I got home yesterday to find a package waiting for me the D4W and fine sharpening rod that I had ordered from NGK.
The waved delica is one of the sweetest knives I own I love the blade shape, the handle ergonomics are really excellent, and the size is perfect for my hand. It's light enough that I can wear it with anything but it's got a solid feel to it, unlike my caly jr. The wave is so f'ing sweet. Somebody should have told me not to use it while sitting down, though I put a wicked slice in my couch. I realize that it's a matter of common sense, but when was the last time you saw a kid at christmas exercise common sense?
The sharpening rod is a lot sweeter than I thought it would be, and I expected it to be pretty sweet. I assumed that it was going to be much thinner, so it was a pleasent suprise when I pulled this sharpie-sized thing out of the box. I normally keep a pretty toothy edge on my knives with a course diamond rod sharpener (which cost me twice what I paid for this), but I wanted a slightly finer edge on my personal knives and my kitchen knives. A couple strokes with my new monster sharpener and my previously toothy knives could shave hairs, but maintained the microserrations that I like. I am deffinately going to buy the course one and maybe the super-fine one. My only concern with it is that the edges are too narrow to sharpen serrated blades well. Fortunately for me, I only have one serrated knife (an old GIN-1 native), and I almost never carry it. The serrations on my native certainly benefited from this rod, but I didn't feel like I was getting a really good return on my work because of the minimal area of contact. Do these ceramic rods use the same cleaning proceedure as other sharpening stones, or do I need to do something different with them?
Overall, this was some of the best money I ever spent. I still really want the E4W, but I can't imagine it's going to be as cool as my new delica.
- Chris
The waved delica is one of the sweetest knives I own I love the blade shape, the handle ergonomics are really excellent, and the size is perfect for my hand. It's light enough that I can wear it with anything but it's got a solid feel to it, unlike my caly jr. The wave is so f'ing sweet. Somebody should have told me not to use it while sitting down, though I put a wicked slice in my couch. I realize that it's a matter of common sense, but when was the last time you saw a kid at christmas exercise common sense?
The sharpening rod is a lot sweeter than I thought it would be, and I expected it to be pretty sweet. I assumed that it was going to be much thinner, so it was a pleasent suprise when I pulled this sharpie-sized thing out of the box. I normally keep a pretty toothy edge on my knives with a course diamond rod sharpener (which cost me twice what I paid for this), but I wanted a slightly finer edge on my personal knives and my kitchen knives. A couple strokes with my new monster sharpener and my previously toothy knives could shave hairs, but maintained the microserrations that I like. I am deffinately going to buy the course one and maybe the super-fine one. My only concern with it is that the edges are too narrow to sharpen serrated blades well. Fortunately for me, I only have one serrated knife (an old GIN-1 native), and I almost never carry it. The serrations on my native certainly benefited from this rod, but I didn't feel like I was getting a really good return on my work because of the minimal area of contact. Do these ceramic rods use the same cleaning proceedure as other sharpening stones, or do I need to do something different with them?
Overall, this was some of the best money I ever spent. I still really want the E4W, but I can't imagine it's going to be as cool as my new delica.
- Chris
