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HT?

Or buy a decent, cheap Chinese diamond plate, adds a black acrylic base and strong double tape, and voila!, you have your 'Atoma'!

Based on my experience, and suitable for beginners (high performance but not too expensive). 1. Low grit: Atoma 400, for repairing or creating new bevel and lapping stone. 2. Medium grit: Suehiro Cerax 1000 (soaking), or SP/Kuromaku 2000 (splash and go). 3. High grit: Suehiro Ouka 3000 (soaking).

ASP2053, ~ C: 2.5%, V: 8%, T: 4% 😲 Dat Choil tho! Btw, how thick and tall the blade above the heel?

Is this a forced-patina blade?

Is Rockstar 1000 still as coarse as Shapton Pro/Kuromaku 1000? So, is the real 1000 grit actually the 2000 one?

I don't understand why they made it so soft for coarse grit?. Suehiro Cerax medium and fine grits (Ouka, Rika, etc.) are harder and great!

5160 (leaf spring) is a tougher 52100 IMO.

That choil! a subtle S-grind!

Tojiro Basic (Gyuto, Santoku, and Nakiri).

Versatile Gyuto for push and rocking cutting motions. The spine profile is around 75% straight, around two-thirds of the edge profile is curved very gently, then curves more aggressively up to the tip. The tip height is around 40-50% of the blade height (heel to spine).

What kind of forced patina technique did you use to this knife?

Tojiro Basic VG10 petty knife 135mm.

Tojiro A1 (discontinued), Tojiro Basic (new line), Tojiro DP/Classic, Masutani Hamono, Tsunehisa, Kyohei Shindo.

I like simple and functional knife with great cutting performance.