Shun Knife badly pitted and missing a tip repair. 2 minutes process.

This is the first of a new style of videos for me. I needed to figure out a faster way to make useful videos. So hope you like the new format.
This one will show you how fast you can fix and sharpen a damaged knife. At farmers many knives aren't in the best condition and your customers don't want to wait for them so speed makes you figure out how to keep the quality and still stay fast.

[@robbabcock_]

Great video! I'm a sharpening nerd that's been a chef for 25+ years, and I've seen a lot of Shuns. Many Japanese knives will chip if you hit a bone or cut frozen food, and the really thin ones will micro-chip if you cut a very crusty loaf of French bread! I'd never buy a Shun nowadays as you can get a "real" Japanese knife for the same money but they did introduce a lot of Western cooks to Japanese knives. Thanks for showing your methods.

[@brynnjohnson471]

Great to see you posting buddy , appreciation from Canada

[@FREEHAND.WETGRINDER]

Thx. My new format is a bit more interesting. Should make editing easier. I hate editing

[@buckw65]

Always nice watching someone with skills.

[@Saiarts_yt]

What a satisfactory video just in 2.2 minutes.

[@ScoutCrafter]

Always a pleasure to watch you work and break down each step. Thanks very much. 😃👍

[@ezramel]

great video.

[@jlkenzo7551]

thank you for the lesson

[@TheMangrovejack1]

Great video, I sometimes get knives in this condition, but generally the edges look like a sand beach at low tide. Rippled from manual knife sharpeners or just abuse. It takes me a bit l9nger to restore them , as I don't have your equipment, but I get a good result , and my customers are happy

[@FREEHAND.WETGRINDER]

That’s the topic of this new series I’m going to put out. Not all but many don’t realize the knife condition that you get.

[@jeffreylord8172]

@@FREEHAND.WETGRINDER thanks for the reply, I use a Sabre wet grinder 10inch wheel, and a 600grit oil stone , then hone , a simple 3 step sharpen , that gets good results, .

[@GlennInLaguna]

Great video Pete

[@davidklenk5253]

Awesome post 🎉

[@nadm]

You have a lot of equipment!

[@FREEHAND.WETGRINDER]

I like tools if it makes me faster. This one will have to earn its place if it’s going to unseat another tool.

[@CyndiDumas]

Does anybody know where this market is? I am dying to know. Also, loved finding out I can have my Shun knife repaired! I have a pit and no tip! Thank you so much!

[@CyndiDumas]

Never mind! I found it, thanks!

[@FREEHAND.WETGRINDER]

@@CyndiDumas Atwater Village Farmers Market, CA. If you're in my neck of the woods drop in. Sunday mornings

[@davidnevins4883]

Been awhile since you posted anything. If you were to start sharpening today what sharpeners would you buy and haw would you set yourself up if money wasn’t a concern? Would you do anything different?

[@FREEHAND.WETGRINDER]

I am working on a series now. It’s involving different equipment. As for what I’d start with depends on your locations. If you are in a truck or brick and mortar you have more possibilities. I’ve met several sharpeners doing the new series and most have similar tools as each other. I’m in a farmers market and quite is important to me. In markets you can make noise but I try not to so my tools may be different. Subscribe and stand by.

[@buffalojones341]

How did you come to the conclusion that the chips in the middle are corrosion and not something else?

[@FREEHAND.WETGRINDER]

I was told but didn’t believe. Then I got a knife with a very big one and I magnified it. Even in videos the pits are round not angular. Lastly customers confirm they don’t dry and often dishwasher them. Perfect examples- say they always dry. But best evidence is the magnification PS. They sometimes have very small holes around the pits.

[@daniel.rosina]

It is common that the dishwasher causes this kind of corosion which damages the bevel...

[@buffalojones341]

@@FREEHAND.WETGRINDER thanks for the reply! That makes sense. It is interesting since VG-10 is thought to be quite stainless.

