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[j22582536]

Some Uchugumori + Nugui works I’ve tried recently:

 

[Blank Blades.]

I did a polish on my gyuto again. I finished the hagane on my king 4000, for some reason, it has the brightest mirror near mirror finish of all my stones. Then took uchigumori fingerstones, and did my best to clean the jigane up. The convexity makes the hagane a bit ugly from some angles, but not too bad imo.

 

[tostadas]

Refinished my stainless clad TF 240 after some thinning.

 

[j22582536]

Another repairing done on a 360mm Yoshikazu Ikeda Honyaki.

 

[OsiKosi]

Nakayama iromono
Nakayama asagi maruka
Heiji carbon

progresion was:
shapton glass 500, amakusa, mikawa nagura, nakayama iromono, nakayama asagi.

 

[j22582536]

Another sharpening & polishing done: this knife had some deep scratches that kind of bothers me, so I finally decided to do some polishing; probably the most expensive knife I’ll ever sharpen

progression was:
Chosera 400, Chosera 1000, JNS Red Aoto, JNS 6000, diamond paste, hamon etching

 

[OsiKosi]

hei hei, I might be wrong but from the finish I get the impression that you use long movements when polishing - have you ever tried short stroke’s? short movements, in zones from top to bottom (from spine to the edge).

 

[crocca86]

Konosuke FM 240 W1

 

[j22582536]

hei hei, I might be wrong but from the finish I get the impression that you use long movements when polishing - have you ever tried short stroke’s? short movements, in zones from top to bottom (from spine to the edge).

Yeah I did longer stroke while sharpening on bench stones

 

[Checkpure]

Konosuke FM 240 W1
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Got any before pics and can you post your progression/process?

 

[crocca86]

Got any before pics and can you post your progression/process?

Unfortunately I haven’t go any prior pictures of the knife
I followed all the steps shown on this video from tosho and I added one more finishing the knife with finger stones

 

[@ftermath]

Unfortunately I haven’t go any prior pictures of the knife, and I followed the steps shown on this video from tosho and I added one mere finishing the knife with finger stones

I’ve been looking everywhere for this video! Thank you.

 

[crocca86]

I’ve been looking everywhere for this video! Thank you.

It worked really well for my beginner skills

 

[Keat]

I can vouch for the micromesh pads plus 800 grit SiC powder, it made a full kasumi on a Toyama pretty easy.

Does anyone know what powder Tosho is using?

 

[Checkpure]

Unfortunately I haven’t go any prior pictures of the knife
I followed all the steps shown on this video from tosho and I added one more finishing the knife with finger stones

Thanks! Looks like I have a project for this weekend.

 

[zizirex]

I can vouch for the micromesh pads plus 800 grit SiC powder, it made a full kasumi on a Toyama pretty easy.

Does anyone know what powder Tosho is using?

it's a natural stone powder by Morihei. Hitohira also sells some suita powder. Also, you can get uchigumori powder on the infernet

 

[Hassanbensober]

Brought out some really awesome banding on this modified shigefusa santoku. I find if I try to go any finer then aizu or koshiji the details instantly are lost and hidden. Finally a whole morning I can just goof around with knives

 

[crocca86]

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[Illyria]

Polished my Shihan W2 clad with reclaimed iron gyuto. Removed all of the deep belt scratches and thinned it a touch. Uchi finger stone finish, dipped in a muriatic acid and ferric mix.

 

[kingdingelling]

Very interesting Uchigumori from nutmeg. Depending on the perspective it turns from matt so shiny.

 

[OsiKosi]

Its always depends on perspective and light

 

[Forty Ounce]

Ku kato, polished on a natural stone.

 

[nntnam]

Etching the hamon on my Ikeda white #1

Before

After

It was a pleasant surprise to find that my knife has double hamon.

Anyone knows why? My Ikeda white#3 seems to have only one hamon line

 

[Justablacktee]

Nice polish !

Aren’t they just more close to each other?

 

[nntnam]

Nice polish !

Aren’t they just more close to each other?

Thanks!
It could be so!
But I've seen this (the double hamon) with other Ikeda's Mt. Fuji knives
Check this suisin Ikeda

I wonder if it was intentional

 

[Justablacktee]

it may be because of the steel ... the munetoshi have kind of a double Hamon to !

 

[evilla01]

Etching the hamon on my Ikeda white #1

Before

After

It was a pleasant surprise to find that my knife has double hamon.

Anyone knows why? My Ikeda white#3 seems to have only one hamon line

Awesome job! The double hamon looks amazing

 

[tostadas]

135mm TF from JCK (Fu-Rin-Ka-Zan). Thinned and refinished. On it's way to my good friend.

 

[Blank Blades.]

135mm TF from JCK (Fu-Rin-Ka-Zan). Thinned and refinished. On it's way to my good friend.

What did you finish on?

 

[tostadas]

What did you finish on?

Sandpaper up to 1500p, then dropped back down to 800p. Hot vinegar for a couple minutes at a time, and then instant coffee for 6hrs. I brushed off the excess oxidation with king 800 mud on a felt cloth.