Posts by Wagstaff

I know Mac suggests using a rollsharp; they're better knives in the first place.  I'm sure the rollsharp doesn't bring the knife to its potential, but there are professional cooks who swear by it being good enough (Pete, who posts...

Threads drift... I think we're good (all the earlier posts are here, and the natural terminal point to the original -- till ruscal gets his knives or some pics! -- has been reached). But yeah, PM is fine for guitar...

Yeah, if I were to look at any of them, I'd be looking at the 5" petty.  And generally I use a pinch, or modified on a shorter knife perhaps; I'm not super picky about the feel of a handle, actually.  I dislike the way those...

I'm sure HBeing meant centimeters not inches...   I have no input on the various pull-through sharpeners, though, sadly. I haven't used any of these.

Quote: Originally Posted by JoostBaksteen  Indeed, my fingerboard is ebony as well (back and sides rosewood, which I really love as well, although I prefer black/ebony handles for...

BDL -- and ANYONE else who might have reason to opine -- do you have a take on the relative hardness of the various BoardSmith wood choices?   i.e., theoretically it seems that the softer woods would be easier on knife edges...

Having originally learned much about Japanese knifes from BDL, or at least adopted BDL's prejudices as a J-Knife newb, I steered clear of the san-mai knives (a la the Hiromoto), too; but certainly there are plenty of obsessives on...

It really is... I always loved ebony.  (Played classical guitar for a long time and love the fingerboards!); I like lighter more though.  Knives I'm lusting after -- a couple of lines have burnt chestnut, which I think is...

Quote: Originally Posted by guga  Thanks everyone for your replys.   I am sold on a edge pro, so I think I will place my order later this week.   On the board topic, I was thinking...

Boos makes good boards; but you have an edge-grain board (which is also fine for most folks, but getting an end-grain will likely make more of a difference than switching to, say, walnut etc.). I don't know if dealing with good...