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« Reply #780 on: November 26, 2021, 10:31:53 AM »

 

Back to the kitchen knife (specifically Yanagiba & chisel grind knives) topic ...

This knife's edge has developed an interesting problem.

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« Reply #781 on: November 26, 2021, 12:01:14 PM »

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« Reply #782 on: December 16, 2021, 11:10:23 PM »

TNP Endura 1

TNP Endura 3.1
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« Reply #783 on: December 16, 2021, 11:13:08 PM »



Quick follow up on Yanagiba fix.
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« Reply #784 on: December 27, 2021, 01:33:56 AM »



TNP Endura, #373 of 1009

I am neither a Nutnfancy fanboy, nor a collector.
I bought this Endura as a user knife.

So, I did what I had to do.
Adding lanyard and rolled up towel and strawberry cutting test.
(Zip-tie mod is, not something I'd do all the time.
But, since this is "TNP" Endura, I decided to do so.)
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« Reply #785 on: January 16, 2022, 08:49:42 PM »



The most important thing in Yanagiba sharpening (that no one really mentions, outside of Japan)

No music, no color grading, no cinematic intro.
Right to the point, what is the most important thing in Yanagiba (or, all chisel grind knives, for that matter).

The most important things is, to keep the backside straight and flat.
Straight & flat meaning, no back bevel, no convex grind on the back side.
This logic applies to all single beveled knives.
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« Reply #786 on: January 21, 2022, 12:39:51 PM »

I just picked this up

https://www.worksharptools.com/shop/sharpeners/powered/ken-onion-edition-knife-tool-sharpener/?utm_referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2F

Work Sharp Ken Onion Edition

Every knife in my house is razor sharp! 
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« Reply #787 on: January 23, 2022, 11:30:37 PM »

That's nice.

I'm a free hand sharpening guy, because I tend to like a little bit different blade shape (chisel-grind, recurve, etc).

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« Reply #788 on: January 23, 2022, 11:32:17 PM »



Story time
"Old Soldier Never Dies"
1982 Wenger Soldier,
A true Swiss Army knife
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« Reply #789 on: February 06, 2022, 01:14:46 PM »



Cutting demonstration of my working knives, before and after sharpening

If you are a REAL knife user(Chef, hunter, fisherman, mountain guide, soldier, LEO whatever),
DON'T be fooled by a paper cutting test.

I'll go into more details later, but even by just watching this video, you can tell that
blade profile (shape) & length matter, just as well as the edge sharpness and edge geometry.

The "edge sharpness" isn't everything.
The "edge geometry" and "the thinness behind the edge" are only a part of the picture.

If you are curious, look how my arm(and the bloade move as I cut into a rolled up towel.
(Particularly, Shibata Kotetsu and Emerson Tiger.)
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« Reply #790 on: February 21, 2022, 12:02:38 PM »

I filmed this yesterday. (Sunday, Feb 20th)

Saturday was crazy busy (orders kept on coming non stop, from 5PM to (about)7:45PM.
Friday was also busy.

This knife went through two really busy nights WITHOUT sharpening / touching up.
(And I didn't have a problem, at all.)

So, I just wanted to check & show "how much cutting performance" is left, after two crazy busy nights.



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« Reply #791 on: February 22, 2022, 09:56:02 PM »



Cutting baguette with Emerson CQC-7, Tiger, Benchmade Bugout, and Watanabe Yanagiba, this morning.
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« Reply #792 on: February 23, 2022, 08:14:19 AM »


They're amazing. I sucked at sharpening kitchen knives with a steel, and haven't looked at one since after buying a Work Sharp.
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« Reply #793 on: February 27, 2022, 12:21:15 PM »

Emerson Tiger Coffee mug sharpening demo




My Emerson Tiger, after about a month of everyday use, getting a little bit dull.
So, in the spirit of Ernest Emerson, I demonstrated coffee mug sharpening.

This is more of “touch up”, or “honing”.
The key is to do the touching up / honing BEFORE the knife gets completely dull.

It takes less than 5 minutes.
It doesn’t remove that much metal from the edge of your knife.
You can keep your knife sharp, without sharpening on the stone, for months.
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« Reply #794 on: March 06, 2022, 08:44:53 PM »




So, ... why do I do the towel cut test?
And why don't I bother with the paper cut test?
I'll show you why in this video.

Tajima utility knife towel cut
Screen Shot 2022-03-06 at 8.25.48 PM

It cuts paper fine.
But, doesn't cut towel really well.

Screen Shot 2022-03-06 at 8.08.27 PM

Emerson Commander

Screen Shot 2022-03-06 at 8.26.25 PM

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Mini Commander

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Masamoto Honyaki Yanagi (Hitachi white #2)

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Masamoto Gyuto(Hitachi white #2)

Screen Shot 2022-03-06 at 8.41.00 PM

Also, there's some Kiwi cutting demo with CQC-7.

Screen Shot 2022-03-06 at 8.28.17 PM

Screen Shot 2022-03-06 at 8.29.00 PM

There is so much BS and misinformation floating around on the net / Youtube.
It's NOT that Emerson knives can't cut straight.
It's THOSE PEOPLE (Youtube knife reviewers), they can't cut straight.
('Cause they don't know how to use the knife.)
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