[@johnchard7443]

G’day mate, thoroughly enjoy your videos, very clear and informative. My question is not related to this particular video but rather the trial of the CBN wheel, and I’m wondering if there is any particular reason why you haven’t continued down that path? I’m from Australia and am considering converting to cbn but maybe you have good reason why you haven’t. 🤔🤷🏻‍♂️👍🏻

[@FREEHAND.WETGRINDER]

I’m leary about how productive they are. I prefer aggressive stones to start with. The 200g cbn I tried in a video was way to slow for me. A stone has far more points of contact compared to cbn I’m thinking. If someone loaned me a 80g cbn I’d love to try it. There a company out your way and I wrote in to see if they wanted to loan me one but no answer.

[@johnchard7443]

@@FREEHAND.WETGRINDER yes, unfortunately that guy passed away, his name was Vadim from Knife Grinders Australia I think. I tried to get a hard rock hard felt wheel from him before I found out he died. Bugger 😉🤣👍🏻 I like the way you do everything free hand and thats what I’m trying to achieve too

[@FREEHAND.WETGRINDER]

@@johnchard7443 I’m planning a video on how I freehand. The tricks that make it possible

[@johnchard7443]

@@FREEHAND.WETGRINDER well I am looking forward to learn more of your methods with free hand. 👍🏻😉

[@dougepalmerchopchop]

great video. Thank you. Curious about convolute wheel. If I was to get one like yours, what grit would I get. I have never used one. I would like to try. Thanks again

[@FREEHAND.WETGRINDER]

mscdirect.com #01722073

[@alfonsocasillas7290]

You sharpen some of the knives before I don’t have a schedule of where you’re located how do we get in contact with you ?

[@FREEHAND.WETGRINDER]

Www.sharpknife.guru

[@codasinmurry]

👍👍👍

[@brynnjohnson471]

I noticed you are still running a tormek wheel on the first grind , I run the same wheel but Ave been thinking about switching to a woodturners wonders wheel after I wear it out . Did you ever end up buying one after you tried one a few years back ?

[@FREEHAND.WETGRINDER]

No I haven’t but I read some information provided by the Australian company (forgot name) They say even course grits will be slower. I’m willing to put up with the problems sg250 has for the speed. At farmers markets people want a 20 minute turnaround. And often a line waiting. 40-50 knives per hour. Many needing repairs. That said if you get a cbn get round edges. If it’s going to blister it starts at the corners, IMO. Stay subscribed. I’m thinking of a big process change experiment.

[@brynnjohnson471]

@@FREEHAND.WETGRINDER ok that makes sense , thanks man . Ya I'll stay tuned your doing great and I've learned a lot from you

[@nadm]

Do you do everything edge trailing or do you sometimes do edge leading?

[@FREEHAND.WETGRINDER]

I work edge trailing. Freehand it's safest. Having wheels spinning different directions is asking for trouble. Also look at my video on the Jet wet grinder stone. Think about the actual texture on the stones/belts striking the apex. I just prefer trailing. Murray Carter backed this up (kinda) he says the last half of the last stone should be trailing to avoid the grit striking the apex. All that said it really works both ways I think. Just not on the Jet stone. The only exception for me is, I use a Micro Mesh MX240 belt edge on to cut off the burr on small tooth serrated knives. Brass brush combs the burr between the truth to the back and the belt cuts them off. My 1X30 sander is always setup for this task. This lets me keep the 1.5 minute per knife needed to finish the orders by end of market. We have to clear the street on time. 150-200 knives during 5 hr market. Wife running a front table is a must! I'm just now watching your Ryan Swanson videos. He's really delivering a quality product on quality knives. Lots of knowledge I don't have.

[@nadm]

@@FREEHAND.WETGRINDER I flew up to DC, and I worked with Ryan Swanson there. He enjoyed my edge leading strokes. I only do it at the higher grades. I was trained by Bob Kramer. He uses edge leading strokes, and there is science to shower cleaner edge. I generally only do it on the higher grit, so there isn’t really a grit going into the Apex. I understand your concern, but it softer touch on a smoother stone.

