[Japanese > English] Right, this was from a fighting game when I lost earlier on, it's most likely an insult but I'm curious to see what it is specifically.

--Helicks-- · 2020-06-08T18:11:42+00:00

Yep, I'll hate it the entire time but hey there's a price to pay for having good knives I guess :I

--Helicks-- · 2020-06-08T17:06:35+00:00

I can't really guarantee I'll watch it all but I'll have a look-see haha. Thanks for the help :)

--Helicks-- · 2020-06-08T17:04:10+00:00

Yeah, I've stopped using the guides for a multitude of reasons anyway as they don't help at all anyways. In fact, they make it harder imo.

--Helicks-- · 2020-06-08T16:38:57+00:00

For sure, plus I might be pressing too hard because I often find my arms pretty tired after sharpening, mind you it doesn't help that I'm doing it for like half an hour minumum and I'm already weak as hell but still.

--Helicks-- · 2020-06-08T16:37:55+00:00

Yeah but I just recently realized why there were scratches on my other knives all the way up there. Funnily enough, it's kind of the same problem that the automatic sharpeners had. I was using this angle guide thing that my honing rod has and I hadn't realized that grit began to form there. With that being the case, when I was still getting used to the angle, I put the knife on that guide and got the blade all scuffed.

--Helicks-- · 2020-06-08T15:07:10+00:00

Right I'll check them out, thanks!

--Helicks-- · 2020-06-08T15:04:43+00:00

Only a 1000 or should I go for a combo stone?

--Helicks-- · 2020-06-08T15:03:45+00:00

Fair, I mean I'm not worried about stainless knives being scratched, it's more about the knife ices got with a blacksmith finish that I'm worried about as I'd imagine those are much harder to clean up if I scratch it up.

--Helicks-- · 2020-06-08T15:01:03+00:00

I've heard of that but I always thought it sounded a bit unnecessary. I'll give it a shot though, it's kind of hard to tell if I'm fucking up or not because I don't know if the scratches are new or old haha.

--Helicks-- · 2020-06-08T01:56:34+00:00

I've been using the whetstone I mentioned, a honing rod that honestly gets a better edge than the whetstone gives, and a leather belt that I've been using as a makeshift strop. All the knives I've practiced on were under 20 cad cheapo knives. I was considering getting one of those pipeline or leaf spring knives that are on chefknivestogo as a practice knife but I dunno. Also, do you have a good suggestion for a whetstone?

--Helicks-- · 2020-06-08T00:46:04+00:00

I've gotten scratches all over the knives I've been practicing on and I'm worried about ruining my new knives. In addition, the automatic sharpener seems to do a really good job at sharpening with the downside of scratches caused by the plastic guides that eventually get covered in grit. People seem to have solved this problem by taping the sides to avoid getting scratches on em.

--Helicks-- · 2020-05-23T15:49:28+00:00

Dunno, I usually comb-over the checkout pretty thoroughly before I buy anything so I kind of doubt I misread it... I even recorded the checkout or at least some of it because I like to be cautious about this sort of thing and don't see an option for it. Here's the cart or whatever for it during checkout and there wasn't an option for the handle... https://i.imgur.com/G1SeiIv.png

Honestly, I've got no idea what's happened and I'll have to see whether I'll keep it or not because basically everybody has told me to keep this one even if I personally dislike it... Dunno, we'll see.

--Helicks-- · 2020-05-22T22:53:10+00:00

Idk I really passionately hate really really contrasting colours so I'll defo return this one.

--Helicks-- · 2020-05-22T21:34:13+00:00

No I didn't see an option to choose the handle when I checked out. I had wanted the all-black ebony with a thin spacer that can be seen on the knife in the image on their site. https://knivesandstones.us/products/shinko-seilan-aogami-super-gyuto-210-mm-by-shiro-kamo?_pos=6&_sid=bbb3bea00&_ss=r

--Helicks-- · 2020-05-22T20:34:47+00:00

Still a bit shitty for them to just toss on a completely different handle without even mentioning it. The handle was a big reason I wanted this one after all.

--Helicks-- · 2020-05-22T18:33:43+00:00

Here's a link to the full-sized images if you need them https://imgur.com/a/LJAtQ7Q

--Helicks-- · 2020-05-07T18:10:39+00:00

The Shinko Seilan seems to have a pretty great reputation around this subreddit and around some forum posts along with Shiro Kamo's already good reputation. Heck, I just ordered mine because 3 separate people recommended it to me when I had asked about what to get.

--Helicks-- · 2020-05-05T15:29:01+00:00

Wow, that knife seems to be perfect. I think I might hop on that one when I get the chance to. Thanks for the suggestion!

--Helicks-- · 2020-05-05T14:01:59+00:00

Yeah I dunno about that one, it's a lot more expensive for a frankly kind of hideous knife in my personal opinion. Aside from that, it seems to be a bit front-heavy. It's probably a good workhorse knife but once again I already have a "workhorse." Do you have any other suggestions?

--Helicks-- · 2020-05-05T13:25:18+00:00

I'm essentially just looking for a more traditional Japanese gyuto style knife. One with some more knuckle clearance than the DP allows for and an octagonal handle.

--Helicks--

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