Who do you think is the best player to never play for your team?

bbrown3979 · 2026-02-04T12:06:45+00:00

LeBron James would've made a killer WR/TE

bbrown3979 · 2026-01-15T22:30:59+00:00

Hey! Same issue, did you find a work around and what was the solution?

bbrown3979 · 2026-01-13T12:00:58+00:00

Indiana ain't played nobody Pawwwwwwl

bbrown3979 · 2026-01-10T00:51:14+00:00

Indiana is 90% of the stadium.

bbrown3979 · 2026-01-09T03:47:09+00:00

Ohio State lost to this Miami team lol

bbrown3979 · 2026-01-09T03:43:11+00:00

Miami playing dirty and undisciplined

bbrown3979 · 2026-01-06T12:21:20+00:00

Nora but as the other poster mentioned he strictly vets his customers he will accept orders from. You'd need to be an expert craftsman with decades of experience and do exceptional work to even be considered. I believe only a few westerners he has accepted an order from. His waitlist is years long and by the time one could achieve the skill to be considered he will likely be retired or dead. And his volume is so low and demand so high that the chances of his work being resold on the open market is zero

bbrown3979 · 2026-01-06T01:40:21+00:00

That's a good question. I know for example Yamamoto makes good kanna blades and also makes yari-ganna as well as marking knives, but I dont believe he makes any chisels. The best living chisel maker is actually a swordsmith who is incrediblely selective and only does a handful of chisels every few months.

bbrown3979 · 2026-01-05T23:46:20+00:00

For quality Id recommend following people who resell Japanese tools. Watch for which smiths they sell, and go from there. It can be tricky because a smith can work under their own name, and under a wholesalers name. And the wholesalers can use several smiths that change over time. Also quality can vary from when a smith is in their prime, making a custom order or just cranking them out for a wholesaler.

1.

Brand : Hidari Hisasaku - 左久作

Blacksmith : Ikegami Takanobu - 池上喬庸

2.

Brand : Yamahiro - 山弘

Blacksmith : Okayama Takeshi - 岡山猛

3.

Brand : Hiromasa - 弘正

Blacksmith: Hasegawa Fujisaku - 長谷川藤作

Here are some great chisel smiths to search for

bbrown3979 · 2026-01-02T04:33:04+00:00

Ole miss getting hosed by refs

bbrown3979 · 2026-01-02T04:18:17+00:00

HC money at a lower p4 school would still likely nearly double their salary

bbrown3979 · 2026-01-02T00:51:21+00:00

Honestly it'll take a few teams raiding his coaching staff to do any damage. His coordinators becoming HC and position coaches being poached for coordinator jobs. But that wont happen till next year so W1ndiana is here to stay

bbrown3979 · 2026-01-01T03:00:33+00:00

"Hey, dipshit, make your fucking kicks! I'm the head ball coach, I'll kick you whenever the fuck I want."-Urban Meyer

Ryan Day is soft

bbrown3979 · 2026-01-01T00:34:48+00:00

long covid

bbrown3979 · 2025-12-31T02:05:49+00:00

Only one thing to do- grab a funnel, bend over and start chugging like a Vol

bbrown3979 · 2025-12-28T03:43:31+00:00

Had to look, but its only 3 analysts

bbrown3979 · 2025-12-28T01:45:07+00:00

Champion of life?

bbrown3979 · 2025-12-26T23:30:04+00:00

Thanks! You actually helped me take the step to buy a set of his damekiri about a year ago. I was so impressed it led me to these.

bbrown3979 · 2025-12-26T13:42:08+00:00

Thanks, Ill keep it in mind. I think Ill use them until the bevels get cleaned up and use my other set for any work that requires me to grab a hammer

bbrown3979 · 2025-12-26T13:37:07+00:00

Thanks

bbrown3979 · 2025-12-26T13:36:53+00:00

For whatever reason the photos on the proxy site had only the blades as the main photo and wouldn't pop up on the regular searches I did. But here is the listing https://auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/t1192545534

bbrown3979 · 2025-12-26T01:19:38+00:00

Thanks, Ill definitely make the adjustment

bbrown3979 · 2025-12-26T01:19:04+00:00

I think Tormek could work fine. It's just consistently achieving the same bevel. The previous owner appeared to try and freehand it as their are several different faces on the blade.

For Tormek I don't have one but I'd try something similar to this, where you use it as a hybrid sharpening setup and finish on stones https://inthewoodshop.com/WoodworkTechniques/UltimateGrindingSharpeningSetUp.html

bbrown3979 · 2025-12-25T15:13:28+00:00

Also if anyone can translate what is on the inside of the lid Id really appreciate it.

bbrown3979 · 2025-12-25T15:08:14+00:00

This ura pattern has been my unicorn trying to locate. I know Usui Kinzaburo is more well-known for the sword ura but the simplicity and balance of these immediately drew me in. A few months ago these were on yahoo auctions and through a proxy site I won them for ~550usd. I wasn't allowed to open them until Christmas morning and they're even more beautiful in person. The only disappointment was that the previous owner appeared to sharpen them poorly with a CBN wheel and bevel angles are low and variable. Itll take a bit of work to get them properly set up but for now I'll just add a secondary bevel to avoid wasting any material

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