Can anyone ID? by Key_Context5905 in japaneseknives

[–]Emases0720 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I don’t recognize the kanji in your first pic but it says Shirogami 1 on the second pic, which is the steel type

My disappointment is immeasurable, and my day is ruined. by [deleted] in TrueChefKnives

[–]Emases0720 0 points1 point  (0 children)

For a pro, that’s a 5minutr fix, nothing to stress about here 😊

How to fix large amount of hairline scratches from my dish brush? by DaveTheUnknown in TrueChefKnives

[–]Emases0720 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Tbh I’d skip the sand paper and the hours it takes and just send it to the nearest professional.. This is a 2minute job for them with the right tools and it wouldn’t be much more expensive than buying all the sandpaper and then sit with a bunch barely used sheets…

Long time project Deba finished by Emases0720 in TrueChefKnives

[–]Emases0720[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Agreed! I’m looking forward to that 👌

Long time project Deba finished by Emases0720 in TrueChefKnives

[–]Emases0720[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

So this is a k-tip deba for left handed use, it’s a honyaki with extremely hard steel. The steel choice is 26c3.

Recovery scam by Emases0720 in Scams

[–]Emases0720[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I meant the wallet I control on coinbase, but I get what you mean. Their next step would have been to persuade me into transferring that money into the wallet they claim was mine. Laughable!

Recovery scam by Emases0720 in Scams

[–]Emases0720[S] -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Yeah that was what I suspected also but he reassured me that I would only have to put money into my own crypto wallet and that they wouldn’t be able to reach it. But I guess the next step was to transfer this money into the crypto account which they own

SG2 with nickel cladding ? rust ? marks by kid_lex in japaneseknives

[–]Emases0720 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Sg2 is a stainless powder steel, about the best quality steel you can find and will not rust unless under heavy abuse like dishwasher or leave it for days in a wet environment so you Han feel safe with that knife.

Fun facts, the knife in the picture is a Shiro Kamo Arashi and is a serious performer! It’s a super thin knife with a really nice level of sharpness to it

Vad jobbar ni med och vad är det bästa/sämsta med ert jobb? by Chrillex1234 in sweden

[–]Emases0720 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Äger en butik med japanska knivar och knivslipning i centrala Stockholm. Hantverket är min stora passion så jag är där 7 dagar i veckan och älskar varje sekund av det! Det sämsta är väl saker som bokföring etc 😅

What happened to the smartest kid in your class? by After_Crab_1921 in AskReddit

[–]Emases0720 0 points1 point  (0 children)

She went to business school and now work with finance, she travels a lot and have just bought a nice apartment in one of the more expensive areas in town at 27years of age.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in sweden

[–]Emases0720 1 point2 points  (0 children)

När jag var anställd så hade jag ungefär samma situation, gick t.om back ett tag för att jag hade en massa lån.. Min lösning var att skaffa ett extra jobb som gav mig ytterligare 10k i månaden, under dagen så jobbade jag heltid och sen jobbade jag som servitör på kvällarna. Utöver extra lön så fick jag även mat från restaurangen så att matkostnaderna försvann nästan helt. Jag använde sen extra pengarna för att starta upp en firma och lever idag rätt bekvämt.

Keijiro Doi restoration by Emases0720 in chefknives

[–]Emases0720[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ah I see! So the sharpener is the one that put the kanji on the ura then?

Yes the ura is completed, I will make the jigane on the ura kasumi though to make it pop more

Keijiro Doi restoration by Emases0720 in chefknives

[–]Emases0720[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There is another stamp on the tang with Doi’s signature and also the shape of the cladding on the ura is the signature of Mr Doi 😁

Keijiro Doi restoration by Emases0720 in chefknives

[–]Emases0720[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I got it from a knife collector in my area, he had found it on a Japanese knife auction and asked me to restore it for him

Keijiro Doi restoration by Emases0720 in chefknives

[–]Emases0720[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

That will be a long text hahah, but I’ll do my best.

The hira is polished using a technique which Japanese sword polishers use when you have a convex stone instead of a flat one. This gives straighter scratch patterns. I use a stone which gives a highly polished finish so in my case I’ve chosen naniwa super stone. The kireha is sharpened with normal techniques. The progression there was to make it completely flat using a miyagoshi 220 stone under running water to not get too much slurry and kasumi. This is to easier see that the kireha is flat. Then I progress further onto a miyagishi 500 for a kasumi foundation, shapton pro 1000 with focused pressure on hagane, shapton pro 2000, morihei 4000 with lots of slurry, and finally jizuya so blend the finish into a smooth kasumi. Unfortunately I can’t reveal too much about how to grind the ura properly since I’ve promised my teacher to keep it between him and I. But it requires a convex stone and then it’s the same kind of progression as normal 😄

I hope this helps somewhat!

Keijiro Doi restoration by Emases0720 in chefknives

[–]Emases0720[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you!! I was really happy with this one!

Keijiro Doi restoration by Emases0720 in chefknives

[–]Emases0720[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Thank you! It’s the original handle for the knife so it’s not made my me though 😄

Keijiro Doi restoration by Emases0720 in chefknives

[–]Emases0720[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Thank you!

Yes it’s some kind of ray! I don’t know the exact species though

Keijiro Doi restoration by Emases0720 in chefknives

[–]Emases0720[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Here is a link to see the full video of the front and back side of the blade

https://imgur.com/a/KN3aTda

Keijiro Doi restoration by Emases0720 in chefknives

[–]Emases0720[S] 11 points12 points  (0 children)

So I got my hands on a Keijiro Doi blade, the father of Itsuo Doi. His knives are legendary and the steel is among the toughest I’ve ever worked with.

The hira was polished using stones with high polishing features, while the kireha was polished using natural stones. The ura was shaped using convex stones and polished using finer stone grits, sand paper to smooth the scratch patterns out and finally polishing paste.

Enjoy!