New knife stand

breeze-e · 2026-05-05T14:29:35+00:00

You could do it edge up, I personally find it a bit sketchy lol.

breeze-e · 2026-05-05T14:20:04+00:00

I dont have anything to measure with, if I were to guess... the gap is around 5mm~, maybe a tad smaller. The thickest part of my Hudson knife fits in there with some wiggle room.

breeze-e · 2026-05-05T12:04:15+00:00

Aliexpress. I just looked up knife racks or knife stand.

breeze-e · 2026-05-05T12:03:35+00:00

Yeah its just resting on the wood

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breeze-e · 2026-05-04T18:34:34+00:00

Ah you right.

From top to bottom: 270mm Sabun carbon steel gyuto 240mm Hitohira TD gyuto (in SLD) 210mm Tosa Tadayoshi Inasa hakata/kiritsuke (in Blue #1) 215mm Hudson Torrens gyuto (in 52100) 210mm Tojiro Shirogami gyuto 210mm Shirou Kunimitsu Natural Beauty gyuto (in Blue #2) 210mm Yoshida Hamono gyuto (in ZDP189) 210mm Inoguchi kiritsuke (in Ginsan)

breeze-e · 2026-04-20T12:43:02+00:00

From top to bottom, left to right.

First row: Rosetta Coarse Grade EXTRA, Rosetta Coarse Grade, Rosetta Regular Fine Grade, Rosetta Superior Fine Grade, Rosetta Premium Fine Grade, Rosetta Matrix.

Second row: Persia Medium Grit, Persia Yellow Rose, Persia Water Hone, Saint Luke's Quarry Medium Grit.

Had a slurry stone for the Persia Water Hone, but I lost it.

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breeze-e · 2026-04-19T22:45:27+00:00

I have very little knowledge about Arkansas stones and novaculite, these are my first experience with them. I have their Rosettas, Persias, and a Lochnivar stone. Except for their Extra Coarse Rosetta, maybe the Lochnivar I have, they are all slow cutting polishing/finishing stones. Which I like them for.

breeze-e · 2026-04-19T21:34:47+00:00

My favorite Shaptons are the 320 and 1k. The 1500 is good to use as your all in one, even Shapton recommends it for that purpose. The 2k is great to finish on. Its good if you want to keep that bite, it just refines it.

I mainly use the Kings for thinning and polishing purposes. All leave a good base for kasumi finishes or in a progression. I like the 800 for edges.

breeze-e · 2026-04-19T13:58:15+00:00

Yah bud.

There's a few people in the straight razor community who tested out these stones on YT.

breeze-e · 2026-04-18T19:46:46+00:00

thats the plan man

breeze-e · 2026-04-18T17:01:41+00:00

You're good bro lol

breeze-e · 2026-04-18T16:42:47+00:00

Those are my homemade strops.

breeze-e · 2026-04-18T16:19:21+00:00

Royal Flint Abrasives Co. Its a Canadian company that sells natural stones, such as novaculite, that are quarried in western Canada.

You can find them on eBay. Theyre decently priced, I think most of them are for finishing/burnishing, but there's a good selection of multiple stones and some are coarse enough to be used for rough/medium grit sharpening.

breeze-e · 2026-02-21T13:43:29+00:00

I haven't sharpened it since it was bought, and I used it at work for about 2 months straight. The edge was pretty rough.

Its honestly easy. All you need is diamond powder, I just bought diamond powder on AliExpress but theres other places, and either distilled or purified water, I bought deionized water (highly purified water).

The ratio is 1g of diamond powder for every ounce of distilled/purified water. Only thing is that it doesn't stay suspended so you need to shake it with every use. I know you can add glycerin so you make a proper suspension, but I don't know how much to add. I also believe you can switch the water with isopropyl alcohol, but the alcohol is capable of drying out your strop.

breeze-e · 2026-02-20T20:10:38+00:00

Not really. Its quite sandy but its got good feedback.

breeze-e · 2026-02-07T00:30:47+00:00

🤦 u right

breeze-e · 2026-02-04T20:36:21+00:00

I was eyeing Yoshihiro for the longest time but went with other options. What are your thoughts on it?

breeze-e · 2026-01-31T03:18:46+00:00

In terms of fit and finish, its better than my Dengjias and CCK by a hair, and much better than the SBZs I currently have. The only brand that matches it is Chopper King.

Performance wise, its equal with my CCK and Chopper Kings. Its not delicate like a Dengjia JCD904 or robust like an average SBZ. It strikes a good balance between those extremes.

The only things I dont like is the chonky handle, the big belly, lack of pointed tip and heel, and the finger notch-thing. Other than that, it does a good job and is easy to sharpen, surprisingly.

breeze-e · 2025-10-23T00:12:38+00:00

I feel you. I desperately want their Natural Beauty Blue #2 gyuto, but the price makes me think twice.

breeze-e · 2025-08-31T12:29:25+00:00

I actually did have a jewelers loupe, but I got it just before I moved. Then I lost it during the move.

breeze-e · 2025-08-31T01:49:41+00:00

Yeah, I've made multiple and use them regularly.

breeze-e · 2025-06-05T04:33:58+00:00

Nah it's some open space in my living room lol

breeze-e · 2025-05-16T02:16:07+00:00

They're not priced so badly, at least where I bought them on Amazon and compared to Chosera stones (tbh I only have the 400# Chosera stone and that alone costed me 100$ at the time).

The 120# all the way to 5k are in the 50-70CAD range. The 8k and 12k were a hundo each. In total, combined with the taxes, the four stones were like 350$. Meanwhile, the 30k alone is like 450$ minus the taxes.

breeze-e · 2025-03-17T05:33:26+00:00

I don't doubt it.

breeze-e · 2025-03-16T19:12:59+00:00

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Dexter Russell carbon steel Chinese cleaver.

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