Yeah was just planning on using the paper for the grind lines mainly. I have flashbacks of polishing knives on stones that have big low spots and never getting them good, hopefully this will be betterI think you have better control over where abrasion occurs with stones, so I did it all with stones to maintain the unique Kato grind as faithfully as possible. But excited to see someone else going for it.
Yep, no etching. Range of hard fine finishers - ohira suita, nakayama suita, nakayama asagi, and crazy hard uchigumoriWow, no etching? What stones were they?
Is that brass on the tang?Little clean up on this interesting old yanagiba.
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Nice observation, the tang is indeed brazedIs that brass on the tang?
Is the tang brazed on?Nice observation, the tang is indeed brazed
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Sweeet !Just finished touching up a project knife but no camera at the moment.
An older project...working finish on a Carter, before I received some fingerstones:
I’m curious. How long do you etch for each cycle and what did it look like after the first etch?Lemon juice. Did like 5 cycles of lemon juice and buffing with natural stone mud.
Probably a few minutes at a time. Depends on how reactive the steel is. Some will turn brown super fastI’m curious. How long do you etch for each cycle and what did it look like after the first etch?
Thank you kindly! It is a very cool little blade, not often I get to play with honyaki and even less often tamahaganeSo sexy.
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