Never too late to learn and start. I too am starting to do my first mirror finish on a honyaki right now. Main thing I’ve taken out from learning polishing like this is don’t be afraid to heck up. It’s a learning journey.To this date, I have messed up two Victorinox when thinning, managed to do only moderate damage to a third, tried to salvage a fourth, old one from much worse ending up no better, also thinned a Misono pretty unevenly... giving me juuuust enough experience - would that only be the anguish of having to put so many knives right and trying that on at least one - to say that I admire all of your posts, patience, dedication and passion.
Never too late to learn and start. I too am starting to do my first mirror finish on a honyaki. Main thing I’ve taken out from learning polishing like this is don’t be afraid to heck up. It’s a learning journey.
In these 2 months of isolation, I’ve actually learned more than in my 2 years owning Japanese knives, so I must say, take this prime opportunity to learn more!
Nothing wrong with being reckless though. IMO, the only way you can truly screw up a knife would be by using machines. Believe me, I tried my best, and it did not look great^We need more of this attitude (without being completely reckless)!
Very fair, most things can be fixed up... Just won't get the time backNothing wrong with being reckless though. IMO, the only way you can truly screw up a knife would be by using machines. Believe me, I tried my best, and it did not look great
Making some good progress. Still having lots of issues in the tip area. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
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Sounds like a need some stones for thinning. Thanks. I figured that was the case but wanted to make sureIt was hallow. I flattened the bevels
320 grit sandpaper on a TF Denka to remove all the grind marks followed by a huge jump to Narutaki asagi just to mirror the core.
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Second pic, shadow or you add a hollow? Avoid those spots because reasons?Messing up finishes?! That’s my middle name. Here’s some of the damage I’ve done recently:
Munetoshi concavity! So a real thing (not a shadow) that I didn’t add myself . I took out some of it after this pic was taken, but they go quite deep so I felt I had to leave them be. I didn’t want to waste too much knife only for a nice finish, so the deepest ones are saved for the future.Second pic, shadow or you add a hollow? Avoid those spots because reasons?
The clad was worked on before this. Got rid of the grind marks, then I put back 320 grit marks, you can see my scratches are much finer than the original and has a hazy look.How did you get the core so polished and the clad looks untouched?
The clad was worked on before this. Got rid of the grind marks, then I put back 320 grit marks, you can see my scratches are much finer than the original and has a hazy look.
So all I needed to do after that was reach for my finest stone and put a mirror on the core. Once core steel has been mirrored before, it’s pretty difficult to in-mirror it.
Nope, the core went through the sandpaper and became matted too, but I just lay my stones flat enough to touch the core after to get the mirror on itI see, the soft clad takes the fresh marks of the sandpaper and the core doesnt. I think? Looks great.
Weekend project - this 270 Mazaki took a tumble into the sink and lost about 7mm off the top and 2mm on the heel. Ground from the spine down to the edge then reworked the bevel from 220 up to 6k on synthetics before switching to an uchigumori. Since i removed half the ku from the spine fixing the tip I just went all the way and eased/polished the spine/chill too. View attachment 82343View attachment 82344
Playing with a very fine Ueno, more like a finisher than a midgrit in the polish it leaves.
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