Iwasaki tamahagane kamisori

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Received this Iwasaki kamisori a while ago.




Some stain, nothing really serious, but the pitting goes deep.



So the questionn in restoring is always how far should you go. Basically on a blade like this a total regrind to remove all stain pittings totally is possible without a problem. But what about the nature of the blade? It will become different and does maybe not coincide with the thoughts, the craftmannship and the soul the original maker has put in. So mostly I hesitate from a totally regrind. I don't want to make a new blade or a blade that looks like new even though it is an old one made by a very famous and honorous master.
So also here I decide to do only a minimum necessary to remove the rust totally but not the pitting in complete depth. Therfore I didn't use any grinding wheels - only different polishing wheels with different hardness and glued with different grades of Naxos emery.