I bought a preloved takamura sg2 knife with one side flattened, felt kind of weird but the food release was amazing during cutting, now i know what kind of sharpening technique was used. 😊
He's obviously very skilled at sharpening but I'm not sure l understand why anyone would want to grind down a standard double bevel knife into this shape when there are already literally thousands of different Japanese blades available which are already ground and sharpened this way from the factory. Now l could definitely understand doing it to thin and restore an older asymmetric knife. I'd guess the one he was working on here was already this general shape and he was thinning and sharpening it. Anyway, he is obviously a master and thank you for showing him in action.
I see a lot of traditional japanese knife sharpeners use this very unique whetstone wheel, and usually they don't strop on leather, maybe they are confident the edge is refined enough with their technique
Idk it's not easy. The only people I know of in america that have them, are Korin knives in New York, and I believe murray Carter has one. Unless you mean the small grinding wheels. Those are easier to get, but still need to be imported from japan as far as I know. If you search around some of the Japanese knife websites you may be able to find one. Or maybe ask the people that work at knifewear in canada if they know where you can find one.
I bought a preloved takamura sg2 knife with one side flattened, felt kind of weird but the food release was amazing during cutting, now i know what kind of sharpening technique was used. 😊
Great to watch a master at work.
Nice to watch!
Would this be considered a micro convex because
of the way the stone moves up and down?
maybe You can say that. They want to make a curved line on one side.:)
Link to that beautiful knife please
www.hamono-ft.jp/en/index.html
This is their website. you can even buy their knives from there. Theuly are really nice :)
He's obviously very skilled at sharpening but I'm not sure l understand why anyone would want to grind down a standard double bevel knife into this shape when there are already literally thousands of different Japanese blades available which are already ground and sharpened this way from the factory. Now l could definitely understand doing it to thin and restore an older asymmetric knife. I'd guess the one he was working on here was already this general shape and he was thinning and sharpening it. Anyway, he is obviously a master and thank you for showing him in action.
Merci beaucoup
I see a lot of traditional japanese knife sharpeners use this very unique whetstone wheel, and usually they don't strop on leather, maybe they are confident the edge is refined enough with their technique
Where can you purchase a grinding wheel like that in the states?
Idk it's not easy. The only people I know of in america that have them, are Korin knives in New York, and I believe murray Carter has one.
Unless you mean the small grinding wheels. Those are easier to get, but still need to be imported from japan as far as I know. If you search around some of the Japanese knife websites you may be able to find one. Or maybe ask the people that work at knifewear in canada if they know where you can find one.
🙏🙏🙏🙏
I'd like to be his student..
I wish i were too :)