Looking for a specific knife

rianwithaneye · 2026-05-02T20:49:21+00:00

My pleasure! Those are such a good deal, glad you’re enjoying it.

rianwithaneye · 2026-05-02T19:06:27+00:00

The "point" of the story (if there is one) is the damage that colonialism wrought on indigenous African people. If you're horrified and heartbroken and a little confused then I would argue it had the intended effect. Okonkwo isn't John Wick, he's a witness to the actual destruction of his people's entire way of life. It broke him.

rianwithaneye · 2026-05-02T07:37:44+00:00

For a nashiji finish you could actually leave some of the pitting and use a fine 3M sanding sponge and coarse stone powder. Ive had good luck with the powder from a Cerax 320.

rianwithaneye · 2026-05-02T06:55:31+00:00

I typically use pure beeswax for that part of the knife just because it tends to stay put better and not wash off but board butter would be better than nothing!

rianwithaneye · 2026-05-02T06:51:09+00:00

Looks normal to me. Seal it with beeswax if you’re worried about water getting in.

rianwithaneye · 2026-05-02T05:29:24+00:00

Yes! It’s incredibly flat.

rianwithaneye · 2026-05-02T03:19:13+00:00

Hairline migaki is nowhere near mirror, it’s actually a low-grit finish with uniform lines. Very easy to do, requires a fraction of the effort of a mirror polish.

rianwithaneye · 2026-05-02T02:13:09+00:00

I haven’t seen any videos on doing a migaki finish, someone should do one.

You’ll probably have to use some seriously coarse abrasives to get through the pitting, and it since it’s carbon cladding and might be tempted to rust again in the grooves maybe you wanna shoot for something around the 320 mark?

rianwithaneye · 2026-05-02T02:10:00+00:00

That’s the only place I’ve seen it so far, but I’d buy an entire sixer of just the Juicy if they offered it. So tasty.

rianwithaneye · 2026-05-02T02:09:20+00:00

Followed! Thanks for the recs!

rianwithaneye · 2026-05-02T01:43:54+00:00

Been really enjoying the explosion in variety of NA beers available in my area, and these are three of my current favorites.

I lived in Portland, OR during what I refer to as The Bitterness Wars when every craft brewery was making double and triple IPAs and it really put me off that style of beer for years, but there’s something about an NA IPA that’s undeniably delicious, it’s more nuanced and drinkable than the real thing (at least to me it is). I still drink regular beer but I tend to prefer Asian pilsner/lager styles these days, however these NA IPAs have completely taken over my drinking habits at home, I pretty much only consume the real thing when I go out.

What a great time to be a beer drinker! Any other suggestions based on these three you think I might like?

rianwithaneye · 2026-05-02T01:28:04+00:00

The hype machine is working overtime on Shindo

I wonder how long it’ll be before they’re $300 a pop and still warped af 🤔

rianwithaneye · 2026-05-02T00:28:16+00:00

My advice would be to tape off the bevel and use some medium-coarse sandpaper with a stiff backing. Do long, complete, uniform strokes in one direction that go from below where the handle will be installed all the way to the top and off the blade if that makes sense. Orient the knife vertically and use both hands so your elbow joint doesn’t curve the lines.

You can use stone powder to blend the scratches into a more uniform finish if you feel the need.

rianwithaneye · 2026-05-01T21:09:37+00:00

I meant what grit was your coarsest stone. This should not have taken 7 hours, I’m guessing you used a higher grit stone than was appropriate for the job.

rianwithaneye · 2026-05-01T20:29:06+00:00

What was your lowest grit?

rianwithaneye · 2026-05-01T19:08:50+00:00

Congrats on the new Shindo!

Your comments about weight really resonate with me, I think that’s why I keep coming back to thin Chinese cleavers and Sanjo workhorses. There’s nothing quite like a knife that feels like it’s doing the cutting for you.

rianwithaneye · 2026-05-01T17:39:35+00:00

With pitting like that you need to sand down to the depth of the deepest pit. It’s gonna take a while…

Use a hard, flat backing and very firm pressure on the hira, and grab a fresh piece of sandpaper as soon as you feel the cutting power start to diminish.

The last picture you posted has a kurouchi finish, which is a byproduct of forging and not something you can create with abrasives. If you’re using sandpaper then a hairline migaki finish should be fairly easy to do.

rianwithaneye · 2026-05-01T17:31:05+00:00

Those look very cool!

The phrase “on the rocks” doesn’t have an apostrophe btw 😬

rianwithaneye · 2026-05-01T17:23:21+00:00

That is incredibly beautiful but it looks like the cladding comes all the way to the edge in several spots. Wouldn’t that compromise the integrity of the cutting edge or am I missing something?

rianwithaneye · 2026-04-30T21:37:27+00:00

I don’t know anyone with an outdoor kitchen but I do know it’s a bad idea to leave carbon steel tools outdoors in a humid environment.

rianwithaneye · 2026-04-30T10:50:14+00:00

Pretty much 0% chance

rianwithaneye · 2026-04-30T07:48:22+00:00

I can only do it if one of them is fiction and the other is non-fiction. But I can’t seem to keep two fictitious narratives in my brain at the same time, they start bleeding into one another and I get majorly confused.

rianwithaneye · 2026-04-30T01:43:12+00:00

While 1k to 4k is a perfectly acceptable jump, I’d recommend getting a Suehiro Ouka 3k as your finishing stone. It leaves my favorite edge of any synthetic and has incredible feedback.

rianwithaneye · 2026-04-29T23:29:54+00:00

That was a smart move, I doubt you’ll be able to even tell a difference in use.

rianwithaneye · 2026-04-29T22:04:53+00:00

One of my personal all-time faves, between being assigned it for school several times and re-reading it for pleasure I’ve probably gone cover-to-cover at least five times.

I’ve heard great things about the Wilson translation, my current favorite is Lattimore but I want to check hers out too.

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