As per NKB post, I got this hatchet for cutting up kindling. The kids are getting older and slightly less likely to topple into a campfire.
It’s pretty cool, does the intended job well, but what’s the *real* reason I bought this? To polish, of course. Now that’s not to say I can do it, I’ve failed many a project simpler than this, but I have zero fear of messing this one up. If you remember, I posted a nice pic of a jnat progression and a higo I intended to polish… didn’t happen. This time, I’m sticking to it and using all natural stones.
This means spending some (a lot) of quality time with a $20 amakusa, the most blah stone that exists. So blah they use it for building materials. I chopped off an end of the brick to use as a mud dispenser, as the stone quite picky about conditions if it’s to go fast. If nothing else, at least I’ll be forced to spend time learning the secrets of the humble low grit doorstop.
Currently focusing on cleaning up the core (feels like softer SK) and removing the grinding whee scratches. Amakusa scratch pattern is much finer than stock, so I can see my work (yay), but it’s ground as you would expect a hatchet to be ground so some spots will be somewhat unclean. For now, maybe forever.
A couple before/after a, maybe an hour or 2 of stone time.
The intention is to update until completion. If the sun is still burning by that time.
It’s pretty cool, does the intended job well, but what’s the *real* reason I bought this? To polish, of course. Now that’s not to say I can do it, I’ve failed many a project simpler than this, but I have zero fear of messing this one up. If you remember, I posted a nice pic of a jnat progression and a higo I intended to polish… didn’t happen. This time, I’m sticking to it and using all natural stones.
This means spending some (a lot) of quality time with a $20 amakusa, the most blah stone that exists. So blah they use it for building materials. I chopped off an end of the brick to use as a mud dispenser, as the stone quite picky about conditions if it’s to go fast. If nothing else, at least I’ll be forced to spend time learning the secrets of the humble low grit doorstop.
Currently focusing on cleaning up the core (feels like softer SK) and removing the grinding whee scratches. Amakusa scratch pattern is much finer than stock, so I can see my work (yay), but it’s ground as you would expect a hatchet to be ground so some spots will be somewhat unclean. For now, maybe forever.
A couple before/after a, maybe an hour or 2 of stone time.
The intention is to update until completion. If the sun is still burning by that time.
