Johnsmyname

Hello there fellow knife enthousiasts! Not too long ago I opened a topic where I asked for some advice because I wanted to get a new...

I know you all love some choil shots. Wakui: Nakagawa: Hado Sumi:

Well, I’m downsizing/moving overseas. I’m getting a small pied a terre in nyc attached to a pretty well equipped kitchen so I want to...

I'm probably in the minority but I'm not a huge fan. It looks great when polished and new but it's lost with patina. To be completely...

Hrm, what about trying fresh egg pasta? Extra chewiness -could- be amazing

I just stumbled across this at a shop and decided to grab a kilo: The protein content is 21.8%, which is almost twice that of a...

It will take the patina off if you dunk the whole knife in an acidic solution.

Depends on how polished you want it, I'd use a rust eraser or something like bkf on a wine cork. Just nothing soft like a polishing...

What’s the best way to clean off that forced petina from the whole blade? Simichrome?

Yeah that's basically it, but it'll be more uniform if you just etch the blade entirely

Good luck with all that.

Aha. Well nail polish will still be darkest and probably hold up best, and could be removed with acetone if it doesn’t look good...

Very easy. First use an Dremel brass brush to clean up the embossed writing You need to completely degrease the area using medical grade...

Fine tip black sharpie.

I’m typically not a fan of tags and logos. I despise the laser engraved logos on every gun part these days, never understood the...