How We Sharpen Japanese Knives on Tormek

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  • @mokoham2471
    @mokoham2471 Před 3 lety +3

    日本語ですいません。 もし読めたら よろしくお願いします!
    和包丁は 裏から研いでしまうと 裏すき と言う反りが無くなってしまうので 表から研ぎ シノギ部分を刃先にかけて同じ角度で研ぎ 裏にかえりを出し かえりが出たのを裏を研ぎ除去する程度がいいです!
    動画の感じだと 裏から小刃を作っていますが 片刃の和包丁は ハガネが 裏面にあり 両刃の刃先にしてしまうと 軟鉄部分が尖ってしまうので 気をつけてください!

    • @knifegrindersaustralia5158
      @knifegrindersaustralia5158  Před 3 lety +1

      Makes a lot of sense, thank you.

    • @manchagojohnsonmanchago6367
      @manchagojohnsonmanchago6367 Před 2 lety

      @@knifegrindersaustralia5158 yes lamination is thin on the laminated blades . sharping the flat edge from undersneath thins it more.. soft iron is ontop and the thin hard steel underneath.. its best to just smoothen the underside on a handstone or fine diamond plate. it dosnt take long .. it is better to bring the bevel from the top side to the burr only

  • @Ripper7620
    @Ripper7620 Před 5 lety +5

    Thank you very much for your instructional videos, they are the best I have found on how to make full use of the Tormek sharpening systems. I haven't owned a Tormek for several years, & the model I owned was the green Super grind 2000. I mainly used it to sharpen Henckels 5 star kitchen knives of all sizes, from pairing knives to 12' chef's knives, as well as the 5 star cleaver. Although I've probably done at least 100 sharpenings, to be sure, I am a mere amateur. Going only on what little common sense I had, I chose to always sharpen away from the edge, believing that this would remove as little material from the knives as necessary, and thus prolong their life. In watching your videos, I have seen you sharpen both toward & away from the edge of the cutting instrument, and so my question is, how do I know when to sharpen away from the edge, as well as how do I know when to sharpen into the edge?

    • @knifegrindersaustralia5158
      @knifegrindersaustralia5158  Před 5 lety +2

      This is explained in my Knife Deburring book - grinding into the edge produces a smaller burr that is easier to deburr.

  • @StephanBieker
    @StephanBieker Před 4 lety +2

    I like your scientific approach.

  • @NORTHWESTKNIFEGUY
    @NORTHWESTKNIFEGUY Před 4 lety +4

    That edge came out real well, nice work! 12:50, that has gotta be the largest hanging strop I've ever seen, I love it! :-)

    • @jsvedjefalt
      @jsvedjefalt Před 3 lety +1

      Agree, it's awesome. Gotta get one

  • @johnklein4558
    @johnklein4558 Před 4 lety +3

    Thank you Doctor Vadim. Great video with detailed explanations.

    • @ThekiBoran
      @ThekiBoran Před 3 lety

      Yes, this is advanced level sharpening. A lot of those weekend warriors need to learn from Vadim, (maybe buy a product or 2 or 5?). I hope he ships to the US. I recently made a few purchases from the UK and the shipping costs were absolutely acceptable, I hope it's the same with KG.

  • @kens4741
    @kens4741 Před 4 lety +5

    Vadim, another outstanding video. Keep up your stellar work.

  • @tairobert6377
    @tairobert6377 Před rokem +1

    Thanks for Sweden's Son, had to give us grinding technical.
    Greatest wishes to you out Hanoi
    (Lerhling- U60 aus IFA kombinat)

  • @user-ih7me3hj4c
    @user-ih7me3hj4c Před rokem +1

    片刃の和包丁の裏は平らな砥石にベタで当てないと…まあ、刃は付くとは思うんですが、円で刃先だけ当てて研いだらホロウになる→裏刃先の鋼が薄くなって出刃としては強度不足に陥りそうな気がします
    うまく伝わってくれるとよいのですが

  • @FearNoSteel
    @FearNoSteel Před 5 lety +39

    I have great respect and admiration for your work Vadim but I disagree with how you sharpened this single bevel. You added a bevel at the backside of the knife. The uraoshi has now been rendered ineffective. Also it appears to have a giant secondary bevel on the kireha which will reduce the cutting ability, make it wedge more. A Kasumi finish is not a seperate bevel, it is a finish designed to distinguish the soft cladding with a Misty finish and the hard cutting steel near the edge with a bright mirror.

