review

Introduction I took part in a passaround from @SylvainM and wanted to post a review here as well as in the passaround thread. I want to start off by saying that it has been an absolute pleasure to interact with @SylvainM during the passaround. He reached out to me via DM shortly before I...

Late last night I got home and wanted to play with my new knives and do a little compare/contrast with the Yoshikane vs my other 240s, particularly the Kochi/Wakui. I poured another beer and touched up all the contenders on a coticule before the contest started, then went to town on some...

Gesshin Uraku 210mm White #2 Kurouchi Wa-Gyuto Purchased from Jki above for $175 on 5/3/22, shipped on 5/4/22 Pics: Initial purchase - actually this is a little after, includes pics of a musashi bunka as well Early photos and first sharpening -- a lot of photos, some of the handle here Thinning...

Edit: I have added comparison of Pro 120, Bester 220 and Nanohone 200 in the post #23 Since I somehow managed to hoard several very coarse stones I though that a quick comparison could be of interest. To show how the stones actually work I made a video (sorry, it is 13 minutes long - brevity is...