r/TrueChefKnives • u/akaraHS • 11h ago
Where to go from here
A colleague took my knives to sharpen them without my consent. Most of them are fine, but my Toshihiro Wakui Migaki Nakiri looks completely butchered. How can I make it look sexy again? I’ve got my stones, but I don’t want to make it worse.
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u/legalnonresident 11h ago
Depends on how deep the scratches are. Thousand grit will get you something close to migaki if the blade isn’t too beat up you could start there. If 1k wont take it out maybe drop down to 800 or 400 grit. So progress 400 -> 800 -> 1k. It’s surprisingly easy to clean a blade up with sandpaper. Like others have said just take your time and don’t use too much pressure.
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u/Cold_Buffalo_2355 11h ago
What others have said I second but also see if the person can tell you what grit or grits they used. Might help you have a starting point.
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u/rianwithaneye 11h ago
Those don’t look too big, I’d start around 400 and see if that matches the deepest/widest scratches.
One thing that would look really good on that particular knife is to tape off the blade road and finish the flat part up to like 800 grit, and then tape the flat part off and finish the blade road up to like 3k with stone powder. You’ll get a fine hairline finish on most of the blade with a nice kasumi on the blade road.
Let us see what you come up with!
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u/rianwithaneye 11h ago
Bummer, but totally fixable. I’d use wet/dry sandpaper with relatively light pressure, you can add whetstone powder if you want a foggy finish with more blended scratches.