    • @knifegrindersaustralia5158
      @knifegrindersaustralia5158  Před 5 lety +7

      I appreciate your highlightening these moments. The more we discuss, the better understanding we get. Overall, sharpening Japanese single-bevel knives on the wheels will never equal in quality with that sharpened by a master on bench stones by classic canons. For us sharpening them on Tormek is a trade-off in volume sharpening, while for individual sharpeners it is an alternative since one does not need to be a Japanese master to sharpen them our way.
      The polishing SJ stone wheel has grains of 2-3 micron, I can't see how that fine an abrasive can add any bevel to the flat backside of a blade polished on it horizontally, parallel to the top of the Tormek - it polishes only a a narrow strip next to the edge.
      Single bevel Japanese knives we've sharpened all come with the secondary bevel from the maker - I may be missing your point, but we only reproduce it with due diligence.

    • @FearNoSteel
      @FearNoSteel Před 5 lety +11

      @@knifegrindersaustralia5158first off, big fan of your work, I enjoyed reading your deburring book and the experiments you have done with edge Stability, hardness, etc. Vadim, Thanks for sharing such wonderful details to all. Now for single bevels, I'm aware there is a secondary but it is a microbevel "koba" rather than a well defined compound bevel with two distinct shionogi lines "shoulder" it's not just a cosmetic thing but it will change how the knife will function and the maintenance of the knife. It is a self thinning design. Sharpening like this will wear out the knife prematurely and it won't function the way it was intended too. I think you are a brilliant person. You'll figure out how to replicate the Geometry on the Tormek I'm sure. Just thought I'd add my 2¢ on the subject. Especially since I've had to repair knives that were sharpened like this so and it was a lot of work. You have great skill with sharpening and you should feel very proud, I look forward to seeing the solution in the future. Cheers
      -Shawn

    • @knifegrindersaustralia5158
      @knifegrindersaustralia5158  Před 5 lety +5

      Ah I see what you mean. Thank you for clarifying this. Do you think an extra honing step of smoothing away the "shoulder" can help, to a degree at least?

    • @FearNoSteel
      @FearNoSteel Před 5 lety +4

      @@knifegrindersaustralia5158 yes, I'd blend it, that would be more like a "hamaguri" (clamshell/convex) grind. I'm curious if you could lay the uraoshi down on the side of the wheel where it is flat. It is hollow ground on the back side of the knife, so only the spine and down by the edge touch, that way it doesn't omit the features of the design.

    • @knifegrindersaustralia5158
      @knifegrindersaustralia5158  Před 5 lety +5

      Shame on me! I have the Tormek MB-100 to work on the side of the wheel, but did not think of it.
      You've started me thinking of an entirely different approach - we can grind bevels on the flat side face of our CBN wheels and eliminate that hollowness in the bevel that comes from the wheel altogether.

  • @sylvioks
    @sylvioks Před měsícem

    Great work! Thanks for sharing it with us. Just bought you book ! It is a great material!

  • @mattjak2828
    @mattjak2828 Před 2 lety +2

    With the slight curvature of the strop as you push into it, are you not concerned about it rolling the edge over somewhat? My understanding is that that is one of the main reasons for having a superbly flat/true strop.
    Lovely video regardless!

  • @Platoface
    @Platoface Před 3 lety

    I am amazed by your precision. I hope to emulate at some point.

  • @johnklein4558
    @johnklein4558 Před 5 lety +2

    Wow! That’s a VERY sharp knife! Thank you!

  • @GNU_Linux_for_good
    @GNU_Linux_for_good Před 4 lety +12

    13:30 Holy crap! Sure: if someone has written a book about *knife deburring* , you wouldn't expect less. *This* is *sharpening overkill* .

  • @stejoh_
    @stejoh_ Před 2 lety

    This makes me wanna read everything and have all those tools. 😍

  • @jsvedjefalt
    @jsvedjefalt Před 3 lety

    Super great video! Thank you so much for your work👍🏻🔪

  • @user-wr6wo6vr8r
    @user-wr6wo6vr8r Před 4 lety +3

    Would you put a micro bevel on the flat side of a chisel?

    • @ThekiBoran
      @ThekiBoran Před 3 lety +1

      I'm a journeyman finish carpenter, I'm definitely no master, but generally you wouldn't want any bevel on the flat side of a chisel. Maybe there's some unique situations where you would want a bevel on both sides but generally no. Just my opinion.

  • @Poraqui
    @Poraqui Před 3 lety +1

    Outstanding

  • @scottydudley5700
    @scottydudley5700 Před 2 lety

    Could you show/explain how you clamp the jig on a single bevel knife with a concave backside? Thanks

  • @rayhill7613
    @rayhill7613 Před 2 lety

    WOW outstanding video

  • @jackbyrnes3223
    @jackbyrnes3223 Před 2 lety

    Q: Why do you use your process to find the right angle rather than use the Tormek angle master?

