Thread: Knife re-edging

Team some advice needed...

Was with a mate yesterday when he showed me this knife, clearly the edge was ruined dealing with a Halibut

Can anyone recommend someone that can re-edge it, clearly an expensive knife so needs to be done professionally.

Cheers craig

A scary sharp or similar would sort it.

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Any knife maker is set-up yo do that. I have a neighbour that is set up and puts edges on the odd knives I get in from clients

Hamish

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If he is in Auckland then House of Knives has a chef knife sharpening service.

Or I can do it but it won't be quick.

=1 for House of Knives in Mount Eden - if it can be redeemed they are the ones t odo it in my opinion...

Jesus what are those halibut made of? adamantium bones or something?

Is it worth it? Those are some brutal chips. I would expect your friend was not using it as it was intended.
That single edge grind grind is traditional Japanese with 3 distinct sections (Shinogi, Urasuki and Uraoshi so Uncle Google tells me). To work one edge would require the rest be moved as well. I would doubt any local knife service would be able to help (properly).
The Anatomy of The Japanese Single-Bevel Knife

I didn't know that we had halibut here in nz

We did have one but somebody cut it to pieces apparently

Using what he clearly thought was a wood axe

you could do it with the lanski type set up as your stone will maintain the correct angle...take some time by the look of those chips...buy the man a Bacho or 3 for jobs like that.

Originally Posted by Micky Duck

you could do it with the lanski type set up as your stone will maintain the correct angle...take some time by the look of those chips...buy the man a Bacho or 3 for jobs like that.

But the leading Uraoshi edge would be lost making for a very fragile blade.

If a fish did that, it's not a very good knife.

I would argue its not a very good fish either

Thanks team,

Like @kiwijames has said it's a delicate setup... so don't want it ruined any further.

It is a knife to be used on fish but not quite in the manner in which it was, fish was a touch large... he isn't happy with himself.

No rush, I'm sure there'll be someone that can help...