Thread: Was my blind purchase worthwhile? Kamisori

Originally Posted by 86azms3

Ill take a look but I was going to sharpen as I would a chisel edge jknive with a hollow back. Most of the sharpening is done on the chisel side, and very few strokes on the hollow ura side to preserve the geometry and the hagane.

Kamisori are not chisel ground, both sides are hollow. There are different way to hone as far as stroke count is concerned, 10:1, 10:3, 7:3 (omote:ura) , etc
Lately I have been using the Iwasaki method, which I think is close to 3:1 or 2:1



There are other great videos out there too.