Recent content by Pie

Long narrow touch up stones. Don’t get used nearly as much as they should.

Long narrow stone ftw. Actually whatever shape, but stone for sure. Infinitely more fun. I’m currently using a mystery coarse suita or a marou shiro if I want to get smoother.

Man. The stuff you’re making now is incredible.

They look pretty cool but do those huge pores bother anyone else? I don’t soak my handles but they do get wet sometimes, and I’m getting some… spiky bits? You know, when wood gets wet it does that soak/expand/swell thing. Also raw meat juice etc kinda gives me pause. Maybe it’s time to...

Shinkiro is a monster. I got a heavier one, thick spine but the grind is close to the best I’ve tried. Rivals TF in cutting performance (with only minor geometry adjustment BTE). It’s true that it’s very roughly finished, but that fits squarely in my wheelhouse. It’s definitely not up to FF...

LFG my guy!! SG220 seems to bite the cladding pretty good and not too deep for the step after coarse. Cerax 320 hiding back there for blending.

I remember doing this on TF stainless 🥵. I dropped down to 120 to get it mostly evened out.. Round 2 got started then got shelved, im at 400 grit I think. thanks for reminding me!

Honbazuke 💪 I’ve really only undertaken this extreme task on a handful of knives, and man just about every knife has had some significant challenges. I definitely punt some bigger problems down the road when choosing the battles tho. Great work, and keep going!

Nihei does excellent work, glws!

Guys I am terrible at sharpening normal people knives. Traaaaash. The soft steel, huge bellies and sheer mass BTE are all so displeasing. Bolsters. I also don’t do it very often, so I’m fighting muscle memory every step of the way. On the plus side I spent a bit more time deburring after...

This is madness

Screw it, this is as clean as it’s going to get. Ready for polish and a toothy edge. I think the takeaway from this exercise is that I need a backup suji.

Oh man… this is the coolest knife I’ve seen in a loooong time

Well this looks unnatural.. I’m not gonna complain about that contrast though. NP3k with clean water working on the core. Can confirm that my off hand polishing is pretty iffy.

As someone who’s never actually sold any of my collection, plus a low budget.. yeah there’s a point where you slow down. I don’t think I’ll ever really be desperate for better performance, but it’s fun to try new weird knives out. Gyuto I think I’d only buy if something irresistible became...