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ha i hope so! thanks. gonna go at it again tonight putting some new techniques to use.

seconded. watching all of his videos wont take too long and youll gain a wealth of knowledge.

thanks for both of these. they were equally really helpful while being somewhat different in their approaches, notably their approach while stropping with the blade. looking forward to finding my own preferred method.

any particular reason why?

round the edges of the stone? like the sides and corners? use my diamond plate? don't have one. only have a beston 500 King 1200 and the rika 5k

this particular one didn't come with a base.

I've read that going higher than 6-8k on a gyuto is pointless

soaked it for 20 or 30m did not flatten it out of the box

started with the Suehiro Rika 5k on the Hiro AS out of the box. the stone looks like this after just a couple minutes. am i doing something wrong? most of it wouldnt wash off. never seen that before.

anything else? harder than youd think to apply edge trailing strokes of a flip knife to a 240mm gyuto.

Been searching on youtube without much luck for edge trailing sharpening or honing. Anyone have a good video on hand?

Been searching on youtube without much luck. Anyone have a good video on hand? --------------------------------------------------------------------- please delete thread question reposted...

http://youtu.be/GB3jkRi1dKs http://youtu.be/SKeSRDMRpY0 JKI Sharpening Playlist https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLEBF55079F53216AB&feature=view_all

Once you get more accustomed to sharpening, stropping with a diamond spray can really help in this situation. That's fairly advanced though.

I'm not entirely sure this video is accurate. He makes good points, granted, but an edge DOES cut even when there is a mirror finish. The reason the knife slides in the video isn't because the knife has too high a polish. It is likely because it was not sharpened properly, specifically the apex...

I haven't even used them yet!! haha

:hungry::knife::biggrin:

theyve arrived! thank you to everyone who helped with my plunge into jknives! Hiro AS 240, G3 150 :knife:

bringing this back as it is relevant to me as of today. fresh out of the box, should i start with a 1200 or a 5000 grit? also, i got a g3 petty. what can i expect from that? will it be much more difficult to sharpen than my AS?

... no? :lol2: ive got my Hiro in hand now. 60/40 edge. looks so close though.