Is This Knife Beyond Saving? Restoring a Rusty, Moldy Kisuke Manaka Kiritsuke
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- čas přidán 30. 04. 2023
- Join Naoto, the sharpener extraordinaire at Knifewear, as he takes on the ultimate challenge: restoring a rusty, mouldy Kisuke Manaka Kiritsuke knife back to its former glory! Watch as Naoto showcases his skills in repairing even the most damaged knives, with insider tips and tricks for restoring blades that seem beyond repair. With a combination of patience, expertise, and a true love for the craft, Naoto proves that no knife is truly beyond saving.
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The time and patience for these types of this is always interesting. The restoration is amazing
What a beautiful restoration Naoto!
Love the restoration. One of my favorite videos so far. I also enjoy the failures and fixes along the way. Not everything goes to plan. Thank you for showing the whole process. The knife looks awesome
such a beautiful handle, great job!
Gorgeous restoration
Thank you! Cheers!
I love a good restoration video. I would *not* have been willing to put in the time and effort to fix this monster, but for the content? Anything is possible.
Thanks naoto.
Next time try soaking in evapo-rust, it’s almost like magic. Still might have needed to thin the blade afterwards if there was any pitting on the actual apex (or where you want the apex to be) but most likely would not have to thin after using evapo-rust for anything other than aesthetic reasons
Evaporust would at least require less scrubbing, make any remaining surface oxidation easier to remove.
Naoto, I know its an older video, but I have used the same rust remover spray for decontaminating auto paint and wheels on my bonsai tools and it worked great. That along the Sabitoru erasers are my to-go items now.
That's super handy, thank you!
I feel like you guys have been getting even better with the camera work.
Always love the content guys
Thank you! Invested in a new lens this year and I've been having all kinds of fun with it. More to come!
@@KnifewearKnives well. It looks great!
the handle breaking montage was my favorite part lol
Fantastic job!
Can you please tell me how did you remove deep rust from kurouchi?
I believe the buffing wheel helped with the rust in the crevices! He also went in with the edge of a square rust eraser for precision.
Incredible! Question: could you sandblast the knife with glass beads to remove the rust and then grind it to polish? Or would that hurt the material?
A lot of knives we carry are sandblasted! That said, I'm not sure what they blast it with, but it's worth a try!
Ah I had one of those giant aoto, it was a bit smaller but still 15 lbs. Tan color Kanto aoto
Such a righteous job!
From a business standpoint however, was it worth the labor cost of the restoration? If it’s an expensive knife, I would suppose so.
As far as adding cool stuff to our Garage Sale and making a video, totally worth it! It's a huge amount of work though.
I thinned two of my knives and I am having trouble getting my kasumi finish back. If I were to send it in, does it go to Calgary to Naoto’s team or it goes to one of nearby stores?
We can definitely help! Our mail in sharpening service goes directly to Naoto, please include a note that you'd like a super nice Kasumi finish.
knifewear.com/products/knife-sharpening-mail-in-service
The siracha water bottle with googly eyes is on pointe.
Where can I find that wheeled whetstone machine? That would really help me in labor when I thin my knives.
Hey, I'm not sure where we got them but the brand is Hoyo!
Can you give more details as to what happened?
Also would you be able to do a video showing the difference between rust and patina. I've been really struggling to tell, especially from onion patinas as they are naturally an orange or brown colour.
It was lost in the mail and looks like it was submerged in water- might've gotten tossed in a snowbank for the winter. It came back soggy this spring but we were able to revive it! And definitely, I can put that in the queue for ya! I find my onion patinas tend to be a warm grey, if it's too brown it's inching into that rust territory.
Scratch it with your fingernail. If it's smooth, it's patina; if it feels rough, high chance of it being rust..
TBH I get really lazy and if one or two spots feel a little rough but I can't confirm, life goes on as usual with wiping and keeping the knife dry.
Does the rust eraser erase the Ku finish as well?
It actually held pretty well, I was surprised!
Beautiful work but what an intensive method. You will need to throw away that buffing wheel as you just contaminated it with rust. The next knife you try to buff will be scratched by the rust and also be impregnated with micro particles of rust that will make that knife rust when it shouldn't. The way to quickly get through this is first use a brass wire wheel to knock off all the rust then a non woven abrasive wheel or belt to resurface the knife, it would take 5 minutes or so. Btw I own a knife sharpening company and have done a few hundred similar projects
I couldn't find it on your website, can you post the link in the description?
It'll be up and available to see later this week!
@@KnifewearKnives wohooo
I want that machine.
What sharpening wheel do you use?
The brand is Hoyo- not sure if they're available for retail but they do have their own website.
damn where do you find these handles? can't seem to find anny real nice ones in europe :(
We mostly import them from suppliers in Japan!
This is why I only ship knives by pigeon
The only logical solution, really.
Use oily , brushing.flames , heat ...done, do polished.
I am restoring much more rusted knives. Every aogami deserves for another chance
Canada Post Represent!!!! LOL
Nah more like UPS
At least the knife was found eventually. The Finnish Post once lost an entire issue of a newspaper.
Gah dam thats a big stone
Beautiful restoration! As I am a scientist, I suggest the following scientific experiment to determine, if this knife is shippable via postal service or has some inherent properties to prevent that with repeated outcome from the last time. Send the knife to a very trustworthy person (me) who will document the state on possible arrival in great details. PM me for my address :D
Brilliant! Do you take shipments via carrier pigeon?
@@KnifewearKnives As a matter of fact, the people who lived here before us used the attic as a pigeon house, so it is not a deal breaker 😂
17:47 I get nervous seeing you pushing in that handle without protection.
You need to tell people the buffing wheel is the most dangerous thing you can use. It will take the knife from your hands faster than you can blink.
Absolutely. All of our staff have months of training before they touch a wheel; this is intended as entertainment more than instructional DIY!
I know someone who died like that.
Evaporust is your friend if you like to do less work :p
Naoto normally: I wrap the handle so it doesn't bexome yucky.
Naoto this time: I wrap the handle because it's yucky! 🤢
100% 😂