Posts by Wagstaff

Unlike the Hall's Arkansas, that is a waterstone -- (maybe you know this already). If you do know that already, then there are differing opinions on combination stones 'round here.  I'll leave it alone till we get the first part...

Is it also possible the Masamoto KS is flatter than the Sabs?  I have a terrible  eye for profiles in pictures, so I'm not at all sure.  It appears to me the KS is flatter than the HC (yo-handled). And the HC is the same...

I don't have a suji.  Or I do if you count my 210mm petty (it is a short suji, really).  That said:   the sorts of problems you describe -- sure, epoxy and blade alignment issues are a drag, or the blade not firmly...

I could theorize that the blades look to be a different color because of a) the lighting, or b) they're not both showing the HD steel. The latter happens a lot on the internet.  One picture for the profile, or the handle, or...

It's a beloved steel all right... your technique has to be consistently good (or at least not ever bad) so as not to torque/twist the knife in the cut on hard veggies when you're in a hurry on the line.  It's a very thin...

I'm nothin' like an expert on the different steels (Hitachi or otherwise).    Theoretically, the whites will be easier to sharpen and maybe even get sharper than the blues (ok, so I'm starting to answer your Takeda...

I feel like I could pretty much answer "for" BDL your particular questions... but I won't.  I won't deprive you or me of the pleasure of his more detailed response.   But just to assuage any hesitation... carbon steel...

"Sharpie" is a brand name.  Permanent marker. Or sometimes they're called "laundry markers".  Or they were when I was a kid.  Back when computers were run on vacuum tubes.

Quote: Originally Posted by Rumenta  Jon, thank you very much for your videos and comments, I'll have a good go at them when I'm back home (at work right now). About the magic marker trick, I kinda have a silly...

Me = Corrected! Still, best sharpening instruction videos on the web.