The Sharpening way of a luthier, for his Japanese tools

[TheLuthier]

So, I decided to post some pictures, when I sharpen a new tool!

In this first post, I sharpened my first Kiridashi, ever. It was fun to go from 1K, to 12K with synthetic stones only. This Yamamoto, Blue Steel, is a pleasure to polish!

On the first three photos, you can see the rought blade... yep, it definitely needed the 1K Kensyou stone on both sides! I successfully kept the ura-geometry pratically intact, which was my goal!

On the 4th and 5th pictures, you can see the amazing pattern, in the Jigane. I love Japanese tools for these kind of "imperfection", such a beautiful tool!

 

[TheLuthier]

This Kiridashi from Sadahide Chiyozuru 3rd, was a real challenge to sharpen. The geometry of the tool itself, make it very tricky to work with... but well, it turned pretty well in the end!

 

[Choppin]

nice! where can we see some of your luthier work?

 

[TheLuthier]

Thanks Choppin! I don't know if autopromo is authorized on the forum, maybe an admin could ask, but here is my webiste:

https://www.benjaminpaldacciguitars.com/?lang=en