Kasumi Polishing, Nusantara Natural Whetstone sharpening Japanese knife Santoku white # 2 steel

Everyone has been asking me if the new natural sharpening stones can do Kasumi polishing,
here are the results. Yes! Yes it can absolutely do a gorgeous misty / foggy haze on the shinogi line and distinguish the hamon. This is the contrast of the iron cladding and the white paper #2 core steel.
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The knife used in this video is a simple Harukaza Kurochi Santoku, 170mm. I bought this as my first knife to practice Kasumi polishing so I wouldn’t risk messing up an expensive Japanese knife. While it turned out great, I will say I seriously underestimated how much effort it would take to remove the deep scratch marks in the Hira from the hasty grinding the makers left.
I will be posting an edited video of the sharpening stones progression for a long style view of the process for those of you interested.
My stones progression went 220 Imanishi, 600 Naniwa Chosera and those first two stones I spent over 20 hours working on reprofiling the factory edge, thinning the blade and taking out deep gouges from what was probably 180 grit wheel. I also had to bend the blade straight as it was S curved, and also I flattened the cutting edge and reshaped it for flat cutting without areas near the heel sitting too high.
After the massive amount of time grinding I played with 1k Naniwa Chosera, 2k Aotoshi, and 3k Chosera.
This gave me a great pre polish to then transition to the Nusantara stone for a much prettier natural polish and to remove the linear stations and scratches from the synthetic stones.
I’m working on editing together the entire sharpening process from 220 grit to the polishing stone and I have several hours of footage from over 20 hours of sharpening work to take this knife from a very rough grind on the factory bevel to a much more beautiful polish. 
I hope you enjoy this video and if you’re looking forward to watching the long form version of it, let me know in the comments below.
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[@acolafandi3752]

❤ Nusantara whetstone ( indonesia )

[@WildWhetstones]

1k views on this video in 2 days! Wow thank you guys. For the people who have ordered one of the Nusantara whetstones I am looking forward to hearing your unbiased review! Let us know what you think at the Wild Whetstones Facebook community group 🔪🔥
Or Let me know here in the comments what you want to see in the next sharpening video and thank you all so much for your appreciation of my work.

[@24gr87]

If u can get the grey one from indonesia that estimated 8000 grit, im using it for my shiro#2 after arashiyama 6000 grit, it give me really good edge without strooping

[@WildWhetstones]

@@24gr87 Yes the white ivory stone is the super fine that goes very well after the yellow ivory. I have many coming in the next bulk order. From our team at the mine.

[@DanielCauble]

A slow stone, typical of Indonesian stones. Lucky to break 6k. Probably closer to 4-5k.

[@WildWhetstones]

Yes, slow because it is hard compared to something soft for sure. However I don’t need to polish in under 10 minutes, 15-20 is fine by me. That said the fineness is quite good, I found an improvement vs my 8k Naniwa. junpaku. It also gives a good edge for straight razors, I am satisfied with it for finishing. Im looking to get more Japanese stones for knife work let me know if you have some suggestions Daniel 🔥🔪

[@DanielCauble]

​@@WildWhetstones ​If you want the God's honest truth, there are a number of jnats that are better in every way than any Indonesian stone you could ever possibly offer for less money than you are selling these. Indonesian stones are nothing new. The same people, the same mines, the same stones are advertising to many of us on a weekly basis. I know several stone polishers that have tried a big variety of them. Every single person i personally know who has had them, has sold them, because overall, they are inferior to what's available out of Japan.
Your video demonstrates this. A relatively slow stone, especially for its coarseness. There's no way that's breaking 6k.
For roughly the same amount of money you could buy a tomae from Wakasa that produces an 8-10k finish and is hyper fast compared to this. They're relatively hard stones too, but the ratio of silica in jnats gives them much faster speed, and easier to use. There's plenty of other stones from other mines that are similarly priced and will always, every day of the week outperform these stones from Indonesia. You might get a kasumi polish from the stone, but it doesn't mean I would want to with that stone. Again, the speed, likely the hardness and fineness isn't something I'm looking for as a polisher.
Like I said, these are not new rocks. I've been kicking Indonesian stone peddlers out of stone groups for years. I'm one of the most experienced stone polishers with knives in the western world. My Jnat collection is vast.