Hiromoto 210 Gyuto resuscitation

[Uncle Mike]

Used Murray Carter’s 7 step process from his Basic Sharpening video, King 1000 and 6000 stones, and wet/dry sandpaper. The Hiromoto knife has an interesting geometry - flat with a small primary edge on the left side, and tapered with a low angle primary edge on the right side.

 

[nevrknow]

Nice job! Tons of work but I love seeing neglected blades with lots of life left brought back.

 

[Benuser]

Hiromoto HC I guess?
Just curious: what was the reason you left the small imperfections at the edge and went to finer stones?

 

[HRC_64]

... it shouldn't be that much more work if you have a 300 or whatever stone.

 

[Uncle Mike]

Hi @Benuser - I’m not sure, but I think it’s a Hiromoto Gin-3. For the imperfections, chalk it up to being a rookie. I’ve been using it and it cuts great, so instead of going back right away to fix them I’ll wait til it needs sharpening again. After a few sharpenings should be all good.

 

[Ruso]

Nice job!

 

[Benuser]

Hi @Benuser - I’m not sure, but I think it’s a Hiromoto Gin-3. For the imperfections, chalk it up to being a rookie. I’ve been using it and it cuts great, so instead of going back right away to fix them I’ll wait til it needs sharpening again. After a few sharpenings should be all good.

Not sure about the Gin-3, the first photo shows what I'd understand as patina. That's why I thought it was a carbon one.

 

[Uncle Mike]

You’re probably right. These are pics of writing on the knife. I have no idea what the Japanese writing means.

Actually the writing is on a 240 mm gyuto that seems to be the same as the smaller one.

 

[Benuser]

Neither do I.
As for the small chip: leaving it as it is, is what I might do when I know what happened.
With an unknown knife though, I would like to make sure there's no crack.