Amakusa and binsui natural stones

Supertreerun · Mar 10, 2015

I bought these jnats cheap roughly $40 each. However I'm not quite sure the actual grit ratings. I was wondering if any one has had any experience with them. I feel like the progression isn't perfect also, I was thinking of adding a stone between the progression but don't know which one. Keep in mind this is my first attempt at jnats. Any info will be much appreciated.

chinacats · Mar 10, 2015

My impression was that a binsui is an amakusa albeit a very white one with possibly slightly higher grit rating than the standard white and brown amakusa.

May want the experts on naturals to chime in so I'd post this in the J-nat club thread in Maxim's subforum as well.

Supertreerun · Mar 10, 2015

They were marked in separate categories (Course and Medium) but it makes sense they are similiar. I'll post it over there and see what i get thanks!

panda · Mar 10, 2015

you need to build up slurry (i like the mini dmt stones), both are really slow.

Supertreerun · Mar 10, 2015

I use a dmt plate on the amakusa, and a nagura on the binsui, are there advantages of slow cutting? Should I consider adding stones to the line up before the finishing stone?

panda · Mar 10, 2015

replace both with an ikarashi (it starts as a 1k and ends as a 2k as the slurry breaks down) and get a synthetic coarse.

Supertreerun · Mar 11, 2015

panda said:
replace both with an ikarashi (it starts as a 1k and ends as a 2k as the slurry breaks down) and get a synthetic coarse.

Guess I got some duds lol.

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