polishing

Selling this Ohira Suita Renge Suminagashi because I bought a bigger one with similar characteristics. I bought this Stone from Satoshi Kanomata known for his shop https://whetstone.shopselect.net/ It’s slightly harder than medium and is recommended as a finisher but also has nice polishing...

Im selling this Uchigomori I directly bought from Namikawa in Japan. It is a final stone of the groundwork. The Stone is softer than medium. Uchigumori can make the Ha white and bring out the Ji. At this stage the Hamon should become clearly visible. There is no artificial substitute stone...

Selling this Ohira Kiita from JMS, because I have a similar stone. 205 mm x 75 mm x 43 mm 1650g Grit 8k+ Hardness 3-3.5 Light & Shiny Finish Fast speed Crack can be ignored Can be used as final finisher Sealed Price: 400€ 350€ 325€ 300€ Prices is not with shipping, can be shipped worldwide...

Hey, Im selling this Shapton Glass Stones. They are almost they and less than 5 times used. So they all have still the original height. Shapton Glass HR 1000, 14.7 micron, 21 cm - 35€ 30€ Shapton Glass HR 4000, 3.68 micron, 21 cm - 40€ 35€ Shapton Glass HR 6000, 2.45 micron, 21 cm - 50€ 45€...

I wanted to create a new thread just to make it a bit clearer that I am posting knife related content instead of operating a dodgy beauty salon 😅 The previous thread, named 'Martyfish's Makeovers', which this is a continuation of, can be found here if anyone is interested...

It's the first time I'm going to tackle a honyaki and I've embarked on a big project. It is a blade forged by a blacksmith in Sweden that is made of 26c3 steel, which is very close to a shirogami steel. Do I like this blade profile, not really. It's halfway between a honesuki and a gyuto. But...

Hi all 👋 I made a little demo to a friend who was wondering how I worked the hira to prepare the surface. So I thought it might be of interest to some of you here. I have currently three methods of doing it: good old sandpaper, this version on the side of the whetstone and obviously flat on...

Hi. I am thinking of selling this awesome soft uchigumori polisher. Perfect for kasumi finish. Leaves nice and smooth finish on the bevel. Could be used for sharpening too. Originally bought from Watanabe many years ago. At that time he said it was one of the best uchis that he came across...

Clearing out some space for some new acquisitions. Large full-sized semi-soft Honyama Kiita Tomae for sale. Exact mine is unknown. Can be used for sharpening most kitchen knives, tools and for final polishing of wide bevel knives to result in a bright kasumi finish. Easy to achieve an even...

Has anyone here ever taken SKD or any other semi-stainless steels through a polishing progression? Was it a pain? Would be curious to hear other peoples’ experiences!

i have two SG2/R2 knives and I was told to get a polishing whetstone for touch ups and well. polishing. I currently only have a 1k grit shapton stone. what else should i get?

i have two SG2/R2 knives and I was told to get a polishing whetstone for touch ups and well. polishing. I currently only have a 1k grit shapton stone. what else should i get?