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Easy and fast, to whet knives by sand papers

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Easy and fast, to whet knives by sand papers

Easy and fast, to whet by sand papers You can get it for a low price and preferred grit size. We are not selling whetstone, because international shipping price is expensive,  almost all whetstones are heavy weight. *only selling Naniwa compact Diamond whetstones. We recommend to use whetstone in normally. However if you are in a hurry or you don't have whetstone, please try to use sand paper.  Here are some tools for sharpening knives Please prepare the following tools. 1. water sandpaper  2. thin plate wood3. glue, bond, double sided tape  After cutting the paper file to the appropriate...

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How about attached non-slip finish for your wa handles?

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How about attached non-slip finish for your wa handles?

Almost wa handles were finished fine polished, because it needs water resistance and a beautiful surface. However it have the handle slip in some case. example, slicing pull cut for the sashimi foods, fillet a finish by deba and using woodworking. These cases were made by us. dimple uneven finish by carving knife, spoon knife. for deba knife, to get a fine glip for iron file These are Japanese carved nomi chisel knives. You can use western carving, spoon knives. It's a checker line finish, It have used in some woodworking knife manufacture

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Recommend the paraffin oil for rust proof to use a carbon knife for outdoor use.

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Recommend the paraffin oil for rust proof to use a carbon knife for outdoor use.

As the paraffin oil has a good reputation among woodworkers, angler and hunters in Japan, I tried to use the paraffin oil. Although the knife made of carbon is a good cutting quality and easily re-sharpen, we must be careful not to be rusty for outdoor use. I keep a home garden of natural farming ,so I have to cut weeds every week. I use small knives and a hatchet long blade knife. And these knives were rust in don't realize. I tried to use the paraffin oil on these blades. *These blades were finished with rough polish. I could get  the...

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Custom Santoku knife , a fine model of handle making Customer Picture from G.C United States

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Custom Santoku knife , a fine model of handle making  Customer Picture from G.C United States

Thanks for one of our customer, we introduce you some news.It's a fine model of custom knife handle making. He used epoxy and wood flour in the gaps in a wooden handle and  The handle was much too large for the blade, so I cut 25mm off at an angle. It's a nice handle shape finish. It was made by G.C from United StatesKosuke Muneishi Hand forged blank blade Blue #2 steel Kurouchi Santoku knife 165mmJapanese Quercus myrsinifolia wooden handle blank custom knife making tool 150mm

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Give an sharpen edge and Kasumi togi to a Japanese chef knife made by Kisuke Manaka

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Give an sharpen edge and Kasumi togi to a Japanese chef knife made by Kisuke Manaka

The chef knife conducted hand forging and heat-treating, is going to be attached a blade and then sharpened the edge. Kisuke Manaka carefully complete all procedure one by one.The edge of the knife is produced its shape and shinogi line with a rolling rough grinding wheel. Manaka Hamono where had created Japanese swords, he sharpens it by sitting on the floor. As a result, since he can freely put the body weight on his fingers and control its stress easily compared to standing, it gives an excellent sharpening accuracy. Then using a rough or a medium-rough whetstone and finishing up...

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