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Just done Honbazuke of it. Great knife, very even bevel with minimum amount of gouging, Hira is fairly flat and making the Shinogi true and straight didn't take much effort. Very good Ura too. #400 NSK, Iyo, White-Suita

Coreless Yasugi steel https://miuraknives.com/japanese-knife/4859-5687-japanese-sakimaru-yanagiba-knife-nigara-kagetora-damascus-aogami-2-and-shirogami-2-coreless-custom-handle-size30cm-id4859-japane.html#/33-size-30cm

I bought it second hand, unused and unsharpened but has some rusts and insect damage at the hone ferrule which I've fixed myself. It's 33cm, no lebel on the box and the saya is Nenohi. I've only seen factory mirror polished bevel from Nenohi knives, how do you think? My curiosity, is this a...

I find Masamoto's Honyaki White 2 Kiritsuke is quite nice, ura stays dead straight and I felt the steel is well tightened when I sharpened it.

Knife blocks are prone to mold growth too, I keep longer knives in wood sheath after oiling and short ones on magnetic stand.

As other members has already stated, not all tamahagne are equal, carbon contents, impurity, how it was forged. Since cheap, badly made knife would not hold a edge properly and warp(1960s~2000s off brand knives in Japan) I would assume a good tamahagne is similar to White 1 water honyaki but...

Izumimasa White 1 Honyaki, NSK #400, Iyo, Maruo White-Suita. I think my personal favourite are White 1 Honyaki because they bites whetstone very well and very resilient to rusting comparing to any other carbon steel I've used. Also the burr cuts well even without news paper trick, I run out of...

Anything paper thin like courgette, radish, potato. Works better than slicer. Also, factory edge are usually quiet dull so you need to thin new Usuba until it's zero grind flat

Black rust can cause pitting, polish it asap. & Knives are all consumables, just use it. I use Usuba on almost everything and single bevel flat grind chips like nothing else:p.

Just thinned this Honyaki Fuji and Moon by Jikko today(White 3, Look like Ikeda) NSK #400, Iyo, Okuden-Suita?, Asagi?. Bought the JNATs from 330mate on Amazon.jp. The stones I've received wasn't what I've ordered but the type and shape of them matched for what I've paid for, I think the...

I think it was 2000 grit sand paper.

I thinned the belly and hira a little more and straightened the edge. Ura is slightly warping as the omote is being thinned but not enough to be a problem. My experience so far, White 3 can be sharpened thinner than clad and distort less, however have less carbide so the edge won't be...

I would seal it, dries quicker after use and might prevent mould growing.

Me too, White 1 Water Honyaki or whatever they belongs to the kitchen.

I think I'll get a 24cm to bring the budget down a bit.

More on type of knife. I usually won't pay more than 160k Jpy on standard clad or over 400k on any Honyaki. This is including that, Honbatsuke on Honyaki is usually a 25k option and mirror finish for Ura is around 30~35k and Omote is around 20~25k. Which means Hon-Kasumi's price is hard...

The Queen of Ariaki(Comike)... I still remember the day I dropped Kancolle when I lost 60k bauxite and wasn't able able to defeat the event boss. Btw medium JNAT on Kasumi are awesome as long as you don't mind the lengthy sand removal workout.

Look like Iyo red star to me too.

As your knife seems to be acid etched at the factory I would recommend autosol or any other rough grit polishing compound. I always used autosol to remove minor pitting on used Honyaki knives I've bought from Japan as trying to remove it by sandpaper or whetstone will be removing significant...

I've seen people in japan use silicone because they can fit a thin saw to cut the silicone later, just make sure only use a few drops so only few spots needs to be cut.