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I have heard of some high grade sword polishing stones going for as much as $3-4K, but not $20K.
 
The most expensive stone I saw was 5,000,000JPY.

The most expensive stone I had a try to sharpen was a 200,000JPY a big egg color Nakayama stone.
It had a very nice sharpening feeling.

So that 20k is much cheaper.
If it is worth that money I do not know. You must try it before you buy.
 
That'd be badass. Flatten the top, put a little chair next to it, so people can sharpen on your grave.
This is sounding better and better. Head stone can run 10-20 k and that's at today's prices. My fiancé being in the bizz would understand " proper funeral planning" I could then buy the stone and use it till I die having saved on all those inflationary dollars. That way maybe some of you knife nuts would visit my grave. Think of it,

boy I'd like to try/see what using a 20k j-nat is like, I got let's go visit chef Niloc's grave
it could be like a be like a pilgrimage.
 
This is sounding better and better. Head stone can run 10-20 k and that's at today's prices. My fiancé being in the bizz would understand " proper funeral planning" I could then buy the stone and use it till I die having saved on all those inflationary dollars. That way maybe some of you knife nuts would visit my grave. Think of it,


it could be like a be like a pilgrimage.

When I frequented the board more often, this would have sounded like a great plan... having cut back on indulging my knife nut desire to read every thread.... well it sounds a bit "crazy," and "cult-like." :happy2::eek2:
 
how do they price these naturals? is it supply and demand, or is it the value of the sum of its parts.
 
This is sounding better and better. Head stone can run 10-20 k and that's at today's prices. My fiancé being in the bizz would understand " proper funeral planning" I could then buy the stone and use it till I die having saved on all those inflationary dollars. That way maybe some of you knife nuts would visit my grave. Think of it,


it could be like a be like a pilgrimage.


It'd be on my NY state "to-do list". Just do it soon, I don't want to have to whack a guy just to check out what kind of kasumi this things got. :rofl:
 
With Iyo Nagura slurry! The first, Cutting speed is felt so rich.
And the tenacity of slurry is also very rich. This is one of famous feature of Iyo.
Next, the grit of slurry are shrunken as long as sharpened!!
In the same time, cutting speed progressively decelerated.
Blackish iron is suspend in the slurry very well!!!
At last, appeared funny mist and haze.
Even if Iyo was applied, the grit rose up!! What a amazing!!
Much skill is necessary to rise up the grit of slurry.
But, everyone can enjoy the help of slurry!!! Don't mind.

Sounds like a winner!
 
Much skill is necessary to rise up the grit of slurry.

I'm putting that on my wall.
 
how do they price these naturals? is it supply and demand, or is it the value of the sum of its parts.

it is size, quality of the stone such as fineness speed of abrasion, uniformity. Then Karasu featured stones are very expensive, because it is a rare feature.
This particular one is 9lb, and if it is all the way uniform I see the price justified. The seller however has a very spotty rep so I do not believe that stone is worth the money based on the pics provided.
 
I dont think specialist sword polisher would buy his stones off ebay.

So for me the seller is just taking his chance on getting rich kid buying it for any reason.

Never-ever-ever
 
At least these things have functional value... if you guys spend some time on the pricescope forums and see how much people pay for rocks there... jnats seem like a great deal.

Its a good place to hangout for a day or two prior to buying a custom knife or a jnat... it makes the expense seem more reasonable. If I hang out there for a few more months, a Kramer may make sense...
 
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