Was just curious more than anything. But ok, fair enough, had to ask. Looks great.
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Yanick gyuto sporting a natural stone finish. This was sent to me for repair, it had a chip that was a little more than 1mm deep. I removed the chip, thinned, and then polished. The last stone I used was a dark grey, with spots of renge, from Maruoyama.
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I'm very much a novice (first attempt at a project like this), but took my spare spicy white honyaki to my uchigumori fingerstones, then used some diamond paste I had, followed by some buffing with automotive compound and etched 3 times in between buffing. Wondering if I should leave it as is or go back over the hamon with fingerstones. It is much more apparent of a hamon in person but still not super duper contrasty, but that's ok.
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How I got it
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Ashi Blue Steel Fugubiki Honyaki after hazuya.
For this ura polishing, are you just using finger stones or something else too? Seems like getting an ura properly polished is a real pain…
Got it to almost mirror polished then finger stones.
Good to know - seems like the right way. What did you use to erase the original grind marks and get it up to mirror? Or did it come pre-polished
Groove stones for sword.
I talked to Tobias a bit in order to understand how he put the original finish on the knife. I proceeded to perfect the bevel. He does a very good job with his knives, only low at the end of the heel and top of the nose.
I etched after perfecting the bevel and he liked the black look so much he suggest leaving it like that, so I felt I couldn’t disagree
I etched after perfecting the bevel and he liked the black look so much he suggest leaving it like that, so I felt I couldn’t disagree
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Not sure if this is the correct spot for this as im new to sharpening and polishing but i ran my knifewear kiridashi through my progression today and am mostly pleased with the results minus the one low corner that didnt polish up super nice
May I inquire as to the origin or possibly see this magic uchi?Didn't use my uchi for a while and almost forgot how nice it is… watetsu clad kiridashi was scratched by hard nakayama so I tried the uchi directly if it can erase the scratches.
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This is every bit as magical as I had imagined. Super cool stone, and nice finish!
My Kaeru 210 mm had got a tuning by Suntravel. But i didn't liked the finish. So I polished it with micromesh and mud from stones. Now it really have a rustic look that i really like. I put a new handle on it for the first time and am really satisfied with the work. I didn't even need silicone to close the gaps. I love it...
After tuning
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After tuning
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What all was involved in the tuning? Looks great!
tostadas
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Thats a clean install
It was like an ax before, so suntravel had thinned it out. It has lost 14 grams but is still a workhorse. 1 cm in front of the tip it is now 0.8 mm and behind it is still stable.
tostadas
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Is that the "workhorse" version? 14g of steel removed is a LOT!
Yep the workhorse version. Thats true. But it had 290 grams before and is still heavy. The balance point was 6 cm from the handle, now it's 4,5 cm and feels a way better.
That’s one hell of a tuning. I’d call that a full on overhaul! Looks great though.
yes it is, but suntravel left enough reserves, it is not too sensitive and not to nail flexing. The foodrelease is also better than before
Decided to take the plunge and refinish the bevels on my Wakui. Ran it on a 6k to see what I’m dealing with. Looks like I’ve got some low spots to work out…wish me luck!
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Honestly looks like you’re going to make it out easy, not seeing anything to concerning from that picture! When you start seeing big holes of a fully hallow in the wide bevel is when you know you’re in for a long time on the coarse stones.
And the good news is the hardest part - the initial plunge of putting a treasured knife flat on the stones - is now over!
Yeah, could be worse. I spent about 30 minutes on my permasoaked King 300 and they are mostly out. Probably another 20-30 minutes will do it. Will see what the other side looks like when I get to it.
Looks great! Agree with @ethompson - looks very even to me! A fork in the road at this point, prior to full low spot removal.. do you
1. Full flat bevel for easy polishing?
2. Hamaguri the edge, round and raise the shinogi - convexed for food release and performance, but a real challenge to create even polish?
I fight myself about this on the daily
