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Have you guys seen this fellow make a pasta knife?

In any case, this clip where he restores a rusted deba seemed packed full with all manner of info I've been gleaning from folks on this forum, only here it is given visually;
Beginning with rust-removal by sanding (and the tools he used), and ending with a high-mirror finish (with low contrast).
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https://youtu.be/mUfK3iu7-N4
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I love this channel.
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10M+ views! Over 500 viewed it while I spent the 12 min. watching!
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I wish I had the skill to restore a knife like that in 12 minutes!
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Jeff B wrote: Fri Jun 08, 2018 3:42 pm I wish I had the skill to restore a knife like that in 12 minutes!
12 minutes? It took him well over 17hrs! Hahaha
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Altadan wrote: Fri Jun 08, 2018 7:19 pm
Jeff B wrote: Fri Jun 08, 2018 3:42 pm I wish I had the skill to restore a knife like that in 12 minutes!
12 minutes? It took him well over 17hrs! Hahaha
Yeah but in the video it only took 12 minutes. :P
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Yeah, dude has loads of patience. Rewarding to watch but frustrating to think about.
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It’s amazing he did that with mostly sandpaper and some elbow grease. Give the man a bench grinder!
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ChefKnivesToGo wrote: Wed Jun 13, 2018 7:46 am It’s amazing he did that with mostly sandpaper and some elbow grease. Give the man a bench grinder!
So he can impale his foot! :D
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Yesterday I got my hands on a tiny little Takashima tomae, and happily brought my own Tanaka Deba to a similar mirror finish. Bliss.
Now to figure out how to get some more contrast there. Perhaps just a wee-bit of patina
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My wife is going to think I’m crazy when she finds all the sponges cut into pieces.
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Sheesh. That’s a very patient person, impressive.
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ChefKnivesToGo wrote: Wed Jun 13, 2018 7:46 am It’s amazing he did that with mostly sandpaper and some elbow grease. Give the man a bench grinder!
For sure it is, talk about tendinitis inducing. On the other hand...12 million views and the money that comes with it...maybe he can afford a robot arm. ;)
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bench grinder would chew through that lol
he did it the only proper way
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Haha. I admit I watched it. But the millions of hits are clearly from his other videos. Making knives from cardboard, pasta, carbon fiber, and all in a tiny Japanese apartment...this guys has created a following the hard way! Good for him.
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Top watch and ten out of ten for patience :)..
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Just saw this. Wow that fella has a lot of patience. I wonder what he’s using to wrap the sandpaper around. It’s quite impressive.
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Peter Nowlan wrote: Thu Mar 21, 2019 6:29 am ...I wonder what he’s using to wrap the sandpaper around...
Looks like a rubber door stop wedge.
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