A Knife and a Story from Kyoto, Japan

[LeaveYouT]

If you are planning to restore this one, here's a tip , use some fine wet sandpaper on a piece of glass, it will need a bit more grinding but it will brighten back up eventually. I wouldn't recommend using steel wool on kitchen knives.

[catfishBG]

I think you should make a series of videos of you trying to fix this knife ! It will be very interesting. I haven't seen something similar so far .

[traderjoes]

I like the idea of going into the place where something is made and buying from the craftsman himself/ It looks like a nice knife and you might want to try some Barkeepers Friend on it before you take steel wool to it. Just dampen the powder into a paste and cake it on and let it sit for a while and then buff it off. Youll probably have to do it a few times/ Then, if you have any leather strops, use black or green compound to buff the sides of the blade, it will probably polish right up.

[CreativeOutletHobbie]

@traderjoes I'll try that out. The place was really an experience.

[happysplodie]

They say: If this knife ever rust, you will die!

[crazzyxjoex]

thanks for sharing this!

btw ive gotten rid of some mean rust on some of my old blades with a green scrubby pad and that worked great, but if oyu want a mirror finish youll have to do some buffing.

[CreativeOutletHobbie]

@crazzyxjoex yeah this one is going to take a lot of work