A man in Montreal sent me a knife that he found in a cupboard that had been there for 15 years. He didn't know what it is or, just that it is a knife but I enjoy bringing knives like this back to life or trying to anyway.
I alway find it amazing that at the end of the job, in this case, four hours, about 75% of the time is spent on a coarse stone, in this case a Naniwa Lobster 180 and Shapton Glass 220.
The Kanji reads "Registered" "Tohgoro" which I have never heard of, many think it is an old Tojiro.
I'm sure the knife cost less than $50.00 new. The blade road was the hardest part to do, and it is not perfect by any means. I spent two hours just trying to flatten it out and I think I drained the life out of a new Sharpie. The edge was in terrible condition, but that was the easy part. These projects are a real test of patients and everytime I do one, the same thing happens. It changes from me trying to satisfy the customer to me trying to meet my own standards, I know the customer will be pleased, it's trying to get every little micro scratch out that is often beyond me without the use of power tools. All I can do is do what I can do.
