Thread: First Kamisori Re-wrap

Originally Posted by PigHog

Just wrapped tightly. It's the same now as it was a year ago. I don't use it as much as I'd like to, though -- the edge has never felt quite right, no matter what I do with it. I want to send it for pro honing but haven't gotten around to it yet.

Hey PigHog! It darn near kills me that you don't shave with it. Maybe because I know exactly how you feel!

I too had a kami which I ended up rehandaling (used leather) only to find I couldn't hone it worth a bean. I did the three to one thing, I did... well I did all kinds of things that got close, but it always felt like I was shaving tree trunks.

Anyway I put it away for a year or so and then just recently, decided to go for it again. Using only Nani Superstones, I ran the blade very quickly back and forth on one side till it "felt right" then flipped and did the same thing. After that side felt right, I stropped it on the stone equally between sides for about 10/20 back and forths. Did that all the way up to 10 k spending almost as much time on the 1k as the others combined.

Then off to the strop and low and behold!!!! Butter!! Unorthodox maybe? But the shave... Oh the shave.

I know this works for mine as I just did it again after I got silly later on and tryed to put an even keener edge on it via a natural which ultimately killed the edge.

I hope that may help or at least encourage you to trytry again. I am so happy with my kami now, I have to force myself to use my other blades.

Do you have a picture of it from head on so we can see the bevels from that angle??

Best of luck mate!

I do use it, just not as often as I'd like to because it never feels right...

On the train at the moment, but I'll take a pic when I get in.

Did you dull it down first or what?

I can't get a sharp photo head-on but here are the sides a bit closer up:

Hmm...not much use really!

Originally Posted by PigHog

Hmm...not much use really!

No that works!!

From what I can tell, it looks like it may take the 50\50 honing as well as mine did?? I don't want to give you bad advice because ultimately I haven't a clue what I am doing , and my discovery was born out of frustration and a complete uncaring as to if I did bad by the blade. But somehow your plight bothers me lol!!

I hope this discussion prompts some of the more experienced to pipe up! Maybe you could even start a thread on it if inclined - "how do I hone this" lol!!

But if you and I were the last blokes on the planet, and that was the only blade we had - I would go for it... with tape on the spine lol!

Of course the other option is to send it out with the provisal that the dude doing it told you what he did lol!

Anyway - hopefully some others will pipe up!

Originally Posted by PigHog

I do use it, just not as often as I'd like to because it never feels right...

On the train at the moment, but I'll take a pic when I get in.

Did you dull it down first or what?

Oh and yes. I did dull it down buy running it on a corner of my stone.

Thanks for your concern! I might go and try again from the beginning, now.

I emailed Neil about it around Christmas time but that was when he was ill. Don't know if he ever saw the message. Perhaps I'll email him again, too

Originally Posted by PigHog

Thanks for your concern! I might go and try again from the beginning, now.

I emailed Neil about it around Christmas time but that was when he was ill. Don't know if he ever saw the message. Perhaps I'll email him again, too

I guess its just that now that I am seemingly getting the most out of mine (and loving it) with the tools I have, I want everyone to lol!

Best of luck!!

What stone progression are you using?

1, 3, 8, and 10k. No pastes or linen afterwards, just leather. Smooth....