Thanks Marc – some great information and feedback in your thread. The steel on the 2 on the left and the far right (according to the owner is VG10) and the one second from right is a slicing knife. He mentioned to me that he has a similar knife for sushi.
I did use my traditional whetstones on them to clean them up as I used whetstones for about 8 years prior to purchasing the WE130. Before I make that jump to the whetstone paddles for WE, I will wait to see if I come across any more. I have done many SS Japanese knives my first encounter with NSS and VG10
Appreciate the timely feedback and advice
Mike
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