Recent content by mikaelsan

It makes sense, I'm guessing the compromises are also what makes them able to keep the performance at the level they come at. sorry know this is not a review section, but had to put the thoughts down somewhere - as all the information i mostly found was what a great knife for the price point...

finally took the leap and replaced my first japanese gyuto as my preferences have gotten more clear and I don't use it anymore. Was I little nervous at the price point, but what can I say, the hype is real. It really deserves a real writeup for those who can't hold one before they buy. Initial...

Hehe wouldn't be the first time someone got a more expensive handle than the knife itself 😀 but it's my dirty beater free for all stay out in the open knife magnet. Kkf is already subconsciously enabling me to look for a shindo to replace another knife I have - but thanks I will try the hot glue...

Hello, thourght some here might have some experience with this here. I have a Narinia? santoku, with a wa handle with plastic ferule, and the ferule is loose I have without success tried simple all purpose glue as I did not expect this to need much. Do you know what is the simple solution here...

Hey Honey, so this May sound wierd out of context but I just finished working on the knife, so you want to eat some ham ?

Don't post Much in her anymore but I think with the amount of time I spent on this it deserved to be shared with someone. minamoto 240 gyuto mono presumably sk , "restoration project" spent a good 5-8 hours creating a new tip, removing chips, sanding handle, recreating finish, removing...

tadafusa kobo- for womensday yesterday, not new and dull lighting but have become one of my most used

Hello I got me a new projectknife, monosteel sk. It's nothing crazy, but it's hard enough that a lot of my abrasives don't really want to dig in. The knife is thin so the plan is to redo the surface finish to something in the 180-400 grit range to avoid creating a large suction cup of a...

Thank you

decided to get myself a rescue with no info (yes someone did that to the backside, yet kanjii was deep enough to survive somehow) - any ideas here?

Man I got some mad patina showing up on my cleaver. It may just be that my imagination is too lively but I feel like the knife is scolding me

i did more or less the same, i made two adjustments with time, i made a long hole in each side for water to run through and i gave it a good spray of lacquer, to make drying easier, yours looks much nicer off course though ^^

i would not worry to much about water/oil, i know people are very particular about not mixing, you should be able to tell when you try and use it with water. Though my best guess would be the 3 on the left are oil combo stones, the two on the right looks like water stones. the last red one looks...

Really depends on the knife: I got a thin nakiri some time ago, i roughed up the bladeroad on that, the buffed surface was crazy sticky. Got a santoku that was way to curvy, i reprofiled that to reduce the curve, then thinned the knife, to compensate for the metal i removed. I got a knife chef...

Ah yes, i actually quite liked his videoes back then. He is the same guy who claimed all the "6000 grit"- king stones are not the same stones with the same bonds, the combo stone from his video are supposed to not handle longer/perma soaking well, while others are just fine. I dont have any hard...