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Deba knife Tojiro Shirogami F-903. Cutting edge repair and sharpening

Oleksii 01/09/2019 0

On repair and sharpening the knife Deba Tojiro Shirogami F-903 180mm. Japanese cuisine comprise many fish dishes. Raw or boiled, tempura fried and pickled. The variety of recipes is many, but they are united by a certain way of cutting. The japanese, despite the high cost of food, carve the fish on fillets, throwing some in the waste. This differs from style we have use, to cut it whole into steaks. Deba knife is for make fillet. This is an asymmetric powerful blade, which can out to make a beautiful and even cut along the spinal column. Then, using large tweezer, small bones are removed. Ne...

Repair tip and sharpening of the classic Chef knife Tojiro DP F-808

Oleksii 25/08/2019 0

Repaired a strongly bent tip of Gyuto Tojiro F-808, followed by sharpening. Fujitora Industries makes great knives, offering a truly huge assortment. The main distinguishing feature of their approach to production is the honed hardening technology. The "Golden Ratio" was precisely found and fixed by the firm’s specialists. Excellent repeatability, for different models from different supplies, be arouses respect. Without exaggeration, hundreds of products from this manufacturer passed through our service, and everywhere there was a predictable and similar behavior of steel during sharpening. ...

Damage repair and sharpening of the Chef's knife Takamura Migaki R2 Gyuto 210 mm

Oleksii 17/08/2019 0

Repair of a knife of Takamura Migaki R2 Gyuto 210 mm. The company produces excellent cutlery items made of excellent steel. There are some flaws with the balance, but overall the products are great. This blade is from a series similar to Tojiro High Speed Steel. The high hardness, and the thin cuttting edge, are the hallmarks of these high-class knives. The Tojiro models is provide a better weight distribution due to their larger size and weight of the handles. Such an instrument requires a respectful use, and a correct assessment of it's purpose. In the hands of professionals with experienc...

Repair and sharpening of the Chef's knife SAIUN 9006 Damascus Chef’s knife 230 mm

Oleksii 13/07/2019 0

Repair Gyuto SAIUN Damascus 9006 from Seki Kanetsugu. The reason for such damage is obvious - it was a crash test. Intentional non-targeted use on coarse bones. Due to the sufficiently large distance from the cutting edge to the beginning of the damask pattern, the correction was made so that it is not immediately believed that this is the same knife, before and after. Damage were removed manually, as close to the border as possible. All blades from Kawamura-san, are thin and have a certain potential for recovery without significant coarsening of cutting edge. The filigree work is done. The ...

Repair & sharpening of the High speed steel Santoku knife Tojiro HSS F-517

Oleksii 06/07/2019 0

Repair damages, and sharpening Santoku Tojiro HSS F-517. A true professional tool, high class. It should always be a conscious choice, a person who understands the features of use.A good kitchen knife, firstly is excellently cutting tool. The next most important feature is how long will last it sharpness. Japanese cutlery is characterized by high hardness of the hardening, which allows to achieve record characteristics in terms of good cutting time. Such a blade cannot be used irresponsibly. The experience of proper handling is most often obtained through understanding the limits. Fortunatel...

Repair of peeling knife Tojiro Flash Damascus Part two

Oleksii 29/06/2019 0

Repeated repair of the vegetable knife Tojiro Flash. A year passed, and again a small knife for carving and peeling vegetables was restored.Already in full set, with Gyuto, Santoku, two Petty and the Meat knife. If you take into account that the knives are operated constantly, it lasted a long time. At home, the period between sharpening can be much longer. The vegetables are soft, and it is extremely difficult to dull the edge when used properly. The high hardness of VG-10 steel allows very good intervals between sharpening. Careful use, can delay the need for service for years. It all depe...

