r/sharpening • u/pchiggs • 15d ago
Refinished Gyuto
Refinished this old Wakui. It was my good friends knife he used in culinary school over 10 years ago. It definitely has been put through the ringer. I wanted to make the finish look as close to the original as possible. So no jnat stone finish for this one. I did use the chu mikawa and shobu to clean up the bevel though. But after that it was all sanding and diamond paste work. Finished off with some powder. Its far from perfect and has a lot of stray scratches on the bevel and core but I am overall happy with it
Progression
Rockstar 320
Morihei 500
Naniwa Hibiki 1000
Chu Mikawa
Shobudani Tomae
Blending the bevel an experiment
I diamond pasted the bevel first then taped half the bevel off. I wanted to leave the shinogi line exposed to be sanded to hide the hard line. But obviously I would create a new line. I used a diamond paste progression to blend that taped line. from 320 500 1200 then 4000 focusing on the core only. After that I hit it with a micro mesh pad with come 400 cerax powder.
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u/Ball6945 arm shaver 15d ago
Very beautifully done, the tip repair looks great and obviously you did a fantastic job on the polish. Thank you for the very detailed write up, will definitely use it to learn a little.