Polishing: Naniwa 8k vs Shapton 12k 

Wow! That's Beautifully Polished Steel! Like you said they each have their own unique beauty. Thank You for Sharing Your Knowledge and Experience!

There’s something extra satisfying about sharpening on white stones IMO... being able to see the results of every stroke is something I really enjoy.

That Naniwa 8k stone is gorgeous. Next stone I'm going to buy.

I'm sure that you'll find, especially with the shapton stones, that if you polish under running water instead of trying to polish with the swarthy and slurry building up, you will achieve a higher degree of mirror polish, much easier and faster.

Brother, I am deep. I miss these old sharpening videos

wonderful Knife have a great day Guido

thanks mate!! this video is of great help!

Kool... Will be waiting on your A1 Pro video review.

Just became a subscriber to your channel. I appreciate your videos & knowledge very helpful... Thank You

I envy your sharpening skill, your vids are fun to watch.

Kool... Thank You

I recently purchased the shapton 12000 for the final finish for my hand plane irons so ill be curious to see them when finished, as some of them are softer than others … good video thanks !!

Like the comparison of stones, that's why I stopped by. But, I was told by people, butchers and the like, that if you are cutting meat you don't need to go above 6000 grit, even 5000 may be a little high. Because the sinew and the like will, I think, bend the blade or make it curved. As for sharpening, I guess a video like this helps people, but, it's not surgery or rocket science. I am looking for new stones for my razors, but the boredom of going back and forth, not for me. It has to be as few passes as possible, life is to short and there is so much to do out there than sharpening blades. Well, thanks for the comparison. God Bless James

nice sharpening! a little free advice, try to keep the fingers you're using to apply pressure over the stone at all times. It appears that you're on both the left and right side of the stone for a lot of this video, and you can see metal building up on the stone's edges. Of course, those edges will sharpen, but it will be more effective if you work in smaller segments over the stone.

I viewed your video on the Fallkniven A1 Knife. Very good video... I am looking at purchasing the new A1 Pro. What are your thoughts on that knife? Would you recommend it?

Always great videos! Appealing background music too. If you don't mind; what specifically is it?

have you used any stones that would replicate the mirror finish it had at first?

For the shaptons, try putting some small pieces of electrical tape along the lips of the tray. It will hold the stone a bit better and keep it from moving around on you.

Isn't the Damascus cladding significantly softer than the VG10 core? I know Takayuki is also sold under the Togiharu name, but that looks a lot like the Yoshihiro hammered Damascus knives. Wonder if they're all being made in the same forge.

If i only have one stone for get razor Sharp.. which stone do you suggest ?

nice work. but isn't it a step back to strop on a higher grit than your highest grit stone?

A large home made leather strop with good leather and menzerna final finish machine polishing compound will make it mirror and cost $20 - $30. Only very exotic stones could match it

Are these stones purely for creating a mirrored finish, and not really for increasing sharpness...?

So I just started watching Dutch Bushcraft Knives recently, you guys are not only shockingly knowledgeable for your age, but also the two most entertaining bastards in the knife review realm! I can't afford chosera or shapton, but I do have two king stones for my Chef knives. I looked into this stuff because I'm a cook by trade and I wanted to see what other people use to sharpen their tools. The question I have is, what do you recommend for a cheap way to make or buy a leather strop? I've been using an old belt but I'd like something more solid, also I just received my first two bushcraft knives! I never would have considered buying one but y'all have gotten me interested, they are both morakniv.

Yes, Shamisen are known to have a very smooth sound.

Think it just has to do with the where resistance of the steel alone with how many and how hard the carbides are in that steel. If u take something like 8cr13mov it'll get sharper quicker and polished faster then say s30v with a much higher where resistance.

Two things to consider. You are not polishing VG10. The out clads are much softer. With polishing stones of any grit, the metal needs to be washed off the stone and knife regularly to give an accurate review of the stones ability to polish. Both stones made a dark grey slurry that was all metal. That moot likely was the reason for the mirror but cloudy finishes.

What is bark river compound?

Could you show the finished product after your applied the chemical to get damascus pattern back?

A little perk in my opinion about white whetstones, you can see all the steel shavings clearly :)

morning Mate. or afternoon in Holland. your whetstone holder. does it have stainless steel guides.....if so.....where did you purchas it ? Cheers.

You'll never get much of a mirror finish off of any stone with all that swarf building up. Ya gotta rinse that shit off once in awhile!

it's possible to cut paper towels? I have much to learn.

Only Diamond that’s gonna give you the perfect mirror finish mostly from Diamond emulsion

Do you find that the naniwa stone is quite soft?

After you used the nagura stone did you wash off the slurry or keep it on? I started getting waterstones in the same line as these kuromaku ones and was wondering if I should get matching grit nagura stones or if there is a kind of one grit works for all higher grit stones and a grit works for lower grit stones. I have my find dmt diamond stone to flatten before and while using which is 600 grit and a xcoarse dmt for when I really need to flatten which is 220 grit. I have a king kds 1k/6k stone and just got a 6k nagura stone for the 6K side and was wondering when I get a 8k ha no kuromaku should I get a 8k nagura or will 6k work? Or at the 8k mark do you want a nagura to create a slurry as well as flatten and use the slurry instead of washing it off. Hope that's not all confusing. Main question is should I get matching grit nagura stones for each one? And do you think I should get a 12k kuromaku or will the 8k and strop be just fine for nice mirrored edges? And one last thing, I have a 320 kuromaku for my lowest because I am trying to cover the entire range to make it so I don't need to use my diamond stones for low grits and serious reprofiling but I was wondering if you think the 320 would be low enough or should I get the 220 or even 120 in the shapton kuromaku line. Hope you can make sense of all this and answer all of it simply haha. Great video

Naniwa don't do well in water. And they are the best toothy edge deburring whetstones. Also great polishing whetstones. Naniwa also don't sharpen well. Naniwa is a polishing and deburring whetstones.

Get some diamond spray it polishes really well

so, what stone you are prefers to?

Where can i get those & about how much?

I really want some good sharpening stones do you know some cheap but good wetstones?

this is not nearly a mirror finish. u need a fast turning polishingwheel. stones are good to polish the very edge but a big surface like the side of a knife has to be done with fast wheel and with a special technique.....not possible with even the best fastest finest stone. buy 2 buffer wheels and mount it on a bench grinder. you be much faster, you end up with a real mirror and NO you don't overheat the edge if you know what you are doing.

what's the point of chasing mirror finish? it doesn't mean anythings, for the price I would rather buy a good Jnat

apparently anything past 8k isnt even worth considering because its all marketing and nothing past 8k is accurately ground