Shig. Kasumi DIY
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Work hard, Ma sha. Maybe someone will really bet his costly Shig gyuto against your version.I am in, a pass around Texas death match against stock Shig. Kasumi gyutos, Winner take all
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Right? Kind of seems like the practical reality of optimising our knives towards our preferences...
...of course there are alterations and then there are alterations...
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Nope Japanese naming convention is last name/first name. Get with the programIsnt it Tokifusa Iizuka?
(First name / Last name)
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Fair crack. But this forum is in english*
* Edit: not a racist dog whistle... just an observation on communication intent.
David7777777777
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Correct I had price about it $285.
It actually had all the original geometry as aside from the work removing what was left of the KU finish after a year of hard labor.
The grind/forging on this one was actually pretty awesome as far as distal taper and the convex.
. I have pictures somewhere and I did take measurements at one point I just have to see if I have the floating around to see if it's worth posting them after he's done with his work for comparative. I'm mostly following this thread down to see where this leads.
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David said this in his ad. And he also stated he wanted it to go to a good home, not just anybody. I don't think he should of expected it to be murdered. I don't think anyone ever thinks hey I should put a clause in my ad that asks them not to chop shop it into a 180 gyutoCorrect I had price about it $285.
It actually had all the original geometry as aside from the work removing what was left of the KU finish after a year of hard labor.
The grind/forging on this one was actually pretty awesome as far as distal taper and the convex.
I'm mostly following this thread down to see where this leads.
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David7777777777
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Lol. The shock is gone.David said this in his ad. And he also stated he wanted it to go to a good home, not just anybody. I don't think he should of expected it to be murdered. I don't think anyone ever thinks hey I should put a clause in my ad that asks them not to chop shop it into a 180 gyuto
Hell I even talked to a blacksmith that's not too far from here about doing a stock removal knife for the hell of it at some point.
juice
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I relate to this SO much 
Narrator: And thus, lessons were learned.I don't think anyone ever thinks hey I should put a clause in my ad that asks them not to chop shop it into a 180 gyuto
VincentBeek
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I heard the father retired. Don't know them personally though...
Not sure about you, but, the make believe narrator voice in my head is Morgan Freeman.
Narrator: And thus, lessons were learned.
After 4 belts at 60 grit, 2 belts at 120 for Shi.han style super high shinogi grind, & 2 belts @ 240 grit to blend away the shinogi line & push convexity towards the spine, I am closing in on the edge.
Does this look thin enough for a Shig.?
No edge yet, I haven’t done sharpening.
Does this look thin enough for a Shig.?
No edge yet, I haven’t done sharpening.
@David7777777777, by selling the nakiri to @ma_sha1, you made possible the most entertaining thread of the past month. We all thank you.
Edit: second most entertaining. Hard to beat Unpopular Opinions.
Edit: second most entertaining. Hard to beat Unpopular Opinions.
I felt that for a Shig, I don’t want to grind it into a laser. I could do some final thinning on stones later.
right-now, I have some tough decisions to make. The left side, I ground into a spine to edge full convex, like Kato grind. But on the right side, I couldn’t do it because I can’t grind away the Shig. Family Kanji, so it’s not possible to be full Convex. I did blending of Shinogi as much as allowed by the Kanji using 240 grit.
any suggestions on how best to finish this?
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right-now, I have some tough decisions to make. The left side, I ground into a spine to edge full convex, like Kato grind. But on the right side, I couldn’t do it because I can’t grind away the Shig. Family Kanji, so it’s not possible to be full Convex. I did blending of Shinogi as much as allowed by the Kanji using 240 grit.
any suggestions on how best to finish this?
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Grind the kanjj - that blade is a Shig in heat treat only.
Full convex on the right side, erase the Shig kanji and replace with ma_sha kanji.
Or even better, grind the kanji off and then try to redo it with a chisel!
Or even better, grind the kanji off and then try to redo it with a chisel!
More seriously, I guess you have two options, right? Make the front half of the blade full convex and just leave it thicker near the handle, or give it more of a wide bevel geometry. Either seems fine. The latter will be easier to polish, probably.
BillHanna
Gotta get ready for ARM
Why?
BillHanna
Gotta get ready for ARM
You've chopped and screwed a knife to make it basically your own. There is nothing obvious. If you really cared about the family, you would not have done it. That horse feels kinda high to be a dick.
Because like his Shig santoku -> funyaki project, he plans to sell it as a Shig.
BillHanna
Gotta get ready for ARM
This opinion may be unpopular, but that seems a bit classless.
applepieforbreakfast
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It's not like he was secretive about what had been done with that knife.
That's quite true. But a Shig will be worth than a ma_sha1 (at this point). Clearly there is skills required to do the work and have been shown, so I'm not sure why not build his own brand.
