Made a project today of thinning a new Teruyasu Fujiwara Gyuto. This is his maboroshi version with wa handle, measured length is 185 at the edge. I have one of his Denka knives with the yo handle, but it's not my favorite. The handle is slippery, and it still smells really strong when it gets warm or wet, like curing epoxy or some weird finish. Never again.
Goals: Wanted to do a better job than the last few I've done. Set a goal of trying to have the bevel heights be even on both sides. Avoiding grinding on the flats as much as possible to preserve the look and the kanji. Wanted to make sure to achieve a convex bevel on both secondary bevels. I definitely did a better job this time, just being conscious of all my steps and what they were doing as I worked.
Tools: Shapton Glass stones. DMT extra coarse stone for flattening. DIY sink bridge. Packing tape. Straightedge. Sharpie. 1000grit wet/dry paper. Towels and water and all that.
Method: Taped off the area of the knife I wanted to protect. Wrapped the handle with plastic wrap to protect it from getting swarf in the pores of the wood. I used a rocking motion to make sure to end up with a convex bevel. When the thinning was done I used 1000 grit sand paper wet to apply the finish. I also *just* ground off the sharp "beak" as I call it at the heel of the knife when I was done since it always gets stuck on rags when cleaning.
Result: I'm really pleased. Great size for my tiny hands, finish is much better than previous attempts, bevels look great, preserved the original look more. Very excited to get working with this knife.
I'll include a few pictures here. If you'd like to see all of them with steps, I have an an album posted here.
Knife as it came to me:
Knife in work:
All done!
Goals: Wanted to do a better job than the last few I've done. Set a goal of trying to have the bevel heights be even on both sides. Avoiding grinding on the flats as much as possible to preserve the look and the kanji. Wanted to make sure to achieve a convex bevel on both secondary bevels. I definitely did a better job this time, just being conscious of all my steps and what they were doing as I worked.
Tools: Shapton Glass stones. DMT extra coarse stone for flattening. DIY sink bridge. Packing tape. Straightedge. Sharpie. 1000grit wet/dry paper. Towels and water and all that.
Method: Taped off the area of the knife I wanted to protect. Wrapped the handle with plastic wrap to protect it from getting swarf in the pores of the wood. I used a rocking motion to make sure to end up with a convex bevel. When the thinning was done I used 1000 grit sand paper wet to apply the finish. I also *just* ground off the sharp "beak" as I call it at the heel of the knife when I was done since it always gets stuck on rags when cleaning.
Result: I'm really pleased. Great size for my tiny hands, finish is much better than previous attempts, bevels look great, preserved the original look more. Very excited to get working with this knife.
I'll include a few pictures here. If you'd like to see all of them with steps, I have an an album posted here.
Knife as it came to me:
Knife in work:
All done!