My 25 Years of Hand Sharpening: Navigating Challenges and Mastery

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In this radio-style video, we filmed Ivan's 25 years of experience with Japanese kitchen knives and his current commitment to hand sharpening.
When Ivan started his business with Japanese kitchen knives 25 years ago, it was very difficult to get information in Canada. Of course, at that time there was very little information about kitchen knives and sharpening through social media and other means. He talks about his sharpening and kitchen knife business in Canada and his experience working closely with full-fledged sharpeners and forgers in Japan up to the present, what he hopes to achieve with his handsharpening, his struggles with the stones that are involved, and how his sharpening life has changed in recent years with the introduction of NSK Kogyo's stones.
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Hello, we, Ivan and Yuka have a unique experience of Japan through our business and life such as rich Japanese culture, exquisite crafts, breathtaking natural landscapes, beautiful foods and exciting travel, we share what we feel through our business and our lives. By sharing such our experiences, we hope that you will enjoy through our videos!

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@mijzelfmaardanik 2 ай бұрын

My new Favorite channel !

@ivanyuka-japan 2 ай бұрын

Thank you, we could reach many great follower as well!

@swamp.stomper 2 ай бұрын

Great video. So far I’m enjoying the direction that things are moving. Thanks for sharing your sharpening world with us!

@Haydt456 5 ай бұрын

Ivan you’re quickly becoming my favorite KZfaq videos to watch!

@AlexPedersen123 5 ай бұрын

keep them coming!

@djevilm 5 ай бұрын

Omg Ivan, only yesterday I was wondering about who you are and your knowledge of stones. You answered my question to quickly hehe ❤

@Nebulax123 5 ай бұрын

Really enjoy this series and I look forward to seeing how it develops. My house is also littered with stones of all types and varieties I have been at it since the sixties and also feel like I could always do better so I feel you are on the right track there, never be satisfied and you will always improve. While I hope the main thrust will be the sharpening itself I would also love from time to time hear your take on some of the stones you use. Maybe every once in a while do a deep dive on one or two. Bruce

@SC-wi9md 4 ай бұрын

More of this please. Would love to hear you talk about some of the projects you worked on, particularly some of the iconic knives and little known details or why you made decisions that you did to make them so iconic. Also, would be so good to see a bit of an explanation of what stood out about Tsukasa Hinoura's polishing. Love his knives

@ivanyuka-japan 4 ай бұрын

Thanks for the comments these are really interesting questions we will definitely include them in future content!!

@BlaiseRussotti 4 ай бұрын

Nearly 10 years ago I was fortunate enough to take two sharpening classes with you at Tosho. I was a young man starting my cooking and sharpening journey. I am forever grateful for that experience and these videos have been helping me find my love for sharpening again. Please continue to share your world and experiences with us.

@ivanyuka-japan 4 ай бұрын

Wow thanks so much !! I didn’t give many classes so thanks for attending. Sharpening seems at least for me a perpetual journey to find perfection, I’m very grateful for the support and kind words.

@Haganeaffutage 4 ай бұрын

Great video Ivan, thanks to share your experience, you should make some sharpening class I would be delighted to be part of it ! I think my next stone will be a NSK

@ivanyuka-japan 4 ай бұрын

Thanks so much !! Yes we are thinking about some online classes in the future

@Haganeaffutage 4 ай бұрын

@@ivanyuka-japan i Will be part of it for sure ;)

@kevintran3158 3 ай бұрын

You mention using different stones for specific goals. I'd be interested to hear about this since I only hear about using a few stones for Everything knife-sharpening related.

@ivanyuka-japan 3 ай бұрын

Thank you! Yes that’s right, this is a huge and interesting topic we will try to find the best way to cover it

@rodrigobatista9295 4 ай бұрын

Such a lovely vid, Ivan. Always great to hear a nudge of your experience and perspective on anything within this business. As you well said... There are so many incredible professionals out there today. You're still my main inspiration in the knife sharpening/polishing world, though. One day I hope I can meet you in person for a drink and a chat, in one of my trips to Japan... I love your work, and thank you for sharing bits of it. 🙏🏻

@ivanyuka-japan 4 ай бұрын

Thanks for the kind words! Next time your in Japan please let me know I’d be honored to meet you

@BACCHUS777 4 ай бұрын

Hope to see more videos with the Kawachi smith family in the future.

@ivanyuka-japan 4 ай бұрын

We definitely have more coming with Kawachi Kunihira

@jesusdanielmurrietadomingu4 4 ай бұрын

Podrías enseñarnos a hacer el “kasumi” no encuentro por ninguna parte una técnica explicada, saludos desde México y me gustan mucho tus videos,

@ivanyuka-japan 4 ай бұрын

Thank you for your request! We will put your request on our list for future video creation.

@enobil 5 ай бұрын

Thanks very much for sharing your experience and thoughts. I'd love to see technique ideas and practical jnat knowledge from you. I have less than 10 jnats currently and trying different usages with different naguras / steels / pressure / techniques. Enjoying quite a lot. My focus is about edge sharpening though. I sold my iron clad knifes before unfortunately. Stainless clad gyutos aren't too fun for polishing I think.

@ivanyuka-japan 4 ай бұрын

Thank you ! We definitely will start featuring natural and synthetic stone sharpening techniques in upcoming episodes.

@monvier2 5 ай бұрын

hello yvan . as a "blade beauty" enthousiast i'm interested in all aspect of blade manufacturing processing servicing etc... personally what im very interested in would be to learn how to sharpen im not in beginer i can do some flat sharpening) and polish my blade to reveal all the beauty of the material . i don't know what natural japanese stone type i should use as a beginner . so if you could help me to learn about this aspect i would be very happy .thanks for the videos . looking forward to discover more about this world in the coming videos.

@ivanyuka-japan 4 ай бұрын

Thank you ! A big part of what I hope to show on our channel is a diversity of polishing techniques not only from myself but other polishers.

@scharfermax 4 ай бұрын

Thank you Ivan! You're a master in the art of polishing, exuding perseverance and serenity. But since NSK are not only very expensive and - to my knowledge - only available via Tosho, demonstrations of techniques with detailed explanations (positions, pressure management on the stones, progressions, etc.) using more commonly available stones would be a great addition to the already helpful first batch of videos showcasing your work with the NSKs.

@ivanyuka-japan 4 ай бұрын

Thank you !! Yes definitely we will be going more into technique that can be used on any stone, as we get more and more comments it helps to know what people are interested in seeing. Thanks for the feedback and support

@user-xf4es7eh9y 4 ай бұрын

ive noticed many folks with russian sounding given names and spanish surnames. is this common?

@ivanyuka-japan 4 ай бұрын

I’m not sure actually, my father is Macedonian and mother Spanish that’s where my name comes from

@martins.5977 4 ай бұрын

Thank you for sharing your thoughts. Ivan, can you imagine to give something like a sharpening class here? I could learn a lot from you, others sure too.

@ivanyuka-japan 4 ай бұрын

I have thought about it, yes. Sharpening is such a physical things that trying to express and show real ideas through video has been challenging. That being said we may try a few through Tosho knife arts to see how it goes.

@martins.5977 4 ай бұрын

@@ivanyuka-japan yay. Looking forward to this. 👍