  • @scottydudley5700
    @scottydudley5700 Před 2 lety

    Another great video.
    How do you clamp the concave back blade in a Tormek jig?
    Shims?
    I have been trying, but cannot get the overall blade parallel with the jig axis.
    Thanks

  • @TormekAR
    @TormekAR Před 4 lety +1

    Great job!!

  • @Peter_Gijsbers
    @Peter_Gijsbers Před 3 lety

    hello,
    i was wondering where you would put the angle finder if you have a bevel on both sides of the knife, because if you put the angle finder on the lower part you will get a different angle than the top portion

  • @stephenalexander8135
    @stephenalexander8135 Před rokem

    Great video , where can i get the soft wear for my laptop . Thanks

  • @Masterfighterx
    @Masterfighterx Před 3 lety +1

    It might work, but a Single bevel Japanese knife should only be sharpened on a completely flat stone.

    • @knifegrindersaustralia5158
      @knifegrindersaustralia5158  Před 3 lety

      Does anyone really think that in Japan the knife-making factories sharpen manually on water stones? The factories sharpen on powered wheels. Typically, a Japanese knife factory has 1-2 sharpeners who sharpen on several machines with stone wheels, and deburr on a buffer.

    • @ThekiBoran
      @ThekiBoran Před 3 lety

      But does it affect the flavor of the food, that's my question.

    • @manchagojohnsonmanchago6367
      @manchagojohnsonmanchago6367 Před 2 lety

      @@knifegrindersaustralia5158 no the better quality knives are generally ground on a flat wheel not a round one.. the wheel looks like a giant potter wheel with a hole in it.. this will put a full zero grind on the bevel.. these flat wheels can be cbn or stone.. this is vastly superior to the sharpeni g you performed in the video (you are very precice and work well, the iussue is the use of a round wheel.. which effects the edge geometry) you can buy correct sharpening machines from japan.. makita, ryobi, hatachi ect produce them.. small ones stary at about 100$ aud but a good one with a much larger stone is more.. the bigger the flat area of the stone the longer it lastsand quicker it works.. some machines in factories have a stone 80cm across like a giant flat donut.... you should invest in a smaller machine of this type.. 40 cm or co across.. you can sharpen planer blades..chisels, paper knives ect on them too.. on japanese online marketplaces 2nd had commercial ones can be quite cheap

  • @granthoribe461
    @granthoribe461 Před 4 lety

    When measuring the distance from the edge to the black guard of the jig, why not use the calipers to get the exact distance? why use the ruler with the block of wood?

    • @knifegrindersaustralia5158
      @knifegrindersaustralia5158  Před 4 lety

      The knife jig setting block main function is to align the knife edge parallel to the plane of the jig adjustable stop; the 2nd function is to measure the jig projection for use with our software.

  • @adamli7168
    @adamli7168 Před 4 lety

    can u just free hand push the ura side on the stone grinder without a jig ,see if the curve of the stone can concave grindthe whole surface of ura

  • @rshalish
    @rshalish Před rokem

    You're a wizard! Question, where did you get the Kangaroo strop from,thank you Roni ?

  • @gorodph
    @gorodph Před rokem

    What was Vadim's personal record on a BESS tester? What was the lowest number he has ever achieved, at what edge angle, and on what steel?

    • @adambowhuntz
      @adambowhuntz Před 11 měsíci

      I think he passed away

    • @gorodph
      @gorodph Před 11 měsíci

      @@adambowhuntz I know. Does anyone know his personal record on a PT50A tester?

    • @adambowhuntz
      @adambowhuntz Před 11 měsíci

      I think he's gotten into single digits I'm not 100% on that though

    • @gorodph
      @gorodph Před 11 měsíci

      @@adambowhuntz If it's true, he was good.

  • @alialmutawa6443
    @alialmutawa6443 Před 4 lety

    Good job 59 🥁

  • @kenos01
    @kenos01 Před rokem

    Have you tried regrinding the entire curved surface on the back side with the wheel? ie for rust repair

  • @mickeydee4954
    @mickeydee4954 Před 4 lety +1

    Realy??? Mate any engineer will have a big smile in his face watching this vid. Your software calculates the correct support hight based on various angles you have even measured with a laser? There is one very big mistake in your equation, "the blade radius"! Ups... What can I say?

