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Fineness and grit control is one issue. The other is that diamond plates wear out quite a bit when used for sharpening, particularly with some alloyed steels.

That's interesting as it's possible to set up an account in Singapore. Though you should start with the international page before navigating to the item page. At least that's how it worked out for me.

There's a knife shop from China on Taobao that carries these. I've since lost the link but they're much cheaper. Not sure about costs of shipping to you though.

Well you could glue both the stones to a base, reinforce the whole thing together with some string tied really tight around and glued to the sides. And if the seam does become an issue due to the uneven hardening from manufacture (synths only), use a small diamond file to dig it out as you go...

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Hideriyma suitas are definitely the way to go if you can find a relatively clean one. Them being soft makes them more forgiving, and are known to be quite versatile on many different steels. Downside to this is that they tend to be a bit coarser, and probably not burnish the core steel much -...

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Thanks, tempting indeed.

Hi, can I check what steel is the Ikeda honyaki? Thanks!

For sale, one of my earliest stone purchases - a Kakiyama Type 30 Asagi Tomae I did some research on Kakiyama, seems like a mine with this name does not exist, please correct me if I'm mistaken. Hence, I'd label this as a stone from an unknown mine. It is about 6000 grit, hardness about level 4...

Bump + price drop 450 USD shipped CONUS and Europe

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At these prices and these dimensions, I'd ask for the polish off the stones. Also, what kind of finish / use are you intending to use your JNats for? For the one from Watanabe, I see a line that could potentially lead to the stone splitting or be an inclusion.

Sure, let me PM you once I find some time to do it.

Have you tested this stone? Shoubudani is on the finer side usually, around 6 to 8k grit, and the tomae could be used for the final polishing step if it's inclusion free. It will polish differently than most synthetics (scratch marks are less visible usually, and bring out contrast)...

Holiday Sale A full-sized Okudo Ao Renge suita that is clean, hard, fine, and very fast cutting. Edges are toothy yet smooth off the stone, perfect for sharpening high-end tools and knives. Such complete and clean pieces of Okudo suita are very hard to come by these days. The stone itself is...

Black Friday Deal valid till 29th Nov only 375 USD + shipping

Black Friday Deal valid till 29th Nov only 300 USD + shipping

Clearing out some space for some new acquisitions. Large full-sized semi-soft Honyama Kiita Tomae for sale. Exact mine is unknown. Can be used for sharpening most kitchen knives, tools and for final polishing of wide bevel knives to result in a bright kasumi finish. Easy to achieve an even...