Repair and sharpening a large set of Tojiro Flash Damascus

Oleksii 22/06/2019 0

Repair and sharpening a set of six knives Tojiro Flash Damascus 63 layers. The kit is used by a professional chef, and all time it work.The condition for such active use can be assessed as good. Repair of many small chips, as well as the required restoration of the tips, were performed promptly. Meat knife had to be leveled, since a bent blade cannot be sharpened with high quality. The procedure went well, but it is reasonable to avoid strong lateral loading in the future. Thanks to the mild steel plates protecting the cutting layer, the blade has some bending ability. This allowed us to res...

Repair and sharpening the Chef's pair SAIUN Damascus Santoku 9003 and Paring 9000

Oleksii 08/06/2019 0

Repair and restoration of the cutting edge of the elite cook knives set of Seki Kanetsugu. The first service in a year and a half, from the moment of purchase at the 19th Steel Edge exhibition in Kiev.Re-sharpening on such a period, it is necessary for any knife, with active use. There are no eternal things, especially in the field of thin instruments, with which something is cut, chopped, etc. This is absolutely normal, and natural. High-quality materials and an accurate fit of all details, allowed the excellent Santoku SAIUN 9003 and Paring knife SAIUN 9000 from Kanetsugu to go this distanc...

Sharpening and repairing the tip of Tojiro DP F-802 Utility knife 150 mm

Oleksii 01/06/2019 0

Restored another universal knife Tojiro DP F-802. "Ladies man", gets the most damages, because they work in the hands of the hostesses.Often the harm is minor, and normally may be repaired. The main thing is that a healthy culture of handling a good kitchen knife is gradually being formed. Not always blunt as a straightedge, a streak of soft metal, unable to normally cut. After qualified sharpening, high-quality japanese steel, it's able to maintain high household sharpness for about six months. If the "paper test", is not passed, it's probably time to restore the edge. The time interval in ...

Repair and sharpening of meat knives Tojiro Senkou Damascus and Chicken boning Tojiro DP F-803

Oleksii 11/05/2019 0

A pair of interesting meat knives transferred for sharpening by a regular customer. Our customer passed a large set for the service, in which there were a couple of remarkable knives.The first is Tojiro Senkou is interesting in that they no longer release this series. It needed to repair the tip, broken as a result of falling onto the floor. The work was done very beautifully, preserving the aesthetics of the persian form. This is not only a working blade, but also a work of knife art. The second, utilitarian Chicken boning knife Tojiro DP F-803, got a edge damaged on a porcelain cup, which ...

Repair of the auxiliary knife Kanetsugu PRO-M 7001 Utility knife 130mm

Oleksii 04/05/2019 0

Restoration of the Utility knife Kanetsugu PRO-M 7001. A pull through sharpeners, probably familiar to everyone, is only suitable for low-quality cutlery.“Plasticine” steel on such blades is very plastic, due to this there is practically no risk of chips. Another thing is that such metal does not hold a sharpening, dooming to the constant use of such devices. This devices, simply scratch a piece of soft metal, forming a micro saw that can hold for some time. Such an approach is not applicable to a high-quality tool, due to the difference in the properties of the cutting edge. Hardened steel ...

Repair and sharpening the utility knife Fujiwara FKS Petty 150 mm

Oleksii 27/04/2019 0

First repair of a Fujiwara Kanefusa stainless steel knife by AUS 8. In the personal collection there were several samples of Fujiwara FKM, of which only the elder brother of this petty.The rest were sold out at exhibitions, since there is no need or sense to use all the knives available in the store. A high-quality kitchen blade can well last a lifetime. Its resource allows it. They change more likely because of the desire to try something new. So collections is begin, in search of their ideal, most likely non-existent sample.Metal of the blade, performed well when sharpening, and straighten...

