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Jason B.

Jason B.

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Here are some stone reviews and a little specialty sharpening, enjoy!

[video=youtube;c7Y7D9NMu7c]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c7Y7D9NMu7c[/video]

[video=youtube;hw3UhLhpdJ0]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hw3UhLhpdJ0[/video]

[video=youtube;5QebqMmhRJU]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5QebqMmhRJU[/video]
 
Thanks for sharing Jason! I have more and more switched to use both hands while sharpening and feel that the results are better which is common sense since the result of the grinding/sharpening on both sides is a mirror to its counterpart. It feels awkward at first to use the non dominant hand but it did not take too long to get comfortable.

Great videos!
 
Thanks so much for new videos! Have most of your older ones memorized it seems. Knife looks a lot like a Tojiro maybe?
 
Andy,

I only sharpen with my right hand when needed, such as for Japanese knives or when I'm using a belt sander. For me it was more the realization that some things are better done right handed, struggling with yanagi's and deba's was that point of realization. Being fairly ambi to begin with makes it a easy transition for me, awkward?, yes, but it made things much easier.

Lilred,

I am unsure, I have some photos of the yanagi if you can read kanji?
 
I personally cannot read kanji but the handle reminded me of my tojiro kiritsuke, a friend of mine may be able to read it though.
 
knifenut1013 said:
Andy,

I only sharpen with my right hand when needed, such as for Japanese knives or when I'm using a belt sander. For me it was more the realization that some things are better done right handed, struggling with yanagi's and deba's was that point of realization. Being fairly ambi to begin with makes it a easy transition for me, awkward?, yes, but it made things much easier.
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Was wondering if any of that had to do with using a bridge over a water bath as opposed to using a base on a table with water bath nearby - makes it a lot tougher to move the stone around to accommodate changes if using dominant hand for both sides of the blade. This occurred to me watching MC sharpening a knife with dominant hand and on the off side he explained the scratch pattern was asymmetrical at the base due to the angle he held the knife - was thinking if he angled the stone it wouldn't be awkward to come from both sides symmetrically.

I tried for years to switch hands/side, but finally gave up. Was spurred to use the dominant and support hands for the same task/side after having wrist surgery and literally couldn't grasp the handle with my off hand but could use my fingertips. Had to angle the stone a bit, but doing that and holding the knife differently helped out a lot.

Whatever works best is what work works best I guess. Great videos, love that you're panning in for a closer look.
 
Here are some pictures of each knife.

This is after finishing up on the Naniwa 2k green brick.
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The 10k
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And the Takeda
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