{"id":1536,"date":"2024-07-16T16:31:21","date_gmt":"2024-07-16T07:31:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/totosgarage.com\/i-tried-making-a-sharp-knife\/"},"modified":"2024-07-16T16:31:21","modified_gmt":"2024-07-16T07:31:21","slug":"i-tried-making-a-sharp-knife","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/totosgarage.com\/en\/i-tried-making-a-sharp-knife\/","title":{"rendered":"I tried making a sharp knife"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Recently, I have the impression that the sharpness of my knives has decreased.<\/p>\n<p>My daughter sometimes cooks, but I wonder if she is treating them roughly?<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-646 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/totosgarage.com\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/IMG_4812-1024x576.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" srcset=\"https:\/\/totosgarage.com\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/IMG_4812-1024x576.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/totosgarage.com\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/IMG_4812-300x169.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/totosgarage.com\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/IMG_4812-768x432.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/totosgarage.com\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/IMG_4812-1536x864.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/totosgarage.com\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/IMG_4812-scaled.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I was curious, so I tried sharpening my knives.<\/p>\n<p>The main knives we use are the G-4 Bunka 18cm and GS-3 paring knife from Yoshida Metal Industry, a global brand that Japan is proud of around the world.<\/p>\n<p>The process is to sharpen these with a Suehiro whetstone, 1000 grit, and finish with 3000 grit.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/totosgarage.com\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/IMG_4816-scaled.jpeg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-647\" src=\"https:\/\/totosgarage.com\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/IMG_4816-1024x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/totosgarage.com\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/IMG_4816-1024x1024.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/totosgarage.com\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/IMG_4816-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/totosgarage.com\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/IMG_4816-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/totosgarage.com\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/IMG_4816-768x768.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/totosgarage.com\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/IMG_4816-1536x1536.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/totosgarage.com\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/IMG_4816-scaled.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>When the blade is evenly sharpened, it&#8217;s done.<\/p>\n<p>I noticed that the G-4 blade was chipped in places, so a coarser whetstone was needed.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"width: 120px; height: 240px;\" src=\"\/\/rcm-fe.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/cm?lt1=_blank&#038;bc1=000000&#038;IS2=1&#038;bg1=FFFFFF&#038;fc1=000000&#038;lc1=0000FF&#038;t=totosgarage-22&#038;language=ja_JP&#038;o=9&#038;p=8&#038;l=as4&#038;m=amazon&#038;f=ifr&#038;ref=as_ss_li_til&#038;asins=B01ESTR00Q&#038;linkId=eb11b2a5d2bea6422a4dbb79441149e7\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><iframe style=\"width: 120px; height: 240px;\" src=\"\/\/rcm-fe.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/cm?lt1=_blank&amp;bc1=000000&amp;IS2=1&amp;bg1=FFFFFF&amp;fc1=000000&amp;lc1=0000FF&amp;t=totosgarage-22&amp;language=ja_JP&amp;o=9&amp;p=8&amp;l=as4&amp;m=amazon&amp;f=ifr&amp;ref=as_ss_li_til&amp;asins=B000OYZ07A&amp;linkId=9ef02cc5b78ea796c703343ec949c67c\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Recently, I have the impression that the sharpness of my knives has decreased. My daughter sometimes cooks, but I wonder if she is treating them roughly? I was curious, so I tried sharpening my knives. The main knives we use are the G-4 Bunka 18cm and GS-3 paring knife from Yoshida Metal Industry, a global brand that Japan is proud of around the world. The process is to sharpen these with a Suehiro whetstone, 1000 grit, and finish with 3000 grit. When the blade is evenly sharpened, it&#8217;s done. I noticed that the G-4 blade was chipped in places, so a coarser whetstone was needed. &nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1539,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,55,42],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1536","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog","category-foods-en","category-project-en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/totosgarage.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1536","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/totosgarage.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/totosgarage.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/totosgarage.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/totosgarage.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1536"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/totosgarage.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1536\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/totosgarage.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1539"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/totosgarage.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1536"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/totosgarage.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1536"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/totosgarage.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1536"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}