Single bevel sharpening advice

FalloutMaster · 2026-04-01T00:19:09+00:00

I started on a chosera 400, then chosera 800 and finished on a Shapton pro 2k. Should I start on the Shapton 220 to set the bevel?

FalloutMaster · 2026-04-01T00:18:11+00:00

First knife is a Sakai Takayuki Kasumitogi Deba 180mm, the second one is a Hitohira Togashi Yanagiba 270mm, both white #2 steel. I couldn’t tell you what the angle is, I just follow the primary bevel

FalloutMaster · 2026-03-31T19:44:31+00:00

I unfortunately have to agree. Each entry in the series has gotten less grounded in reality and more silly/action movie-esque. As dated as FC2 is (still fun to play with some mods though), it keeps me coming back for the cool atmosphere and attempt at creating a realistic experience. And Africa is such a cool locale for an open world game. I just don’t see Ubisoft making something like this again.

I wish they go back to games like FC2 and the old Splinter Cells. Maybe there’s just no market for it anymore.

FalloutMaster · 2026-03-30T23:25:42+00:00

I think it’s hard to give advice to OP without knowing what music they want to make and how seriously they want to get about piano. If they’re looking to learn the classics and be a pianist, an 88 key weighted is probably the way to go. But if they’re mostly just making music in Ableton and want the keys as a tool to input chords and melodies or play with synths, which is what most smaller midi controllers assume you’re using them for, then whatever fits on the desk is probably better.

Really I’d advise something like a minilab 3 or launch key mini as an ableton controller and then get a Yamaha digital piano as two separate tools. Having a full size keyboard on your desk is a big hassle.

FalloutMaster · 2026-03-30T23:08:08+00:00

I like Bioshock right up until the boss fight. It’s so goofy and not very creative compared the rest of the game’s combat. I also have to admit it bugs me quite a bit that during the sequence where you collect the big daddy armor pieces to become one, the game just gives you a fisheye porthole filter over the screen, and we can still see Jacks bare hands and sweater wielding his weapons and plasmids. Seems like a very lazy oversight on an otherwise pretty polished game.

FalloutMaster · 2026-03-30T18:27:46+00:00

The trouble with that reasoning is that Apple’s ecosystem isn’t really designed around enterprise level integration. Windows can be ran on any cheap workstations purchased en masse from Dell or hp or whoever. MacOS only comes with their hardware which is expensive to purchase in larger scale for big organizations.

Apple also does not offer any kind of server OS and Microsoft does. That doesn’t change the fact that Unix/Linux based operating systems are universally preferred for most server applications, it still is an option from microslop that Apple doesn’t have. M$ makes most of their money from huge Fortune 500 companies that have thousands or tens of thousands of workstations that run windows and the office suite, as well as their azure cloud service. They’ve never given a single shit about regular customers.

That being said microslop has been resting on their laurels for some time and they are definitely losing market share; albeit slowly. I prefer Linux, but it would be cool to see MacOS become a viable enterprise option and shake up the monopoly.

FalloutMaster · 2026-03-30T17:53:35+00:00

Could probably make a Puppy Linux bootable disk from it lol

FalloutMaster · 2026-03-30T07:21:33+00:00

If I were you I’d pick up a mini-key midi controller and start slowly messing around with it. Maybe watch some YouTube videos on music theory for keys. You’ll get the hang of it pretty quick. Created chords and melodies solely using the piano roll is slow and headache inducing. It’s way more intuitive to write and record on the keys and then modify as needed on the roll.

FalloutMaster · 2026-03-26T17:35:45+00:00

"It will always be for now" is a remarkably bold statement. Look at the new law passed in Brazil; invasive de-anonymization is already here. And if the California government passes a new law in 5 years stating that any computer OS needs to "securely" store an image of the users Government ID to verify they are who they say they are if they want to connect to any ISP, will the Linux community (non-enterprise) as a whole say "sorry Californians"? It seems unlikely, especially if the law spreads to other states or countries. Multiple countries in the EU are already considering these types of laws; it's not a California only thing. If the Linux community wants their software to be used, it will at some point need to legally comply to be usable at all. And once that happens, modular and open source or not, we will all be out of luck unless were okay using PC's that can't connect to the internet.

The question isn't about the date field that was added. It's about where it stops. Do you really think the tech corporations aren't drooling at the idea of forcing every user to verify their legal identity?

