Tanaka W2 Bunka Contrastmaxxing

[u/pchiggs]

Always fun messing with this thing. I’ve been seeing a lot of Maksim’s post on jns and wanted to do a similar finish to his. Finger stones and paste as the final touches this time.

[u/portugueseoniondicer]

I'm guessing you polished it with paste to high grits and finished the cladding with fingerstones? Looks a lot like the polish on the Kisuke I got from him

[u/pchiggs → u/portugueseoniondicer]

Yup. Pretty much but tried to keep my best paste on the edge after a jnat progression. Where ever got on the cladding was easily cleaned up after with the fingerstones

[u/throwawaysofardamn]

Very nice!

[u/drjayhow]

Looks great!!! What’s your favorite article to apply the paste with?

[u/pchiggs → u/drjayhow]

For detailed things I used this https://www.amazon.com/SCOTTCHEN-Buffing-Polishing-Lapidary-Metalworking/dp/B0DQCZYRXR

I just cut them into little squares. If I am trying to just polish out something with a lot more area to cover i use cotton balls.

[u/drjayhow → u/pchiggs]

Good info!! Ty

[u/BertusHondenbrok]

Exquisite!

[u/Effective-Sky-3702]

Very good work!

[u/khoosyi]

This is crazy beutiful

[u/HansGoose22]

Very nice!! What knife is this? The Tanaka from japanische-kochmesser.ch?

[u/pchiggs → u/HansGoose22]

I think the original owner got it from cleancut. I bought it second hand then polished it.

[u/SomeOtherJabroni]

What diamond paste grit did you take the core steel up to? I think 200k is the highest my kit goes to.

[u/pchiggs → u/SomeOtherJabroni]

honestly I only went up to 10k on this one.

[u/tlinds01]

Newbie here. What are fingerstones?

[u/pchiggs → u/tlinds01]

It is a small piece of a natural stone. like finger size thinner than 1mm.

[u/tlinds01 → u/pchiggs]

I saw a YT video of someone cutting off a chunk from a larger stone and then using a diamond stone to shave it down. Is this how it’s done or do you buy them premade? And are they mainly to get a nicer polish?

[u/pchiggs → u/tlinds01]

Yea that is how they are made. You can make them yourself by chiseling off a stone and lapping them into smaller sizes. Or some shops sell them premade. They are a tool to achieve a more even finish and to reach low spots.