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Japanese natural stone #9 - Mikawa Nagura (420 special)
By Nathan Lee - KIRU sharpening 20.4.2023 Stone pics Close up details Finish Sharpening feel, characteristic and performance Sharpening...
Nathan Lee
Apr 20, 20231 min read
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Kitchen Knife #3 - Fujiwara 270mm gyuto restoration
By Nathan Lee - KIRU Sharpening - 10.9.2022 I purchased a batch of used/vintage knife from Japan recently and this knife is the largest...
Nathan Lee
Sep 10, 20224 min read
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Japanese natural stone #8 - Mauroyama Aisa
By Nathan Lee - KIRU sharpening 02.09.2022 Stone pics Close up details A sharpening video Finish Sharpening feel, characteristic and...
Nathan Lee
Sep 2, 20221 min read
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Japanese natural stone #7 - Nakayama Tomae (II)
By Nathan Lee - KIRU sharpening 11.7.2022 This is one of the finest stone I've used, it's a great stone in terms of fineness feel and...
Nathan Lee
Jul 11, 20221 min read
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Japanese natural stone #6 - Shobudani suita (I)
By Nathan Lee - KIRU sharpening 09.05.2022 This Shobudani Suita is actually my friend Ken's stone which I only spent 2 weeks with, it's...
Nathan Lee
May 9, 20221 min read
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Japanese natural stone #5 - Nakayama suita (I)
By Nathan Lee - KIRU sharpening 10.03.2022 This is a tiny Nakayama Suita, I bought it from Rakuten(Japanese Ebay) for $50 shipped....
Nathan Lee
Mar 10, 20221 min read
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Japanese natural stone #4 - Nakayama Tomae (I) Maruka
By Nathan Lee - KIRU sharpening 8.2.2022 This is my friend Ken's stone(thank you for lending it to me), I believe it was originally from...
Nathan Lee
Feb 8, 20222 min read
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Japanese natural stone #3 - Natsuya (I) COVID special
By Nathan Lee - KIRU sharpening 14.01.2022 Got tested positive for COVID this week, got quite a bit of time off work taking pics at the...
Nathan Lee
Jan 14, 20222 min read
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Japanese natural stone #2 - Okudo Shiro Renge Suita(I)
By Nathan Lee - KIRU sharpening 04.01.2022 I've only owned two stones from this mine, been wanting to get another one or two but no luck...
Nathan Lee
Jan 4, 20221 min read
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Kitchen Knife #2 - From Sweden, Isasmedjan
By Nathan Lee - KIRU Sharpening 23.12.2021 Isasmedjan gyuto 234 mm blade length 56 mm height 185 grams weight 26c3 Swedish high carbon...
Nathan Lee
Dec 23, 20212 min read
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Kitchen knife #1 (Knife sharpening) - Thinning Kurosaki Raijin 210mm Gyuto
By Nathan Lee - KIRU sharpening 20.12.2021 I've been using this Kurosaki Raijin 210 mm Gyuto for about two years now(bought this before...
Nathan Lee
Dec 20, 20211 min read
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Japanese Natural Stone #1 - Aizu (I)
By Nathan Lee - KIRU sharpening 16.12.2021 The Aizu is one of my personal favourite Japanese natural stone. The mine is located in...
Nathan Lee
Dec 16, 20212 min read
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