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xilvar
50
Feb 14, 2018
Worthy of note as an excellent feature on this mostly western style blade is that the front bolster does not extend to the edge of the blade.
This by itself makes the knife far easier to evenly sharpen and avoid accidentally creating a concavity without needing to grind off a chunk of the bolster.
Test some of your old knives for a concavity by resting them heel edge downwards on a very flat surface like granite countertop. You’ll likely notice a bit of a hollow under the edge that does not contact the surface. This happens because the typical western bolster interferes with just about every possible way of sharpening.
Kavik
5531
Feb 14, 2018
xilvarAn excellent point. Those old full bolsters may have been good for stiffening up a blade on older, softer steels, but i hate seeing it on newer, harder steels for pure aesthetics. The Henkles i got for my dad a few years back had huge convex bolsters on everything from the chef to the paring knife, took me ages to grind them all down then re-polish them to match the finish on the rest of the bolsters
14themoney
1395
Jan 14, 2020
KavikI've heard the term labor of love before. Now I have a concrete example of it!
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