Selfmade Ajikara

[nozh2002]

New selfmade Ajikiri

This is what I got from www.biz.com Shirogamy Varikomi (layered blade with Shirogamy inside):

After polishing - gluing into cocobolo brick...

Ready to shape:

Shaped, but did not sanded yet:

Sanded:

Sharpened (as Japanese blade it can not be sharpened on Sharpmaker medium rods, but 1000 japanese waterstones instead (I used Diamond Sharpmaker rods to form edge initially) and then with Fine and UltraFine to be shaving sharp, scary sharp, very very sharp):

Thanks, Vassili.

P.S. more pics - http://playground.sun.com/~vasya/knife76.html

 

[nozh2002]

And this is example of traditional japanese kitchen knife with double bevel. So in Japan knife culture they use single bevel when it is needed and double when it is not.

Thanks, Vassili.

 

[misque]

Vassili,
Where did you get that blade blank?
The link in your first post, www.biz.com , takes me to a domain seller(?) and not any cutlery type business.

Cool looking project knife, BTW.

 

[Knifeclerk]

Wonderful finish on this piece. I didn't even notice until I saw Pikachu looking in the blade like a mirror.
Wow, man. Just 'wow.'
-KC

 

[underaged!]

Yeah, wow you got a Pikachu!

Nice work, as usual.

 

[nozh2002]

Vassili,
Where did you get that blade blank?
The link in your first post, www.biz.com , takes me to a domain seller(?) and not any cutlery type business.

Cool looking project knife, BTW.

Sorry, www.dick.biz

Wonderful finish on this piece. I didn't even notice until I saw Pikachu looking in the blade like a mirror.
Wow, man. Just 'wow.'
-KC

Well, this is just few run on 15ms belt after 30ms belt for Grizzly belt sander 1"x42" (it is really hard to assemble - like it was made in USSR for internal market, so you need to use file and drill, but if you did this it works).

Thanks, Vassili.

 

[nozh2002]

Yeah, wow you got a Pikachu!

Nice work, as usual.

This one probably come with blade from Japan hiding in package somehow. Really hard to get rid of it - very curios and it hit me few times by electricity when I try to shoo him away from the knife, making pictures. I need rubber glowes I think to handle this "beast", or I'll just try to be friendly and make it my pet or something.

Thanks, Vassili.