    • @charlesrenaudat4717
      @charlesrenaudat4717 Před 4 lety

      Hello. Very true Mickey Dee. Why being so accurate measuring distances and diameters when traveling the blade holder // to the stone changes drastically this distance during sharpening operation? The knife holder has to translate AND rotate slowly on the guide for the blade edge to remain as much as possible // to the stone axis of rotation. The ideal should be to rotate the blade on the center of the blade radii center but unfortunately this is impossible.

  • @user-fy3gl8nr6h
    @user-fy3gl8nr6h Před rokem

    Excellent!
    Where can I buy the book?

  • @thomascooper193
    @thomascooper193 Před 3 lety

    How much did it cost to sharpen that knife? Thx Tad Cooper

  • @granthoribe461
    @granthoribe461 Před 4 lety

    I recently got the t-8 and haven’t worked much with it yet. But I’m wondering if you ever “curve” with the end of the blade and lift the black part of the jig? Or do you always keep the jig flush with the horizontal attached part all the way through?

    • @Diabolus1978
      @Diabolus1978 Před 2 lety +1

      U lift the up at the tip watch the water when it rises up on the blade. If u curve it u will not get a good tip

  • @arishzida6090
    @arishzida6090 Před 4 lety

    Hi could you send me full details of or name hist machine which country made the in thank you?

  • @sharpen-up
    @sharpen-up Před 4 lety

    You're a wizard! Question, what grit diamond plate do you use to flatten your stone?

  • @bethlubisch923
    @bethlubisch923 Před 3 lety

    Did you end up changing protocols after your discussion with Big Brown Bear?

  • @user-vy1xk4tk5i
    @user-vy1xk4tk5i Před 3 lety +1

    ราคาเท่าไหร่ครับอยากได้

  • @hj.mohammadhakimhashim960

    Tq sir

  • @mbks77
    @mbks77 Před 3 lety

    Can I download that handy little program from somewhere?

    • @knifegrindersaustralia5158
      @knifegrindersaustralia5158  Před 3 lety +1

      Sure, it would be unfair to show how we do it and not tell others the way. All info is on our website knifegrinders.com.au/11Shop.htm

  • @johnkantar3082
    @johnkantar3082 Před 3 lety

    where did you get the Kangaroo strop from,thank you

  • @tomrabe8037
    @tomrabe8037 Před měsícem

    You don't sharpen a Japanese knife on a coarse-grain grinder! Otherwise you have to Polish for a long time. White Belgian chunk for sharpening, Arkansas stone with Balistol honing oil bring the polish and the edge retention. Every carpenter's apprentice learns this at the beginning of their apprenticeship.

  • @jamesm3268
    @jamesm3268 Před 4 lety

    Where would I source the cbn wheels for the t8? Are these something you sell? Cheers located Brisbane.

  • @leemichel8199
    @leemichel8199 Před 5 lety +1

    doesn't the strop you have cause a slight convex over time

    • @knifegrindersaustralia5158
      @knifegrindersaustralia5158  Před 5 lety +3

      Hanging strops do impart micro-convexity through burnishing, strengthening the edge, as shown in SEM by Todd Simpson scienceofsharp.wordpress.com/2014/08/13/what-does-stropping-do/

    • @pd5156
      @pd5156 Před 4 lety

      strop with balsa wood and diamond paste.

  • @jrwqm142
    @jrwqm142 Před rokem

    I am amazed by your wonderful technique.
    However, you probably don't know the structure of Japanese knives.
    Please study about "Urasuki" and "Uraoshi". With that method, the performance of Japanese knives cannot be fully demonstrated.

  • @johnrus7661
    @johnrus7661 Před 3 měsíci

    I like what you are doing and how meticulous you are.
    But you should NEVER touch the flat side of a single bevel knife! That defeats the whole purpose, handling of a single bevel knife.
    When you finish sharpening through all the grits. The bur should be extremely minor and just the lightest stropping will get rid of it.

  • @ozzyplinkster8841
    @ozzyplinkster8841 Před 5 lety

    What angle do you set for the flat side

  • @AGC828
    @AGC828 Před 4 lety

    Ummm...one immediate problem with this tool..unless the cutting edge is flat and the knife rectangular the part of the bevel sharped will be uneven. :) Should be obvious.
    The best way to sharpen any knife is still using a whetstone..which unfortunately is the most difficult and requires some time to "learn enough to be semi-competent"...
    Not sure if even a hand-held manual sharpener would be better...like the Minosharp by Global..or a hand sharpener for Miyagi's 9-degree bevel knives by a Miyagi branded sharpener...not sure if that is set to 9-degrees too yet...I'm assuming it would be.

  • @ahall3823
    @ahall3823 Před 2 lety

    Never use a round stone to grind the flat side!

