Posts by The Tourist

Look, I understand your impatience. I've never met the woman, I haven't the foggiest idea how big her hand is, nor did I see the original knife(s). Most of the info I have is one face-to-face meeting with the doctor about the incident,...

LOL, no prob. There's a story you should know. Back when cities had huge walls around them, a church elder was out riding his horse and noticed an strange man sitting by the town gate. He wasn't begging, but he wasn't doing much...

Oh, I agree with you 100%. One of the best sword polishers in the western hemisphere lives right here in Madison, Wisconsin. People wait for over two years for his work. I am referring to the perception of knives and sharpening. And...

Ray, you may not know this, but I'm a knife sharpener. And I take pride in my work. My initial comment was just a bit of levity. I expected the usual morning crowd to come here and excoriate me over our wake-up coffee. I do think...

It struck me at first, but placed in context I'm not surprised. When I first went public trying to establish a route I went to the sushi places, some upscale chains in my area called "Edo," and even our Ginza of Tokyo. I...

Well, you're very lucky, indeed. We have a guy in my area, and I sometimes believe he works for the mafia. I have to admit, I never met a sharpener or a tinker I had any respect for!!! What a bunch of unmitigated low lifes. Yikes,...

Frankly, I am not ready for Shaptons yet. Let me explain. I'm a good tinker, but I am not a polisher and I am not Dwade Hawley (who polishes hospital microtomes). Anytime any of us need something 5 to 10K we can get that level...

I appreciate the sentiment, it's not something I've ever done before. About as close as I came was talking to a Sansei (third generation Japanese American) chef who finished his culinary school training back in Japan. His concern was...

Thanks for the reply. I might have a patchwork, stop-gap answer for immediate needs, but that's not a permanent answer. Along with my weekly order, I bought this knife for his mom to use if all else fails: 6" Damascus...

As many of you know I loaned a rather mundane Japanese wa-gyuto to my doctor, a Nisei. Briefly, his mother was born and raised in Japan and came here after WWII. She brought with her generation's old real-deal kitchen knives. Several...