change some moderate amount just via sharpening in the first place, why not push it a bit...

Hey Dusty. In short, damn good. As I said I like the thinness of the knife, its "just so".. I've cut cabbage, garlic, ginger, onion, the basics, and its really really good, the best I've used.. but this includes absolutely no high end JKnives. So, I think it's great! it shaves, will cut a...

Thx Brian my pleasure! Panda, thx for your comment, just what I wanted to hear! Clarifies what I was interpreting while sharpening. The gumminess of the SS didn't stop me on any other stone (maybe, close..) but on the 1k Sigma it was more harm than good, as I tried to show (was way worse..)...

Funny you should ask.. I just made a massive amount of mud today with my finisher "Awase To" from Japan Woodworker.. Grade #5 as opposed to 3 or 7. However, 3 may be similar (or even muddier?), but I suspect 7 is harder. I got my stone so muddy it finished basically straight off of 700 grit...

Although a lot of posts I've seen concern Masamoto's and Shigefusa's, I would simply not buy something like that without trying to find better values first, and in the process, learn some of the ins and outs of the cheaper knives. So hopefully I can help some people understand what I've learned...