    • @knifegrindersaustralia5158
      @knifegrindersaustralia5158  Před 2 lety

      Not so categorically - large wheels are OK

    • @ahall3823
      @ahall3823 Před 2 lety

      @@knifegrindersaustralia5158 Sure. But 'large' needs to be much larger than what you were using in this video.

    • @knifegrindersaustralia5158
      @knifegrindersaustralia5158  Před 2 lety

      Grinding on the 250 mm wheel at 16-20 degrees gives a near flat edge, with very little concavity - human eye hardly can see any.

    • @ahall3823
      @ahall3823 Před 2 lety

      @@knifegrindersaustralia5158 sure, the human eye may find it difficult to see, however as soon as you try to sharpen on a flat stone, you will definitely see the indent! And a lot of time will need to be spent getting it back to flat. Flat surfaces should be sharpened on a flat stone.

    • @knifegrindersaustralia5158
      @knifegrindersaustralia5158  Před 2 lety

      But classic Japanese knives have concave backside, not flat at all. A few quotes for you:
      "Typically, on Japanese single bevel knives Ura is concave, not flat, and referred as Urasuki.
      The "urasuki" is the concave surface on the backside of the blade that creates an air pocket when the blade is slicing through food. This helps to reduce drag, so you can make faster, nicer cuts."

  • @RamBabu-kf8oy
    @RamBabu-kf8oy Před 4 lety

    How much machine sharpening

  • @Donegaldan
    @Donegaldan Před 26 dny

    Sharpening the flat back of a Japanese single bevel knife with a Convex round Tormek stone. NO.

  • @simonng156gl
    @simonng156gl Před 3 lety

    Only need to slice a tomato

  • @JeffSmith-eq3kc
    @JeffSmith-eq3kc Před 2 lety

    This is not how you sharpen a Japanese knife. You completely changed the grind. I'd be so upset if I sent a single bevel knife in and it came back like this.

  • @krom007
    @krom007 Před 4 lety +1

    i dont want to be a jerk, but this is just too much math for just sharpening a knife

    • @knifegrindersaustralia5158
      @knifegrindersaustralia5158  Před 4 lety +2

      Depends. E.g. at meat plants the boning knife must hold shaving edge for boning 10 pig carcasses, so that they can do the working shift load with 1-2 knives - and this is where our methods are used. In a regular restaurant our knives hold shaving edge for 3-4 weeks. knifegrinders.com.au/17ProprietaryEdge.htm

  • @HappyBonz4109
    @HappyBonz4109 Před 3 lety

    Kicking myself. Should have bought a t8

  • @abora3d755
    @abora3d755 Před 4 lety

    😅👍🏻

  • @monopolisttoolcompany9410

    С таким Русско-Украинским акцентом!)))))

    • @knifegrindersaustralia5158
      @knifegrindersaustralia5158  Před 5 lety +2

      Зато когда я говорю "Глядите, на моём ноже русская кровь", мои австралийские друзья понимают, что это я опять порезался, а не прорезал какого-нибудь русского :)
      И только русские понимают, что "рашн бляд" это может быть совсем не то что те подумали.

    • @fluggegecheimenn
      @fluggegecheimenn Před 4 lety

      Когда я услышал "хорошо" в начале видео, подумал показалось. Но когда увидел имя на книге плюс акцент - всё сложилось :) Приятно смотреть и слушать коллегу с такой глубокой компетенцией. А ещё порадовало понимание того, что вы живёте в Австралии и, вероятно, востребованы там; что всё у вас получилось. Привет из Санкт-Петербурга!

  • @TocilarulTimisorean
    @TocilarulTimisorean Před 2 lety

    Oh wow, you are destroying the geometry of that knife! This is not the way to sharpen a single bevel Deba or Yanagiba, Usuba !
    You should learn japanese knive's geometry specially these 3 i mentioned and the technique associated in sharpening this type of knives!
    I mean they are plenty of tutorials from japanese professionals that show how to sharpen them!
    The concavity (Uraoshi, Urasuki) has a purpose for this knife when cutting, and you are destroying it.

  • @PopovichAndru
    @PopovichAndru Před 4 lety

    Как не шифруйся...а Русский акцент непобедим!!!! Говори на родном языке!!! И пусть мир учит Русский язык!!!!

    • @knifegrindersaustralia5158
      @knifegrindersaustralia5158  Před 4 lety +1

      Это точно. Я думал у меня поставленный английский, пока не выложил своё первое видео на CZcams. Теперь слушаю себя и удивляюсь, как они вообще понимают что я там говорю.

    • @PopovichAndru
      @PopovichAndru Před 4 lety

      👍👍👍