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Katie LeJoi: November 2008
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My story filled with my doings. Sunday, November 23, 2008. Here's seven things you might not know, or might not want to know, about me. .and thanks to my digital camera for deciding to work, just a little longer, so I can continue to upload pics. (Don't you just love the one of my cat in my mailbox? 1 I often take my cat with me when I check the mail. She volunteers when I jingle the mailbox keys and I enjoy the company. 3 I considered writing 2. on a postcard and sending it into Post Secret. Links to th...
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Japanese Knife Sharpening Blog: Got Burrs?
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Japanese Knife Sharpening Blog. Where Science and Art Combine To Form Function and Beauty. Wednesday, September 30, 2009. Let's face it, if you sharpen a steel tool you're going to get a burr at the edge. You know, that little peice of steel that's been abraded away from it's home and is hanging on for dear life. In all the sharpening I've done it's become clear to me a couple of things. 2 Stainless, especially forged by the Japanese, will always be tougher to deal with. I've worked on this problem for m...
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Japanese Knife Sharpening Blog: Shun Kramer Meiji SG2 Damascus Redo
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Japanese Knife Sharpening Blog. Where Science and Art Combine To Form Function and Beauty. Saturday, February 8, 2014. Shun Kramer Meiji SG2 Damascus Redo. Here's a Shun Kramer Meiji SG2 6" Chef's Knife that came in for some spa treatment. It was thick and the factory damascus was somewhat faded although still factory shiny. I was tasked with thinning the blade, getting rid of the factory logo, and bringing out the contrast on the damascus. Here's the results. Dave @ JapaneseKnifeSharpening.com. Its a fa...
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Japanese Knife Sharpening Blog: Asymmetry – The REAL DEAL
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Japanese Knife Sharpening Blog. Where Science and Art Combine To Form Function and Beauty. Sunday, March 18, 2012. Asymmetry – The REAL DEAL. 100/0 (single bevel) – yanagiba, usuba, etc. 90/10 (double bevel) – honesuki, garasuki, etc. 80/20 , 70/30, 60/40 (double bevel) – gyuto, nakiri, sujihiki, etc. 50/50 (symmetric) – non Japanese knife. Here’s the REAL DEAL and what you really need to know – stripped of all BS and put in plain simple terms…. How can you do this? So let’s take a fairly asymmetri...
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Japanese Knife Sharpening Blog: Japanese Knife Sharpening Services....
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Japanese Knife Sharpening Blog. Where Science and Art Combine To Form Function and Beauty. Friday, August 28, 2009. Japanese Knife Sharpening Services. It's a fact, that one bad sharpening job will turn your expensive Japanese knife into a butter knife or worse. We've seen a great number of damaged Japanese knives that were sharpened on grinding machines or by inexperienced hands left ruined as a result. Most professional knife sharpeners are charging a premium for sharpening these knives. Why? As you ca...
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Japanese Knife Sharpening Blog: The Evolution of a Handle Maker
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Japanese Knife Sharpening Blog. Where Science and Art Combine To Form Function and Beauty. Monday, March 24, 2014. The Evolution of a Handle Maker. So here's the evolution of my handle making caught in pictures. Actually it's not completely accurate as I use small diameter pins these days and different liner material but it does show how I've changed the shape, contours, and finish in subtle ways. BTW, all of the "old" pictures were taken when the handle was first done way back when. Here is a recent pro...
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Japanese Knife Sharpening Blog
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Japanese Knife Sharpening Blog. Where Science and Art Combine To Form Function and Beauty. Monday, January 27, 2014. Here's a vintage knife that came in for the full refurb. It's a c. 1879-1928 American Cutlery Co. Chicago slicer. On the blade finish, I made a conscious decision to leave behind some of the original battle scars on both sides of the blade, sort of like leaving some history to it. It felt wrong to erase it's past completely. Dave @ JapaneseKnifeSharpening.com. Nagura - what's it really for?
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Japanese Knife Sharpening Blog: Nagura - what's it really for?
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Japanese Knife Sharpening Blog. Where Science and Art Combine To Form Function and Beauty. Sunday, August 30, 2009. Nagura - what's it really for? Nagura stones are often seen packaged with synthetic polishing stones. They can be useful tools if you understand what, and what not, to use them for. So back to the world of synthetic naguras and what they're actually used for. Followed by our 6000x Synthetic Nagura stone. If you already have a diamond plate and a nagura then try it out for yourself as you mi...
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Japanese Knife Sharpening Blog: Suehiro Rika 5000x
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Japanese Knife Sharpening Blog. Where Science and Art Combine To Form Function and Beauty. Friday, February 12, 2010. The Suehiro Rika 5000x. Waterstone is a unique stone for many reasons. This stone has a low price point. I've found the Suehiro Rika 5000x to be the perfect bridge between 1000x and 8000x stones. In fact, at the moment, my favorite go to stone line up for double bevel Japanese knives like the gyuto, santoku, or nakiri is. Dave @ JapaneseKnifeSharpening.com. Do you use them in that order?
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Japanese Knife Sharpening Blog: Japanese Kitchen Knives - Western Style Rehandles - A How To by Dave Martell
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Japanese Knife Sharpening Blog. Where Science and Art Combine To Form Function and Beauty. Thursday, October 2, 2014. Japanese Kitchen Knives - Western Style Rehandles - A How To by Dave Martell. I'm going to show the process of how I rehandle western knives. The mules are Hiromoto AS knives - a gyuto and a santoku. The gyuto will be getting a hidden tang conversion, the santoku will receive full tang scales. The holes in the tangs were drilled out to a larger size to accommodate the pins I use. In c...
