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My brother-in-law asked me to help him purchase a yanagiba a few months ago. Since he was coming home to get married I decided to gift one for a wedding present.
I enjoy working on single bevel blades and appreciate the information shared on the other Kasumi and bevel finishing threads here, so I thought I would show the work I did on this yanagiba.
I began flattening and raising the shinogi line on a shapton glass 500.
I like this stone for initial grinding. It's reasonably fast but still gives me a crisp shinogi line.
Next I raise a slurry on an Aizu with a 140 Atoma and work on the edge a center bevel.
Trying to remove the minimum amount of metal necessary to even the bevel, J-nats slower speed is helpful here.
Controlling pressure and quality(volume and water content) of the slurry gives a pretty even finish.
Could stop here, I like this finish here but lets move on.
Refining finish on Atagoyama.
After working blade on the stone I use a small piece of cotton fabric to polish using the slurry. This helps to even the finish.
Next Uchimagori finger stone.
Finished by working the higane on a Naniwa Junpaku 8000 then the entire bevel on a soft Nakayama Koppa. I then polished the entire blade with Flitz. Sorry, did not take photos of the final steps.
Final finish.
Finished Knife ready to deliver.
Really had fun working on this knife. I'll miss having it around. Well until the time it needs sharping, So long!
I enjoy working on single bevel blades and appreciate the information shared on the other Kasumi and bevel finishing threads here, so I thought I would show the work I did on this yanagiba.
I began flattening and raising the shinogi line on a shapton glass 500.
I like this stone for initial grinding. It's reasonably fast but still gives me a crisp shinogi line.
Next I raise a slurry on an Aizu with a 140 Atoma and work on the edge a center bevel.
Trying to remove the minimum amount of metal necessary to even the bevel, J-nats slower speed is helpful here.
Controlling pressure and quality(volume and water content) of the slurry gives a pretty even finish.
Could stop here, I like this finish here but lets move on.
Refining finish on Atagoyama.
After working blade on the stone I use a small piece of cotton fabric to polish using the slurry. This helps to even the finish.
Next Uchimagori finger stone.
Finished by working the higane on a Naniwa Junpaku 8000 then the entire bevel on a soft Nakayama Koppa. I then polished the entire blade with Flitz. Sorry, did not take photos of the final steps.
Final finish.
Finished Knife ready to deliver.
Really had fun working on this knife. I'll miss having it around. Well until the time it needs sharping, So long!