[@FREEHAND.WETGRINDER]

@@nadm good information. The wet grinder stones are not so dependable in grit. Tormeks are better than the jet stone. Are you using your horizontal wet grinder?

[@nadm]

@@FREEHAND.WETGRINDER as a hand sharpener, yes! I mostly hand sharpener. I now have a belt sander that I’m gonna be learning on. I have the Tormek as well as that machine. I’m gonna be getting a guidance system so I can talk about all of them on the show. My goal is to learn all of the different information so I can share the pros and cons with everyone.

[@FREEHAND.WETGRINDER]

@@nadm did you watch my videos? Some of the same. Tool comparison.

[@1998TDM]

Bugger. I have a long way to go. And i need more toys.... Takes me 10 minutes just to put a nice edge on a Shun.

[@FREEHAND.WETGRINDER]

Shun sharpen fast due to thin edge. How are you doing it? What tools

[@1998TDM]

@@FREEHAND.WETGRINDER Hi PG. I'm using a 200mm Tormec. My knife is one of the original Shuns from decades ago. Seems to take ages to get any wee knicks out, not sure if the steel has changed over the years. IIRC it has blue steel core. I'm sharpening at about 15o per side. Admittedly I don't have your level of confidence and use the guide.

[@FREEHAND.WETGRINDER]

@@1998TDM I push hard. About 11 lbs of down pressure. Shuns in good condition take 45/60 seconds. You will get faster as you get busier.

[@1998TDM]

@@FREEHAND.WETGRINDER That's where I'm going wrong I think. I just use fingertip pressure. Thanks for the replies and your time!

[@daniel.rosina]

Hello P G, avesome video again! Thanks a lot. Please what kind of the wheel is that left one on the highspeed grinder? And what is the abbrasive on it and what grit does it have? (I am not a native speaker so I haven't caught that up).

[@FREEHAND.WETGRINDER]

Russell is right Very fine / extra hard convolute wheel 1" X 8" 3" arbor. The other wheel is "Rock Hard" felt with compound. Rock hard is the name of the hardness but it's not rock hard. Flint hard is the hardest this is one down.

[@daniel.rosina]

@@FREEHAND.WETGRINDER thank you so much. By the way, youtube is connecting people all over the world. Greetings from central Europe - Bratislava, Slovakia 🤘Tormek is used for sharpening everywhere 🙂

[@FREEHAND.WETGRINDER]

@@daniel.rosina a few days ago a sharpener in Kiev Ukraine was commenting.

[@daniel.rosina]

@@FREEHAND.WETGRINDER I know, I saw it 😉 You maybe think, Kiev is close to Bratislava based on your (US) large distances among cities and states. To be honest, here in Europe, Kiev is that much far away like if it was different world (what more it is eastern block and we are western part of world (European Union), so the political and economical differences are very big). 🤷‍♂️ But we are not enough western (business-wise) that I would have been able to buy that convolute wheel just 2 cm wide (here all the big high speed grinders can run just 2 cm wide wheels and 2 cm arbor -> that convolute is 1" (2.5 cm) with 3" (7,5 cm) arbor 😅 and they are not produced here in Europe (in metric measures 😀). So I would need to buy also such a large grinder from US to be able to use that wheel 😀

[@FREEHAND.WETGRINDER]

@@daniel.rosina the wheel with 3” hole get a insert to make it 1/2” I ordered my convolute wheel on Amazon. But I generally buy them on MSCDIRECT.Com They sell the inserts as well. I have the cheap stamped one but if you need larger arbor you might need to buy the machines styles MSC Direct is a huge industrial supplier. P.S. these wheels Are pricy but they last me many years. Here is a part number for it MSC#01722073 3m# 7000000738

[@Elido]

Hi PG, I might have missed it here or another video, but in your experience what is the best compound to use when finishing?

[@FREEHAND.WETGRINDER]

I’ve been using black magic lately. But I do 1-2 light passes and I find the specific compound matters as much as other processes.

[@Elido]

@@FREEHAND.WETGRINDER thank you.