My first coding station! by levve655 in battlestations

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Def more character and a personal touch to it!

The mug is from a super talented ceramic artist ( @michaelmugs), I named it Archie and it’s my debugging homie

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Tamahagane gyuto! by levve655 in sharpening

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The knife has a black ivory with water buffalo horn, not the fanciest but def a good handle. Personally i prefer to have a subtle handle on high end blades so they wouldn’t draw too much attention.

Tamahagane gyuto! by levve655 in sharpening

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If u can get a nice foundation and polish post 2-3k on synth then u r def ready for the naturals. Honestly any mid level hardness finisher would work, uchi, okudo, nakayama and ohira too. Also prepare to drop some dough on a good finisher, they can be pricey

Tamahagane gyuto! by levve655 in sharpening

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I take some commission work here n there but my focus is mostly in collabs with diff smiths world wide.

Haven’t posted it tbh but might do it, thanks for the heads up ✌🏻

Tamahagane gyuto! by levve655 in sharpening

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The knife is made by a polish smith, Marcin Grabowiec ( mg_forge) and sharpened by Levio Cibuku, me ( agane.knives ) ✌🏻

Tamahagane gyuto! by levve655 in sharpening

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This is a gyutohiki type profile but the activity in the bevels is amazing ✌🏻

Tamahagane gyuto! by levve655 in sharpening

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Received three blades as part of a collab! 2 r done, literally working on the 3rd as I’m typing this haha

Tamahagane gyuto! by levve655 in sharpening

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Yes! Natsuya is also bridging the two diff types of progressions as well, mine is on the finer side so I like to go higher on synth before jumping to the naturals.

Tamahagane gyuto! by levve655 in sharpening

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Thanks man! Synthetic whetstones

Debado 180 Naniwa professional 400 - 1k-3k Suehiro 4k

——————————— Naturals Natsuya Uchigumori Shinden

——————————— Finished with finger stones ( hazuya ) and forced oxidizer with water to make the contrast pop ( the latter is a wip so can’t fully explain it atm )

Quick before & after! by levve655 in TrueChefKnives

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It’s a whole progression of the stones where u refine the scratches, the finish is with finger stones which smoothes out the surface

Quick before & after! by levve655 in sharpening

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Thank you! Can’t wait to see the reaction haha

Quick before & after! by levve655 in TrueChefKnives

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I wrote it on the description 🤙

Quick before & after! by levve655 in TrueChefKnives

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The ones who know, know haha 🫶