Wait I apologize…was this a knife directly from the smith and sent to Ivan for finishing or was this knife a find and refurbished?

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yeah hope you can donate it?

Love it🙌 but I am just wondering how do I determine the grit of a natural stone? 😅 sorry I’m a noob

That's not 300x

Is it possible to get no marks?🙈

I am so glad the KZfaq algorithm showed me your channel. I have gone in just a few short days and watched all of your videos. I have been studying knife making and finishing for a long time while I was in the Army waiting to retire so I can start knife making myself. I have recently started watching about finishing Japanese chef knives but they have all been in Japanese with no English. It's funny because I work in an aerospace machine shop making parts for SpaceX and Blue Origin and my job is doing the finish and polish work. Rocket parts that have to connect to one another have a polish requirement. Everyone asks why I am so good and it is because of watching videos like yours. I hope you keep going with the videos, I could just sit and watch you all day.

Beautiful

ivan do you seal your stones?

Thanks for sharing this unique content!!!🎉

Fantastic 🤩 😍

inspiring work ! I'm always curious how do you keep the blade from rusting sharpening for long hours ?

K, obviously this was amazing… but now I want more 😅. We need a whole series with Mark. A stone video, a kato kitchen knife video, tsukasa, Shigefusa…. More please!

Holy cats!

I really envy you. I love you Kiyoshikato

Hey, again a superb video THX for upload Cheers from 🇦🇹 In the car is the steering wheel on the wrong side 🤔😭

Truly amazing. Best content EVER!!! Thank you

Hey how did you get the naniwa koma Nagura synthetic to curve down?

It’s basically just to buff the metal not sharpen right? In this case at least, looks cool

really fine work but I feel that you overcomplicate and extend it into a lengthier more involved process than required to each the same end result and I believe this is simply because you seem to enjoy it. I

Would it make any difference if one where to use a fluid other than water on the stones ? Something to reduce friction for instance like oil or windex

Is there any chances that you'd visit the topic of polishing with a fundamental video? I've seen lots of sharpening fundamental videos but not one about polishing

I am so blown away every time I see your work

expertly done!

Wow. That MUST be expensive

Whetstone galore, love your set up so much. I aim to have something similar one day.

what a treat from you to us! Crazy how you only has 2K sub, you deserve more man, really appreciate your videos.

Rock make sharp

Beautiful sword

It's the most sexyiest stone I've ever seen🍻 THX for upload Cheers from 🇦🇹

hey friend, a question: where to buy/discover new whetstones? Is there a list or sum? ty!

geazie .. molto istruttivo...

I truly hope that I can be at this level someday, awesome work as usual Ivan!

To put it in Ivan’s own words: “It’s like the hands that touch this were beyond human” ❤

Hey for that Ohira stone that took you 5 hours to pick. Is that a suita?

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Gorgeous work!

Beautiful 🤌🏻🤌🏻

めちゃくちゃかっこいい！

Thank you for another awesome video!! I preordered one of your funaki knives and I’m beyond excited to receive it. Watching this video makes that excitement grow even stronger. Can’t wait to see what’s next!

HI Ivan, I love your videos and I really think that the content you put on the internet is extremely valuable to us knifegeeks around the world. I really appreciate the time you take to explain the different steps and techniques around what you do and what you are trying to achieve. Your polish is some of the best I've ever seen! Thank you again fror the effort you (two) are putting into those videos and I really hope you will keep creating content for us for the future. Kind regards from Bulgaria

I'm upset that I didn't start watching this with afternoon coffee, it's the best time to dive in to a 40 minute video of interesting professional content. The after shots are truly showing an art form. It's beautiful. I swear that was the fastest 40 minutes I've experienced. I thought I was halfway through when Ivan said "this is the end of this series". This collection of natural stones is something like a library or museum collection. So many aren't split, cracked or chipped in a noticeably or major way it's rare for me to see. Usually you see only a few stones (speaking mainly of Japanese naturals) and even then they could be heavily split with very few being whole. The way of production takes me back to early school days when the teacher would show an educational documentary. The same vibe of comfortably casual mood and progression, but good information that's easily absorbed even for kids. It's a skill to be able to explain complicated professional stuff in a simple way. The visual production also supports so nicely the explanation. And the pacing is excellent. It's just an overall happy experience to watch it. A joy.

By far the most enjoyable part of the whole series and can’t thank you guys enough for sharing this with us!!

Wow. Im blown away by the details and dedication u showed polishing someone else knife. Just out of curiosity, what was the total time u spent doing what u did for this knife?

I am a big fan of your work. I am 44 years old and two months in on my sharpening journey. There is so much too learn. Do you have any tips that you can share? 🙏🏼

Hi Ivan, thanks so much for sharing your insights! It was most interesting! Keep going!👍🏻

I watched everything on this channel, some videos several times. Currently I am with my Nishida Daisuke Shirogami 1 gyuto on 400 - 800 stage. I received Ohira Kiita fingerstones from a friend - I wonder what the final effect will look like on my knife. It's my first time doing this and I would like to thank you very much for providing a lot of valuable information. I hope that my work will be at least a little close to what I saw here ;)

Thank you Ivan and Yuka - this series was most interesting to follow and watch. I have learned so much and it's a privilege to have a master like you share you skills to all of us 🙏 I especially enjoyed the video about blade geometry!

Wonderful ❤ more of these series please 🙏🏻

Hey Ivan, THX for sharing your experience. It would be fine when you're provide about the knives (which steel, HRC, ...) What do thinking, how many generations can use this giant aoto😂 and can you give us an idea about the cost (I've really no idea, but it looks expensive) and the last question, after you prepared the stones you've ever checked the flatness if the surface with an straightedge🤔 Cheers from 🇦🇹