How to get banding to pop

[Blumbo]

I’ve been trying a lot with this Miura Tanaka AS to get some of the banding to pop a little more. Seems like when I get it more mirrored, the kasumi around it becomes more translucent so it reduces the contrast, and at a lower grit the horizontal lines also crowd the picture visually. I’m still using king 1000 mud for the finish. I’d love to hear your thoughts on how you get good balance of contrast and detail! (Etching aside)

 

[jedy617]

I had a Tanaka AS and I got banding to pop with uchigumori powder slurry and lemon juice and repeat cycling

 

[OkayMode]

Are you doing it with sandpaper?

I think you’re going to need to use natural benchstones and burnish to get the most detail possible showing up.

@jedy617 ’s method will work too to a lesser degree - you can try fingerstones also.

 

[Blumbo]

Where's a solid place to get uchi powder? I've tried a few uchi finger stones from JNS but they scratched up another knife pretty good. Do you think it'd work if I pulverized them and turned it into a slurry?

 

[Blumbo]

Are you doing it with sandpaper?

I think you’re going to need to use natural benchstones and burnish to get the most detail possible showing up.

@jedy617 ’s method will work too to a lesser degree - you can try fingerstones also.

Yea just sandpaper for now, not ready to jump into natural stones quite yet

 

[ile74]

Where's a solid place to get uchi powder? I've tried a few uchi finger stones from JNS but they scratched up another knife pretty good. Do you think it'd work if I pulverized them and turned it into a slurry?

I purchased from Namikawa Heibei. It is ready to use, consistent, fine powder and doesn’t scratch.

https://www.namikawa-ltd.com/phone/product/111

 

[jedy617]

I think I got mine from there. And yeah it depends, fingerstones aren't as easy as they seem sometimes. Some are better and core steel or cladding, some need lots of water, some less, pressure matters...etc, etc.