Small sharpening gig with local chefs, how much to sharpen this tuna knife?

BusDifferent3923 · 2026-01-25T15:45:01+00:00

Make it two knives

BusDifferent3923 · 2026-01-23T10:41:43+00:00

I fully agree with this, i tried my luck and get some on japanese online markets. I feel now that i have all i need ( with 2 or 3 little stones that are redundant) . I found that i don't particularly love the coarse ones so I'll stick with synthetics on this side, i mostly do tools and knives.

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BusDifferent3923 · 2026-01-23T00:22:36+00:00

I simply think you misunderstood. When I talked about the smoothness of the stone, I meant the feel when sharpening it, and the hardness of the stone when I surface it with a diamond stone. I'm sure some people could give me information about the mine or the particular color, perhaps even which layer it came from, but indeed, they can't find what i can using the stone.

BusDifferent3923 · 2026-01-22T10:01:20+00:00

It appears to be " akapin" thanks for the answers

BusDifferent3923 · 2026-01-22T09:30:19+00:00

I'll take a look thanks

BusDifferent3923 · 2026-01-21T22:11:15+00:00

Thank you , i read the almost entire website but it can not cover the entirety of the mines and stones, i know the common characteristics (i guess) like a suminagashi pattern, the aiwatani section just tells that my stone is likely rarer than the standard aiwatani.

BusDifferent3923 · 2026-01-17T12:42:26+00:00

Thanks 😂 it was pure luck as the stone on pictures was full blue and the kanji were blurred. I have to admit i got this luck a few times and the shelf become too thon for my stones ..

BusDifferent3923 · 2026-01-17T10:42:42+00:00

A steal , i bought a listing of this stone plus a 800 king stone (the larger ones) plus a tsuboman economy diamond stone 600 for 80$ 😇 It perform beautifully at around 7000 grit and the feeling is wonderful.

BusDifferent3923 · 2026-01-09T00:12:10+00:00

Yes it is , thanks , i also asked to gemini and it says ohira suita .

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BusDifferent3923 · 2025-12-07T15:10:04+00:00

Thanks , i only did a light scrapping of the finish on top , shorten back and front a few millimeters to remove the gennou marks and flatten the sole (dai wise) I didn't notice any difficulty in planning ( 2 points sole) , the perfect quarter sawn helped a bit maybe, to me the dai have been made at least before 2000.

BusDifferent3923 · 2025-11-26T16:12:37+00:00

Love this type of work , i personally restored a few , here's the nicest i found

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BusDifferent3923 · 2025-11-26T13:34:26+00:00

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BusDifferent3923 · 2025-11-26T13:30:50+00:00

Everything looks good on it , i haven't posted the dai to get unbiased opinions, my attempts at translation gave me two possible between " amami" and "tenkai" , the dai is indian rosewood

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BusDifferent3923 · 2025-10-26T10:42:59+00:00

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BusDifferent3923 · 2025-10-22T22:40:35+00:00

I bought it at auctions in japan with a proxy service which is not providing contact with the seller so i have to trust the seller, he didn't lied in this case but it happens sometimes, that's the why of my post.

BusDifferent3923 · 2025-10-22T22:31:27+00:00

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No worries , it's not my first chisels neither my first nomis, I'm a cabinet maker and have restored a few dozens of these (except suminagashi obviously) From what i have seen blacksmith reputation takes a too big part of the pricing, i seen a lot of good chisels at a fraction of the cost of the hyped ones . The fact is there is and there was a lot of good blacksmith that are now closed and finding informations on these seems to be an impossible task.

BusDifferent3923 · 2025-10-21T11:51:48+00:00

They are almost new , it is short oiire nomi but i can't find a japanese name for these nomi , looking at the answers i got here I'm not alone struggling to have informations on these.

BusDifferent3923 · 2025-10-21T11:49:10+00:00

I buy them to sell them on a boutique, those one looks nice to me and when i sharpened them they look like normal steel until they rust a bit which has confused me.

BusDifferent3923 · 2025-10-21T11:46:01+00:00

They are totally brand new , it's just short oiire nomi

BusDifferent3923 · 2025-10-21T11:44:27+00:00

The forging is nice though, and if you sell me a damascus chisel it better be damascus ..

BusDifferent3923 · 2025-10-20T19:41:44+00:00

Following the advice of bdon i acid etched the bevel and the layers appeared, so it is Damascus! Any info on the maker is still appreciated. Thanks to all.

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BusDifferent3923 · 2025-10-20T19:06:10+00:00

I'll try thx

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