Hey wako, It is an honor to see our strop in your video! The 0.5 micron is actually 1 micron. It equals 14.000 grit which is about the same as white compound (12.000 grit) so you are very correct. Diamond compound in my opinion starts shining on steels with harder carbides like powdered steels with a lot of vanadium in it. I too use white compound for my softer steels but feel like this diamond compound is superior for super steels. I also feel like 1 micron leaves a toothier edge with more bite which should be better for cutting deer skin for hunting. For us this compound is the only one so far we liked better than bark river compound. The 0.25 (100.000 grit) is indeed a real finisher after 1 micron. Especially nice for kitchen knives but often 1 micron or white compound will be enough. Glad you liked the strop! Happy 2019 and I hope your hunting season is good! Take care and all. The best.

Good to see you doing knife videos again!

THE MASTER IS FINALLY BACK AT IT ! ! !

I’d love to see a knife collection video. I don’t recall you doing one in the last several years!

You were the first channel I watched when I got into knife sharpening over 7 years ago. So glad to see you still posting videos.

So glad to see you still posting. I was one of the first 10-15 people to follow you and watched your vids religiously. You used to post at such a high rate I kinda knew it wouldn’t last as it can be so much work. I’m very thankful when you find the time to still make vids. I wish you all the best

Happy New Year, Doctor. Great videos. Thank you for uploading.

Wako Dear Man, You're gone for a long time and I missed you, I missed the reviews of the sharpening stones and also the fishing videos in the streams and the sushi preparation, i miss you a lot. thank you Dear Man.

Nice to see you back. Happy new year.

It is wonderful that you are making knife video's again!

Hello Dr. As always, so happy to see your knife knowledge and hear your words of advice. Please continue 👍😀

Even after 4 times watching your videos I still learn. Each time a new window opens to my mind. My perception of sharpening. Yesterday I sharpened my BRKT CDPH to the point that it whittles a single hair.

Hello Wako! Long time viewer of 8 years! Your videos are always a welcoming and relaxing part of my day. I hope to see more of your videos in the near future! Happy New Year!!

I was very happy to see that you posted a new video. Thank you.

So very good to see you sharpening again I really missed you awesome video please more sharpening videos and barkriver knife reviews

So glad to see a video from you, one of my favorite channels

Great to see another video from you, King! 👑

I think you make your knives look even more beautiful when you convex and sharpen them :) they look used but taken care of. I'm glad I started watching your videos more than 5 years ago and started learning to sharpen myself, I've become very good at it - just creating and removing a burr is very easy for me now and can be done in just a couple minutes, or I can relax and fully sharpen a dull or brand new knife in ¬20 minutes. Thank you Wako-san, hope you and your wife & daughter are doing well and happy new year!

So happy to see you. Greetings from England ! You made my day with your great video

Good to see you back!!! great video! I have to try some of the diamond spray!

Hello Virtouvice, Happy new year to you, not sure if you celebrate it over your way, but wish you and your family all the best for 2019, Yes how bout an update on your knife collection. Thanx for the good sharpening video, no one does it better than you. Cheerz from New Zealand.

Fantastic to see you again!

Finally a sharpening video again! Please keep them coming :)

i missed this kind of videos from you man! thanks!. BTW that tilting the blade but keeping it always perpendicular to the length of the stone is exactly how i was doing it (learned that from sharpening straight razors with smiley edge), to maintain the edge thickness uniform, glad to see i was not wrong :)

We missed you! Thank you for this video

Beautifully sharp

Finally you come back in 2019.. We all miss you.. Keep uploading your video.. We all always waiting your new video sir.. Greeting from MALAYSIA 🇲🇾🇲🇾🇲🇾

Been waiting for this!!!! Thanks wako!!! Love your videos

I'm a bit late to this party, but wanted to say thank you for teaching me so much through your videos.

Hello 👋 long time not seen you but any videos nice to see you again 👍🏻

Remember when DBK made videos like this?

I am so glad this is DBK strop. Happy times

Glad to see the new video wako, repping that DBK merchandise I see

Where have you been? Good to see you back! Hope all is well!

Where have you been friend ,good to see you back

Nice to see you again I’d be interested to hear what you think of the sharpness retention I like my F1 but don’t use it enough to see it’s potential

I look forward to your knife sharpening videos over all others on youtube.. super fan👍. Was wondering if you ever tried straight razor sharpening .. I'd love to see you put an edge on one

Kool your using dbk's items! That's awesome

good to see you back. Thank you for sharing.

Welcome back!

@virtouvice your back!!!!!!! We've missed you!!!

Very nice. Any stag videos this year?

Hi love your videoes as always. Have you tried the Tormek-PA-70 honing paste? I like it.

Best Wishes from Bonnie Scotland !!!

Good to see that DBK strop ;)

Whatcha been up to doc?? Good seeing you

Very effective. Thank you.

We have a comment from the DBK boys on a Virtuvice tutorial all we need now is Chris from PM101 and we have all the favourites in one place. I too have a DBK strop it’s very good indeed....

Welcome back good sir . I prefer the smooth side of the leather for stropping rather than the rough as in that dbk strop as you have to only sweep the blade in one direction when it's like that as you go against the grain half the time. Plus it gives a poorer edge in my opinion as you have loads of rough little peaks and troughs to deal with rather than smooth side leather. Also have you tried the blue compound called "smurf poo" in the UK. It's good to use before the white compound.

Hi, Wako! Would you consider doing a collection update video for 2019?

Hello knife people,good to see a vid you will make the Dutch bushcraft girls so proud😉

Nice videoF1 steel is pretty hard, did you try DMT diamond stones for edge repair ?

Great video

Are you still hunting deer? would love to see some more hunting vids, thanks mate! all the best for the new year.

great video

Hello Wako san, I love watching you videos, you are the mister miyagi of knives, compound on, compound off lol. Wondering if you ever sell any of your knives you dont use anymore? Regards Dave

That strop! Ooooo baby

💥I missed the Videos💥✌🏼

Shocking how the strop compound does THAT much. Wow So is BRK "White" best always?

Hello virtuovice, can you please do a video of Bark river gunny VS gunny hunter?

💪👍👍👍

would it be possible to add english captions on your japanese channel? i miss your regular uploads so much

Good

I'll take white compound over diamond any day. I've just never benefited like others, when using them.

To deburr i would Start on a 1 micron diamond Emulsion and after that the 0.5

Where are you vituovice! We miss your videos!

What naguro stone did you use ?

Honzo Hatori edge 😎

明けましておめでとう ございます

Sweeeeeet

MORE VIDEOS PLEASE... We miss u man. Love is love!!!

Doc where is all the videos of hunting and knife sharpening? I am going I to withdrawal. I hope all is well my friend

You have a knife you don’t need and want to sell?

Wow u are back! My first knife channel! U seems will not collect folding knifes? Are u?

If you have "edge troubles" why do you start at 2k grit? Seems like a waste of good stone.

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HELLO KNIFE PEOPLE

The stropping sounds like you have the wrong angle. Usually the blade should be even flatter on the leather than on the stone. Sounds creepy.

DBK!!

hola tan facil parece pues no lo es el falkniven tiene un acero un poco duro un saludo

It will cut 🤣😜

JAPAN SHOULD REPLACE CALIFORNIA 🇯🇵 I have spoken.

This guy is awesome with knives, but also a big actor. His accent is soo fake! This you can hear by pronouncing the same words different in every video. This accent doesn’t even exist. But okay, I am not an hater. Love this guy’s videos. Just saying.

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