[scott livesey]

Thanks all for the info but is there any videos to show how to sharpen my japanese knives/In the past month I saw a video online of someone sharpening some japanese knives which was way different than the way Iwas used too. My past with sharpening with my Germanknives was using a tri stone and sharpening technique was much different ,which for me I always had a razor sharp edge.Now with these type of knives the sharpening is different and I don't want to mess it up.

as said, all you are doing is rubbing steel on stone. main difference I can see is that your German knives were a single piece of hardened steel while a lot of the Japanese knives are a small piece of hardened steel surrounded(clad) by softer stainless steel or perhaps wrought iron. here are two posters on You-Tube who show various ways to sharpen and explain the whats and whys. https://www.youtube.com/user/CliffStamp/videos a physics professor located in Newfoundland, he brings scientific method into sharpening and edge retention

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqPiMuZ82IxI9nkWZcpWifg good basic, easy to understand how-to's

neither guy sells knives or sharpening stones.

 

[scott livesey]

these folks sell sharpening equipment from US, Canada, Europe and Japan. they have very good pricing and customer service. https://www.sharpeningsupplies.com/