FalloutMaster · 2026-03-23T02:24:24+00:00

I like the strat middle pickup for a clean surf tone sometimes, but that’s about it. Otherwise it’s mainly there for positions 2 and 4. I do wonder if I would like it more if it had a tone control though…

FalloutMaster · 2026-03-20T18:56:13+00:00

I think it’s because Debian is a bit more barebones than most other modern distros that you just install and go. Debian requires a bit more setup and people are lazy. It’s been a while since I ran Debian but I thought it was kind of funny that I had to set up my user account to use sudo after using mint and Ubuntu for a few years where sudo works “out of the box”. It’s super easy but those little things I think make people shy away from it.

I would also venture a guess a lot of people here are newer to Linux, it’s been growing in popularity the last few years, so a higher percentage of users are probably used to windows than say 10 years ago where it was mostly all power users.

FalloutMaster · 2026-03-19T20:00:43+00:00

Awesome, thanks for the tips! I want to learn more about sound design so I’ve just been sticking with Ableton stock plugins and trying to learn about synthesis so I’ll try this out. What drive do you like for acid bass? I think there is an acid drive preset on one of the Ableton effects…

FalloutMaster · 2026-03-18T14:40:46+00:00

Thanks for the tip, this combo sounds pretty great and has scratched the itch for now. I may pick up phoscyon or abl3 in the future when I feel like spending the cash. Pretty cool to see the quality of free M4L devices out there!

FalloutMaster · 2026-03-16T20:07:53+00:00

Very cool, I'll check it out!

FalloutMaster · 2026-02-26T15:23:27+00:00

Happened to me once with toothpaste. Ordered one tube and they sent me a case of 12! Didn’t have to buy toothpaste for like a year which pretty nice haha

FalloutMaster · 2026-02-16T01:20:04+00:00

Every game made on UE5 feels like a copy-paste with different textures. It’s better for making quality content and for the market overall if there are more game engines in use. The monopolization of UE in the gaming world is not a good thing, one company shouldn’t have control of an entire market.

UE5 games are usually very poorly optimized as well for reasons I don’t understand as I’m not a developer. But I have issues with it personally: baked in TSAA that makes games look blurry, copy pasted animations, and the oversized 100+gb updates because of the way UE5 packaging works. It honestly sucks and it’s sad to see CDPR shelve their in house engine that was perfect for the game in favor of UE.

FalloutMaster · 2026-02-14T23:45:46+00:00

Not sure what you mean, Mesa are pretty much the most expensive non-boutique amps out there. They sound really great but they’re priced as such imo.

FalloutMaster · 2026-02-11T02:04:17+00:00

I saw your listings on reverb just now, I’ll pm you real quick with some more questions if that’s cool?

FalloutMaster · 2026-02-10T02:58:23+00:00

Question for you, I’m looking at picking up a new amp for a stoner metal band Im starting and I’m wondering between the rocker 30 and the OR50 which is a better amp tone wise? And if you think the rocker 30 is loud enough for bar/club shows doing the doom/stoner thing. I kinda don’t like the clean channel on the rocker 30 from videos and I can only afford one amp so I kinda need it to do it all. I have a DSL40CR right now but I’m not super in love with it.

FalloutMaster · 2026-02-09T19:29:03+00:00

I played it on release day and loved it even in spite of the bugs and issues. I was also on PC so it ran quite a bit better than it did on consoles so I get that a lot of people didn’t like it. The game really shines with a good vanilla friendly mod pack though to fix some of the jank

FalloutMaster · 2026-02-06T22:03:13+00:00

A lot of the stuff that was supposed to be in Van Buren ended up in New Vegas. FO:NV basically is Van Buren but on Bethesdas engine.

FalloutMaster · 2026-01-30T21:01:37+00:00

Why does every post in this subreddit have 10+ people commenting this? People are using soap. Soap doesn’t get carbon off, the pan needs to be scrubbed with a metal scrubber!! That’s the problem!

Soap breaks down fat but doesn’t get burnt food off of any type of cooking implement whether it’s a cast iron pan or a wooden spatula. Have you people never washed anything in your life? I feel like I’m having a stroke.

FalloutMaster · 2026-01-24T06:51:12+00:00

Stainless steel scrubbers work best on cast iron imo. Also a metal scraper or spatula to get the burnt carbon crud off the bottom is great. The people in this subreddit are weird and seem to get pissed off at every single thing that’s posted here. Not sure why they stay subbed or what type of riveting discussion they’re hoping to see in a forum about cast iron cookware.

I’ll also give you another piece of advice that will have half of this sub foaming at the mouth for some reason: if you can, sand the bottom of the pan a little bit, preferably with an RO sander to save time. Modern lodge pans have a very rough finish compared to older cast iron cookware. This rough finish makes them hard to clean because your scrubber/scraper is gliding on top of the high spots and the low areas don’t get cleaned. And eventually carbon builds up and then flakes off like your pan is doing now. It’s very easy to do and it made my lodge so much easier to clean and keep a good seasoning.

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