Polishing The Wakizashi with waterstones

Polishing The Wakizashi with waterstones. Starting with 220 grit thru 700

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Howto & Style

Tags:

• Hand forged
• forged
• katana
• wakizashi
• tanto
• polish
• japanese

[MeJackLee]

what is a good angle to sharpen a wakizashi??

[smithforge]

@MeJackLee Well that depends on if the blade is a Nihonto or a modern production blade? Either way if I were you I would not undertake such a feat as the risk is great and the chance of screwing the blade up is also great.

[smithforge]

Ok having just watched that video, and realizing that I have lost about a million brain cells. This guy is a bozo, he has zero respect for the blade he is polishing. His style is sloppy at best. I mean I use wet dry paper at the very end to achieve a wonderful hamon. My blades are extremely sharp.

[smithforge]

Well after watching about 8 different videos on polishing Japanese and Japanese style blades, and having talked to Chris Ozborne about polishing blades. And since none of you have come forward telling me you are a togoshi then I will take what you say as a grain of salt. This blade polished up just fine and looked fantastic. Which the polish was the selling point for the blade.

[KAILEINGOD]

Your using the whetstone incorrectly.

The substance that sharpens the blade with a whetstone. Is in fact the goopy residue that builds up on top of it.

Also applying all that force won't make it work better instead rest the blade on it then take it across with the weight of the blade on top.

I saw an incredible video on wet stones on YouTube by an Ozzie chef. He explained wet stones better than I ever can.

[smithforge]

@KAILEINGOD

Thanks for the input, are you a togoshi? Now having said that, my methods are both very effective and I attain results that American Togoshi could only dream of attaining. No disrespect to any of them.

[smithforge]

@megamijan Well you apology is accepted for being sorry, however it still does not change the facts.  IT IS A WAKIZASHI

[DemonsPride]

do u by chance sell ur katana's?

[theoldgeezernextdoor]

How do you disasemble a wak or a katana?

[Smood47]

You will dull the blade by sliding it across the stone with the edge facing away from you and pushing the blade forward, check out this video to see the proper way (but without stones) watch?v=ojG_4jz-_wU&feature=pl­ayer_embedded

[ZentetsukenVII]

@smithforge Thats all depending on the sori of the blade. Straight blades are measured mune-machi, curved are from hamachi to tip. It is very nice, im sure your proud of it!

[smithforge]

@ZentetsukenVII The nagasa is 17' if I remember correctly, the sugata is most certainly a Shobu-Zukuri and I loved every inch of the blade. And to be correct the nagasa is measured form the mune-machi to the tip,