shobudonnie
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How does Shigeki Tanaka’s blue 2 steel compare to those of yoshikazu tanaka, nakagawa, Toyama, or Wakui?
Shigeki Tanaka blue 2 vs other blue 2
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It's a decent blue2 and is generally very good value for money.
Easy to make very sharp.
Doesn't have the creamy sharpening feel of my Akebonos (by Shiraki) but still not bad to sharpen.
Not super hard like the Watoyamas (and thus nicer to sharpen, but probably less edge retention- hard to say for sure as geometry surely plays a big role here).
Easy to make very sharp.
Doesn't have the creamy sharpening feel of my Akebonos (by Shiraki) but still not bad to sharpen.
Not super hard like the Watoyamas (and thus nicer to sharpen, but probably less edge retention- hard to say for sure as geometry surely plays a big role here).
How does all of this compare to Tetsujin or Shindo B2? They’re my reference points for B2.
Not my reference points, unfortunately.
I have only tried S. Tanaka's ginsan not his aogami but Nemo's description sounds similar to all my Shindos on the stones. It's nice to sharpen but not as creamy as my shirogamis or as glassy/hard feeling as Watoyama
