Knives..what are your favorites?

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Back to the kitchen knife (specifically Yanagiba & chisel grind knives) topic ...

This knife's edge has developed an interesting problem.

Amakusa_FL

[ungeheuer]

stuck this bastard thru my thumb today 

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TNP Endura 1

TNP Endura 3.1

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Quick follow up on Yanagiba fix.

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TNP Endura, #373 of 1009

I am neither a Nutnfancy fanboy, nor a collector.
I bought this Endura as a user knife.

So, I did what I had to do.
Adding lanyard and rolled up towel and strawberry cutting test.
(Zip-tie mod is, not something I'd do all the time.
But, since this is "TNP" Endura, I decided to do so.)

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The most important thing in Yanagiba sharpening (that no one really mentions, outside of Japan)

No music, no color grading, no cinematic intro.
Right to the point, what is the most important thing in Yanagiba (or, all chisel grind knives, for that matter).

The most important things is, to keep the backside straight and flat.
Straight & flat meaning, no back bevel, no convex grind on the back side.
This logic applies to all single beveled knives.

[The Architect]

I just picked this up

https://www.worksharptools.com/shop/sharpeners/powered/ken-onion-edition-knife-tool-sharpener/?utm_referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2F

Work Sharp Ken Onion Edition

Every knife in my house is razor sharp! 

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That's nice.

I'm a free hand sharpening guy, because I tend to like a little bit different blade shape (chisel-grind, recurve, etc).

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Story time
"Old Soldier Never Dies"
1982 Wenger Soldier,
A true Swiss Army knife

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Cutting demonstration of my working knives, before and after sharpening

If you are a REAL knife user(Chef, hunter, fisherman, mountain guide, soldier, LEO whatever),
DON'T be fooled by a paper cutting test.

I'll go into more details later, but even by just watching this video, you can tell that
blade profile (shape) & length matter, just as well as the edge sharpness and edge geometry.

The "edge sharpness" isn't everything.
The "edge geometry" and "the thinness behind the edge" are only a part of the picture.

If you are curious, look how my arm(and the bloade move as I cut into a rolled up towel.
(Particularly, Shibata Kotetsu and Emerson Tiger.)

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I filmed this yesterday. (Sunday, Feb 20th)

Saturday was crazy busy (orders kept on coming non stop, from 5PM to (about)7:45PM.
Friday was also busy.

This knife went through two really busy nights WITHOUT sharpening / touching up.
(And I didn't have a problem, at all.)

So, I just wanted to check & show "how much cutting performance" is left, after two crazy busy nights.



Watanabe_7

Watanabe_5

Watanabe_1

Watanabe_4

Watanabe_3

Watanabe_2

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Cutting baguette with Emerson CQC-7, Tiger, Benchmade Bugout, and Watanabe Yanagiba, this morning.

[Speedbag]

I just picked this up

https://www.worksharptools.com/shop/sharpeners/powered/ken-onion-edition-knife-tool-sharpener/?utm_referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2F

Work Sharp Ken Onion Edition

Every knife in my house is razor sharp! 

They're amazing. I sucked at sharpening kitchen knives with a steel, and haven't looked at one since after buying a Work Sharp.

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Emerson Tiger Coffee mug sharpening demo




My Emerson Tiger, after about a month of everyday use, getting a little bit dull.
So, in the spirit of Ernest Emerson, I demonstrated coffee mug sharpening.

This is more of “touch up”, or “honing”.
The key is to do the touching up / honing BEFORE the knife gets completely dull.

It takes less than 5 minutes.
It doesn’t remove that much metal from the edge of your knife.
You can keep your knife sharp, without sharpening on the stone, for months.

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So, ... why do I do the towel cut test?
And why don't I bother with the paper cut test?
I'll show you why in this video.

Tajima utility knife towel cut
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It cuts paper fine.
But, doesn't cut towel really well.

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Emerson Commander

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Mini Commander

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Masamoto Honyaki Yanagi (Hitachi white #2)

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Masamoto Gyuto(Hitachi white #2)

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Also, there's some Kiwi cutting demo with CQC-7.

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There is so much BS and misinformation floating around on the net / Youtube.
It's NOT that Emerson knives can't cut straight.
It's THOSE PEOPLE (Youtube knife reviewers), they can't cut straight.
('Cause they don't know how to use the knife.)