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Second for King 800 - I use a slurry applied with micro mesh or a hard felt pad.

Hi All , My family has a vacation home that is used by three generations of my family along with their friends. Years ago I replaced a bunch of Walmart quality knives with a zwilling chef, petty, bread knife and slicer . I hadn’t been to the cabin for over a year and found that all but the...

I agree the flipper shaming/accusations have gotten a bit out of control. It’s sad that people have to post receipts and even then they sometimes get grief. Calling out or reporting scams, obviously misrepresented knives sure. Otherwise a knife at what you think is a fair or market price and it...

Congrats to Owl for a very generous offer as well as the lucky winner

Thoughtful and fair system !

Good as new, use and enjoy !

After- Smoother transition from tip to spine Before - A very slight bulge above the clad /core line

Looks great !

I wouldn’t touch the edge other than sharpen/strop after you’re done just take a tiny bit more off the spine from tip towards the KU (the grey above the white) What you’ve done is also fine

Here’s an overlay - you’re very close

Looks good. A new Yoshikane looks slightly different .You can more closely match the as new profile by removing a bit more spine from tip up to the KU/hammered area. To avoid re tipping I would work only in heel towards tip direction. This should give a bit more distal taper as well

@JoBone

My favorite Western makers $1K-1.2K Halcyon Forge, Bidinger, Yanick, Antzenberger, Heldquist $2.5K Rader, Haburn

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