The Best Way to Sharpen Japanese Knives? 10 Years to Develop This Technique

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Knifewear's master knife sharpener Naoto Fujimoto is super serious about sharpening, and has spent over 10 years developing his skills. Over the years, he has developed the ultimate way to sharpen Japanese knives on whetstones alongside master blacksmith Masashi Yamamoto and master sharpener Masashi Fujiwara. Nerd out about knife sharpening and learn a top-secret new skill!
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Ten Years of Training 0:00
What is 4-D Sharpening? 0:58
How to Sharpen Like Naoto 3:46

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@GrantHendrick Жыл бұрын

I listened this morning. What a great video. Fun new intro and knife animation. Best of all was sharing great information!

@knife.spa.berlin Жыл бұрын

Would be interesting to see how you do the microbevel. I mean how to sharpen the back convex and blend it in to the not convex tip. Anyway thanks for showing that technique

@SvendSvin1721 Жыл бұрын

Nice clear instructions for this intro to "distal bevel" if you will. I've talked with Naoto about this before, and it has made a noticeable difference in the cutting ability of several of my VG10 knives. I haven't tested this with higher rockwell knives yet, but so far my knives in the 60-61 range have benefited tremendously from this technique.

@KnifewearKnives Жыл бұрын

That's awesome to hear!

@garnetsuss4881 6 ай бұрын

This is a great video!

@Alex25CoB Жыл бұрын

Love the nerdy sharpening stuff! Also the music in the background fckin ROCKS!! You guys at Knifewear are a treasure!

@KnifewearKnives Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much!

@oracleocp Жыл бұрын

Very similar to what you see see on a Hado or Tanaka x Kyuzo. Certainly makes for a tip that glides though onion and the like.

@richardlawton1023 Жыл бұрын

Nice info. I agree with the thinning of the first 1/4-1/3 rd of that knife. Especially for vegetable use. Definitely hit rods the cutting ability. Those diamond Naniwa stones are costly. Thanks

@KnifewearKnives Жыл бұрын

They ain't cheap, but they're amazing to sharpen on!

@mfreeman313 Жыл бұрын

Interesting. The concept certainly makes sense for push cutting. I've done a fair bit of thinning on modest knives that needed a performance boost but never even thought about this idea. I'm working on other skills so for now I'll file it away.

@KnifewearKnives Жыл бұрын

Let us know when you try it out!

@mfreeman313 Жыл бұрын

@@KnifewearKnives Might take a while but will do. One thing I'm thinking is this sort of thing could be a factor when a knife seems to outperform its specs.

@DS-pb1hh Жыл бұрын

Such a cool intro😂! Nicely done!

@KnifewearKnives Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@johnOXman Жыл бұрын

I’m pretty sure this is the knife that arrived for me today. Third knife from knife wear, but this one was a laser out of the box, no need to polish the edge.

@KnifewearKnives Жыл бұрын

That's awesome!

@barbacoabrothers742 Жыл бұрын

Awesome. Thank you. Missing power hour!!

@KnifewearKnives Жыл бұрын

We're back next week!

@Owieczkin Жыл бұрын

Jokes aside, the model shown at 1:56 is awesome! I hope you'll use it more often 😉

@KnifewearKnives Жыл бұрын

Thank you! We hope to

@Robinson.69 Жыл бұрын

Unfortunately I have all four Atoma stones… What exact diamond stone is it again that you use? Thanks for sharing your experience Naoto!! 🔥🔥

@Robinson.69 Жыл бұрын

Okay Naniwa 400, got it :))

@turing2376 Жыл бұрын

Is there water on the wheel or its just slow enough you don't worry about overheating, or i would just be curious what you have to say about that in general.

@KnifewearKnives Жыл бұрын

It has water! There's a reservoir under the wheel and the spinning action pulls it up onto the stone.

@turing2376 Жыл бұрын

@@KnifewearKnives ahh, nice. Thanks 👍

@willystreitz4297 Жыл бұрын

How is this machine called?

@einundsiebenziger5488 Жыл бұрын

... or is* it* just slow enough so* you don't have to worry about overheating?* ...

@quietsharpener Жыл бұрын

Nice Star Fox intro

@KnifewearKnives Жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@beno2782 6 ай бұрын

Nice video, gretings from Slovenia (europe)😊 I'm looking for that kind off sharpening whell like on the video... Can please help me with some info.? Thanks a lot 😊🔪🗡️🪓

@KnifewearKnives 6 ай бұрын

Hey! I don't know where we got it, but the brand name is HOYO if that helps!

@beno2782 6 ай бұрын

Thank you very much, I will check online 😊👍🏼

@Robinson.69 Жыл бұрын

Naoto, do you think a Atoma 1200 would fit for that purpose?

@Robinson.69 Жыл бұрын

i have a teruyasu fujiwara 240 gyoto to thin out, but i will not risk too deep scratches...

@KnifewearKnives Жыл бұрын

Naoto says that would work, it'll just be a bit slow!