With My Takeda :) Ok so it's not a Takeda/Livi but it's all I got :p
YouTube - Shaving with a Takeda Ajikiri edited.wmv
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With My Takeda :) Ok so it's not a Takeda/Livi but it's all I got :p
YouTube - Shaving with a Takeda Ajikiri edited.wmv
nice job Shawn, looks like a knife can take a razor edge?
I was suprised how easy it was to get that edge as well. Especially how thick that knife it.
you missed a spot under your nose
That spike point looks dangerous!
Shawn...that is a machete, not a knife...You've got guts man. I'll stick to my str8 :o
Question: Doesn't a knife have a more jagged/rough edge compared to a smooth edge of a str8? Or am I off base here? How did it feel shaving with that thing (maybe that's answered at the end of video, which I am not done looking at yet)?
If you do a search on Utub there are 2 versions of the video, one edited to fit the 10 min restriction and one split in two part with alot more comentary :p
Yes a kitchen knife has more tooth to the edge. One advantage of going with a much harder steel is that you can get finer teeth the harder the steel gets. This one is about Rc 64 and gets wicked sharp.
When I sharpen kitchen knives I use stones with a more angular cutting abrasive so that I always have a good slicing cut. When I switch to razors I get out the stones that have a more rounded cutting abrasive, this gives the razor a smoother cleaving edge. Yes this can probably be argued for days... but I belive it to be so and I'm sticking to it.
So when I move to finishing stones, this is when my choice of stones really maters, I used my J-Nats instead of the Nortons. Finishing on Cro2 instead of a diamond paddle strop.
This knife is my chicken butchery knife, the short thick blade does wonders on cutting up whole chickens :)
Hello, DwarvenChef:
You have produced an excellent video. It is quite educational, I might add, not only for the tool you use but also for your technique and careful pace. I have learned quite a bit watching it. What especially is evident is how little pressure you seem to apply. Well done, sir.
Regards,
Obie
I also found that watching it showed me some thing I didn't know I was doing. At one point I seem to be dragging my head around the razor instead of moving the razor... Something I'm aware of now and keep from doing it :p
I'm making a few more with different blades just to see them for myself, may upload them if they come out ok :p mostly for my own learning, seeing my bad habbits and try fixing thme if i see any :)
Thank you for posting this video. Your are very brave!
Well done!
Lu