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    Thanks Tc, glad the edge is holding up for you.

    Cheers, Steve

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    Here's some finger stone polishing, and polishing. Thanks Steve beautiful looking stone. An "edge vanishing" is actually an accurate description. Good observation sir.
    Mike


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    It's a treat to hone one which has never been honed before! Teeny, even bevels are SWEET!
    I usually never bother with the Escher on American hard steel, but will make an exception for this Genco.

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    Lovely DeRoma, up for auction to benefit Movember in the classifieds. Ending soon, so go bid!

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    Atta boy Sharptonn!
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    Quote Originally Posted by MODINE View Post
    Your pic looks good to me too. Here's some finger stones being flattened.

    DMT plate, then...


    Tsushima sea stone. It's a lot of work... Mike
    Ok I will bite.
    Mike where do you find finger stones? I am frugal yet my slurry stones seem to last forever.
    Teach please.
    Your only as good as your last hone job.

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    So this is A Hone of the Day Situation.
    Jnats loaned me this hone.
    I tried to contact him to return HIS hone.
    No answer thru SRP or his website.
    If anyone hears from him, have him contact me so that I can return his Hone to him.
    I would do the same for any of you, I know you would reciprocate.
    Help me find our friend to return his rightful property.





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    Your only as good as your last hone job.

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    Touching up a favourite user, an E A Berg 5/8, with an unknown nagura. Never had an Uchigumori in my hand, but maybe it is?. Semi-hard with a Purple-ish slurry

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    hone on!

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    Hi ultrasoundguy
    Nice stone BTW, Finger stones are used for polishing Japanese knives & swords so you can SEE the steel. It has been done this way many years. Polishing with buffers, or micro mesh, etc. apparently does not produce the same effect.

    You have to make your own finger stones or you can buy some online but who knows what the quality is, probably not very good.. I am learning too, getting better. Got to start somewhere. Some contributing resources would be: So Yamashita, Alex, Maksim has YouTube video Finger stones How To, Dr. Naka. Mike

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    Quote Originally Posted by MODINE View Post
    Hi ultrasoundguy
    Nice stone BTW, Finger stones are used for polishing Japanese knives & swords so you can SEE the steel. It has been done this way many years. Polishing with buffers, or micro mesh, etc. apparently does not produce the same effect.

    You have to make your own finger stones or you can buy some online but who knows what the quality is, probably not very good.. I am learning too, getting better. Got to start somewhere. Some contributing resources would be: So Yamashita, Alex, Maksim, Dr. Naka. Mike

    not letting me attach links, sorry
    I've heard that using finger stones, or something called wa powder, can etch a hamon. I've looked and looked for info but always come up empty handed. One of our more talented members should make a tutorial!

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    I have used both uchigumori and kiita fingerstones to maintain the bevels on my Takeda knives and have also thinned and polished a Masahiro Virgin Carbon gyuto and polished it to 2k grit sandpaper, then Hakka, kiita, suita, uchigumori... quite an interesting excercise. My goal was to see if I could turn a cheap (but with fine steel) knife into a better one, and the answer is yes but not if your time is worth anything. Like modding a Gold Dollar, it's fun but not cost-effective.

    I also have some uchigumori powder that was sold by Ken at CKTG, but I've never used it, it seems pretty coarse. The traditional paste is made as you use it by rubbing a hazuya and an uchigumori together to make the paste with a little distilled water.

    Anyway, if Modine or Prodigy would like some, let me know. Also Kyle, if you want a fingerstone or two and some stock I have plenty.

    Most suita polish steel pretty well, and the uchigumori is a suita also, a 'ceiling' suita. Ilzuka-San uses an Ohira suita to polish the Shigefusa knives IIRC.

    I'll try to get some images up tomorrow.

    Cheers, Steve
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