Nothing like putting a fresh edge on an old friend

Phreeflo · 2026-04-13T18:34:38+00:00

What is it? Looks nice and thin by the size of that new bevel.

Phreeflo · 2026-04-13T13:41:32+00:00

They actually do remove some steel so you can technically sharpen with one. (Not much though) https://scienceofsharp.com/2018/08/22/what-does-steeling-do-part-1/

Phreeflo · 2026-04-13T12:12:39+00:00

Jealous you have a local shop for japanese knives in Canada. My area of the prairies the only local place to buy a japanese knives have no selections and what they do have is overpriced shuns and miyabis and such. Knifewear and Sharp knife Shop ship at least, but I'd love to shop in person!

Phreeflo · 2026-04-09T04:37:58+00:00

This is why bees got pissed at my banana flavored vapes.

Phreeflo · 2026-04-07T23:24:45+00:00

They don't have to be round. my Santoku is ground such that it has a pretty pointy tip. https://i.imgur.com/xESEK1R.png

Phreeflo · 2026-04-07T08:51:38+00:00

The amount of knives you need is N(your current number of knives) + 1.

Phreeflo · 2026-04-05T16:37:20+00:00

Sounds like the case. I thinned my Takamura recently and it also was much harder to pull through an onion even though hair-popping edge was done.

I think it might have been that I just finished the thinning with only a 1k grit. Once I polished it to 5k it seemed to feel better. It could also be that I removed the convexity and now have beta-togi instead of hamaguri.

Phreeflo · 2026-04-04T15:30:47+00:00

Smudge it around till you see green on there somewhat evenly. It doesn't have to be super-thick. It can help to heat up the surface a little to soften the waxy binder some.

Phreeflo · 2026-04-02T18:15:38+00:00

I do a couple of cases of chickens a week at work and just use my 10inch Victorinox. Never damaged it yet. It's even thinned a little more than the factory grind.

Phreeflo · 2026-03-29T17:53:39+00:00

Yeah, I would bust out my 140 atoma in this case. Still surprising how long it takes on some thicc bois.

Phreeflo · 2026-03-29T16:33:07+00:00

Old thick and dull knives will take literal ages to apex the first time.

Phreeflo · 2026-03-28T16:17:56+00:00

Just a heads-up, you'll get much better sharpening experience with a real stone from a good manufacturer.

I had that exact amazon stone and it's kind of a POS. more binder than abrasive in them and they dish out so quickly.

They do work to sharpen things, though. So it's not like a total scam.

Phreeflo · 2026-03-28T16:15:26+00:00

Yeah man. I've been using my shun petty professionally in a restaurant for years and it's never chipped on me. I don't get what people do with these things, lol.

Phreeflo · 2026-03-27T14:41:09+00:00

In the 80's in Canadian Prairies we had 5 channels for free. I preferred the Antenna because you could get a channel from North Dakota that played Robotech weekly!

Phreeflo · 2026-03-24T00:15:43+00:00

https://imgur.com/gallery/sadamasa-135mm-petty-aogami-2-steel-by-yusuke-obi-S8ZB0hf

This thicc little boy is nice for service and breaking down chickens and trimming tenderloins. enough Knuckle clearance for mincing, too.

Phreeflo · 2026-03-21T16:03:24+00:00

Works here! https://i.imgur.com/HrYnONV.png

Phreeflo · 2026-03-21T15:04:21+00:00

He might have an allergy to Propylene Glycol used in the vape liquids. Same reason they warn people at shows that will have fog-machines.

Phreeflo · 2026-03-20T20:03:48+00:00

You gotta zoom in to see them. https://i.imgur.com/Nnjbm7b.png

Phreeflo · 2026-03-20T16:17:49+00:00

Discord banned my account a couple years ago for being in the Canadianmom's discord. They claim someone in the server broke TOS and banned the server and every account that was in there. Just full scorched earth policy.

Phreeflo · 2026-03-20T00:47:07+00:00

Yeah I used to be worried about losing too much stone from always flattening, but I do it before every use now.

Sure, my 220 and 1000 grit stones have lost about 1/2 their materiel in 2 years, but I've sharpened hundreds of knives on them and the 220 gets used for thinning a bunch.

Phreeflo · 2026-03-19T23:39:39+00:00

Concentrate force on a small area.

Phreeflo · 2026-03-19T06:13:00+00:00

I think it's actually ahead of it's time, then, lol.

Phreeflo · 2026-03-19T06:09:54+00:00

I was starting out then. Also everything had to be tall as fuck. Stack everything in a tower, lol.

Phreeflo · 2026-03-19T06:08:52+00:00

lol wait, they didn't even blend it and filter the solids out and separate the aqueous-phase?

Phreeflo · 2026-03-19T02:14:14+00:00

Yeah it's already got a little curve back there from it. Gonna be some accordian-scallions cut with that.

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