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First time I tried these two stones as a combo today, and thought they probably deserved a picture together...

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It was actually pictures of Richard's one that made me want one in the first place, then just happened across this one on a market stall before Christmas. And I must have been at the very top of my...

A few weeks back I got a lucky find in a market in Belfast (I think it was lucky anyway!):

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Unfortunately I couldn't take it back to London in hand luggage, so I left with my friend for...

Little green Thuri on a Bengall last night; lovely stone, much softer than my other Thuris, gorgeous feeling to use and a really lovely edge.

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Then playing around with some stones for a...

Alas no Devonshire Oilstones, but the last couple of days have been quite kind to me in terms of cheap, grubby stones found at the local market and antique shop. Washita is a 9x2” and the Charnley a...

Staying with my sister for a week, and have these ahead. Should I have brought more than a single 6x2 Washita...? Possibly.

She lives pretty close to Tavistock though, so perhaps I’ll just pop out...

I'm just after finishing quite a nice Syrah vine wood handle on an Ishizuchi Nakiri for someone. Nakiri tend to be ground quite thin, and do well with as fine as edge as possible that still retains...

My parents' collection of Sabs; new, old, and NOS. I may not get through all of these this evening because I'm doing them by hand and they have the finger guards (aaaarrgh!)

Most of the work will...

Certainly does sound a challenge... Good luck! I've done a lot of restorations of old yanagiba and other single bevels, and it's complete ball-ache. I can't imagine how tricksy it'd be on something...

That looks a.) cool, and b.) finickity to hone!

I personally would try sharpening it like a yanagi... i.e stone on a table holding the razor 'handle'/neck in your right hand using your left on the...

Going to give this a go later. The razor currently has a very nice Thuri edge on it, but I suspect it might be even improved by my pretty Mystery-Green-Blue-UK-Stone. (And if not - I'll put it on the...

Put a final edge on one of the knives above with an old 'Turkish' this afternoon.

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It's not desperately easy to get HHT on a kitchen knife whatever way you spin it, and there aren't many...

Some comparisons on 2x Ishizuchi Aogami 2 knives.

L to R: Norton No.1 Washita, weird translucent Washita, Charnley, Idwal.

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