Sharpening a cook knife Tojiro F-302 and an unknown specimen made in the USSR

Oleksii 20/04/2019 0

What you won’t do for a friend. The planned sharpening of a small gyuto from Tojiro, brought with him a friend.A wonder, made in time of the Soviet Union, and to this day has retained functionality. There were no surprises with the Japanese knife, but a trying to bring the old knife back to life was curious. Once upon a time, the blade much longer, but since the professional size of 30cm in the home kitchen is excessive, the geometry was changed. It turned out to be a santoku in form. The cutting edge had to be remaked, and it took a lot of time. In terms of resistance to whetstones, the bla...

Sharpening of steak knives set by Tojiro DP F-797

Oleksii 13/04/2019 0

Steak knives set by Tojiro DP F-797 re-sharpening. For steak fans, company Tojiro makes special knives.SІpecial arched shape of blade, allows you to easily and with pleasure cut into cooked meat or fish. Blade is blunted not upon products, but with something harder, so is reasonable to serve steak, used a wooden plates. This method of serving, is increasingly common in places where steak is cooked. Wood is much softer than chinaware, & accordingly, edge of knife will last much longer. When you need to restore sharpness, we will be happy to help you, because any cutting tool, sooner or later n...

Repairing tips and sharpening three different knives

Oleksii 06/04/2019 0

Recovery of three knives tips, followed by re-sharpening. The recommendation is not picking with the tip of a knife, has the meaning.Probably there still does not exist a knife that would cut well, was finely grinded and at the same time could be opened the tanks with its tip. If you need to pry something, it is wise to take a screwdriver, or a cheap blade, which is likely to be nearby. Well, if an experiment with a previously known result has already been carried out, it remains either to buy a new product, or contact us for repair. In many cases, it is possible to return functionality, als...

Repair of santoku Kanetsugu PRO-S 5003 & Utility knife PRO-S 5002

Oleksii 30/03/2019 0

Cutting edge repair and cleaning of the Kanetsugu PRO-S kit. Santoku # 5003 and Utility knife # 5002. After about a year of use by our regular customer of this pair of knives, one of the guests overdid it.The edge of Santoku, received surprisingly uniform damage that turned out to be shallow. On the slopes there were many traces of rust that were removed by ordinary washing. Precedent with active corrosion of stainless steel, was delayed for an unknown period. Probably knives was storage next to something rusting, which may be the cause of the appearance of spots. Complete restoration of the...

Repair of santoku Kanetsugu PRO-S 5003 & Honesuki PRO-S 5008

Oleksii 08/03/2019 0

Repair of santoku Kanetsugu PRO-S 5003 & Honesuki PRO-S 5008. After a long and productive use by our regular customer, a pair of knives from set, one knife by damaged. Given exceptionally thin cutting edge of Santoku, such damage sometimes occurs. For example, when falling on something hard. Second the boning knife, sent to sharpening service, because already exploited more than year. Full restoration of blade geometry, and razor sharpness, were made absolutely successfully. First of all, thanks to remarkable properties of steel, which is always a pleasure to work with. Sharpening and magnif...

Zalizko team on Ambiente 2019

Oleksii 08/02/2019 0

In February 2019, we visited Ambiente 2019, the largest consumer goods expo in Europe.Meeting with our regular partner Mitsuyasu Kawamura-san was the first.Joy and positive, plus discussion of working questions and the wizard's wishes in further work, and again we dive into the endless ocean of the interesting and informative world of wonderful things.Dear Mitsuyasu-san invited our modest company to annual October show in Seki city of Japan, where a visitor from abroad can gather so many interesting impressions that they will last for several years.The master also talked a little about new pro...

Repair and sharpening of Kanetsugu PRO-J knives set

Oleksii 05/02/2019 0

Gyuto, Santoku, Utility knife and Petty, Kanetsugu PRO-J serie, after re-sharpening. Now, all text available in ukrainian and russian only. Photo can be increased by clicking ...

Repair of santoku knife Kanetsugu PRO-M 7003

Oleksii 02/12/2018 0

Santoku, Kanetsugu PRO-M serie, after re-sharpening. Now, all text available in ukrainian and russian only. Photo can be increased by clicking ...

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