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Removing lacquer coating on my Tadokoro Marushin Ginsan. Prepping it for a day at the field.
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DitmasPork
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210s: Isasmedjan, Morihei Hisamoto, Shigefusa, Gesshin Hinoura
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TF Western Denka, red handle, 244 / 54 / 253g:
Okubo big nakiri WIP:
Original:
After scrubbing off 5g on a Gesshin 220:
After a quick synth -> Uchi -> suita powder + micromesh progression:
Definitely still messy, with some grind marks near the edge, low spots, incomplete removal of 320 grit scratches, etc etc. But cutting performance has improved massively and it's a little less of a mess. Haven't decided yet if I'm going to go back to the coarse stones to thin and clean up a little further or just put it to work for now.
Original:
After scrubbing off 5g on a Gesshin 220:
After a quick synth -> Uchi -> suita powder + micromesh progression:
Definitely still messy, with some grind marks near the edge, low spots, incomplete removal of 320 grit scratches, etc etc. But cutting performance has improved massively and it's a little less of a mess. Haven't decided yet if I'm going to go back to the coarse stones to thin and clean up a little further or just put it to work for now.
I like to press the āeasy buttonā at this point - cover everything up with a muddy midgrit stone (King 800, Cerax 1000, Gesshin 1200) for a nice working finish and put it to use
Newham sword with friendsgiving brisket.
What size did you get?
This one's a custom order through Michael, 190x70 and 280g originally (now 275g). Really fun dimensions!
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After a lot of use and patina, suddenly a ton of banding popped out on my togashi white 1 honyaki. Really interesting is this is on the satin portion, not the mirror polished.
Work off day! Played with camera and take snaps of my Ginsan Fleet 
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JJT Tritz Nakiri
Work bois today
Whatās size is that hd petty? 180? I have a 120mm that Iām probably going to post on BST soon because it feels like a paring knife to my apparently giant hands.
Yep, Iām 180 gang 4 lyfe
I really like Yamatsuka ginsan and the grind on this particular line! Iāve been playing around with etching to bring out the cladding more - but havenāt been able to figure out how to do it while still keeping the core steel nice and shiny.
I really wanted to add this to my ginsan collection and the Kasumi version but the price on the damascus is holding me back for some reasons. One day I might just pull the trigger.
Restoring this knifeā¦Donāt know what brand it is but itās a SKD steel.
The price definitely was kinda hard to swallow initially especially given the lack of engraved kanji, and rough FF/wonky ho wood handle out of box, but Iāve been reaching for it much more than my myojin sharpened nakagawa ginsan pieces. Just feels like such a perfect middleweight! Your ginsan collection has so many gorgeous endgame pieces that I can only hope to try one day
These are great. I have the regular version, used it a lot and thinned it some. Itās a great contrast to most Sakai Ginsan which tends to be thin convex grinds or wide bevel. A thick spine, convex stainless workhorse. Not a lot of those out there. Got lucky with the hand chiseled kanji too. One of the few knives I want the Damascus version of. Although I never understood why they put a pretty nice ebony handle on the normal version and a Ho wood one on the Damascus.
Itinomonn StainLess by Yoshikane
https://www.japanesenaturalstones.com/itinomonn-stainless-kasumi-240mm-wa-gyuto-discontinued/
Great to see a well worn knife get a second life.
Is the grind on the regular and Damascus version the same? Kind tempted
Thanks! I knew this was a Sanjo knife. SKD was stamped on the tang.
When I saw both. It looks the same but I think the Kasumi is a bit thicker.
Where did you hear that Yoshikane made these?
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Love these knives, and actually have two of them. A thinner one with a good looking Kanji, and a slightly Thiccer one with an unfortunate kanji.
The knife that I was trying to fix had seen better days. Had to do major thinning and the core steel had rust. Also replaced the D shape handle to Octagonal which the owner wanted. I literally just finished it now.
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May have read about it on an old thread. I donāt think itās confirmed but they just look like the old Yoshikane SKD kasumi line of knives and there werenāt exactly a lot of makers producing Sanjo style stainless clad SKD knives. And JNS used to carry Yoshikane SKD too as āZenshoā, so I just thought they were being sold under Itinomonn.
Took the new Tanaka from maxim out for a spin tonight and wow is it a performer. Itās a much thinner grind all around from my other Tanakas and it really flew through the onions, potatoes, carrots, ginger and garlic with ease. The cladding was a little reactive off the bat so I may have to force a patina on it in the near future. What a great excuse to make a roast! 
