Bought Aoto jnat

[Danzo]

Picked up a knife from @Xenif he sharpened on his aoto. Great toothy edge, would like to replicate that for all my working knives. Since he won’t give it up I’m on the hunt .
My experience with naturals are limited so be nice.

 

[Alder26]

Bernal cutlery has some tanba aoto availible for cheap! I have one and its a a mud monster, finishes 3ishK. Highly recomend!

 

[Matt Zilliox]

yes, aoto or aizu, both give incredible toothy nasty edge

 

[Doffen]

Aoto's vary widely in grit range. I have 3 different that I use. One is in the 1000-2000 range and a mud monster, one is in the 2000-3000 range and produce some mud, not much, and the last one is in the 3000-5000 range. Produce near no mud at all, without use of atoma or nagura.
If possible, ask the seller what you want. Maybe he can pick the right one for you.

 

[PalmRoyale]

Ikarashi is good for knives as well. Gives a good all round edge.

 

[Danzo]

looking for 3000 range stone for toothy edge. Again, not sure about stone lingo much, just chasing a good working edge. Any offers considered.

 

[Danzo]

Bernal cutlery has some tanba aoto availible for cheap! I have one and its a a mud monster, finishes 3ishK. Highly recomend!

just spoke with josh at bernal. he has lots of good things to say about those aotos. may have to snag one.

 

[soigne_west]

just spoke with josh at bernal. he has lots of good things to say about those aotos. may have to snag one.

I have one and can agree. Super muddy, also need quite a bit of work (i took mine to concrete under a hose) But for the price i believe its great value. I dont have really anything to compare it too though. Feels about 2000-3000 very toothy edge.

 

[McMan]

just spoke with josh at bernal. he has lots of good things to say about those aotos. may have to snag one.

I have one and can agree. Super muddy, also need quite a bit of work (i took mine to concrete under a hose) But for the price i believe its great value. I dont have really anything to compare it too though. Feels about 2000-3000 very toothy edge.

I forgot all about these. These seem like great deals. They're sorted by weight. I wonder if the difference is only in height and not width?

 

[soigne_west]

Mines 191x52x50. They look Blue in the photos but muds brownish red.

 

[soigne_west]

 

[A.Malcolm.ations]

Mines 191x52x50. They look Blue in the photos but muds brownish red.

Which weight did you buy? I’m curious about those stones and would like to have dimensions to compare to the weight. Your dimensions seem like a great size.

 

[soigne_west]

I don’t remember but it weighs 1281 now and that’s with some serious lapping. I think it was like $65 before tax and shipping

 

[A.Malcolm.ations]

I don’t remember but it weighs 1281 now and that’s with some serious lapping. I think it was like $65 before tax and shipping

Sounds like I better jump on one. Great deal for that stone.

 

[J.C]

$65 is seriously cheap for a decent aoto

 

[Danzo]

Ended up getting one from Bernal. Thanks for all the input guys

 

[Horsemover]

Ended up getting one from Bernal. Thanks for all the input guys

Please keep us posted...would love to hear what you think. What weight did you get?

 

[Danzo]

1400-1499

 

[J.C]

Did you ask for the dimension?
I ordered the same one, $74 is a fantastic deal to try out aoto.

 

[WPerry]

Damn it. I've only ever used the 1k/6k synth that I've had forever. I'm temped to buy one of those Bernal stones but I worry about the gravitational pull of getting so close to the rabbit hole.

 

[Xenif]

Damn it. I've only ever used the 1k/6k synth that I've had forever. I'm temped to buy one of those Bernal stones but I worry about the gravitational pull of getting so close to the rabbit hole.

If you bleed enough money just before the event horizon, it should give you just enough mommentum to shoot pass. But once over the horizon, you are screwed to fall forevermore into a land of swarf and mud

 

[zizirex]

That Aoto from Bernal is really tempting but I just got an Aizu, and the conversion rate CAD to USD is really PITA right now. Also, the post office is not dependable right now.

 

[pentryumf]

I don’t remember but it weighs 1281 now and that’s with some serious lapping. I think it was like $65 before tax and shipping

Did you like the Aoto in terms of feedback?
Is the tanba Aoto quick to release particles?
Just bought 2 Bernal aoto's 1.6 - 1.7kg.
One stone is going to a friend who's just getting into jnats.

 

[soigne_west]

Did you like the Aoto in terms of feedback?
Is the tanba Aoto quick to release particles?
Just bought 2 Bernal aoto's 1.6 - 1.7kg.
One stone is going to a friend who's just getting into jnats.

it’s important to remember here that I have no idea what im talking about. That being said. It releases mid very fast. and it’s very soft. Mine does best running under water for 30 seconds. I’ve been using it more to polish than sharpen and in that aspect it leaves a decent scratch pattern with reasonable contrast and a stray “deeper” scratch here and there. I know a few of you already went ahead and purchased but I would say try to ask for one with a wider sharpening surface area. It’s not a big stone but it’s height is about the same as it’s width... around +/- 50mm. I have 0 reference for mid grid naturals but for $65 I’d say it’s worth it and can find its place and uses . I would love to here some opinions from more experienced KKF members.

 

[soigne_west]

With all that said if someone wants to send me a nice aoto to compare I wouldn’t say no

 

[Carlo]

it’s important to remember here that I have no idea what im talking about.

I too just got an Aoto, being new to Jnats, and I know what you mean.

I may have to borrow that to use that as my signature.

 

[Danzo]

Ill snap a few picture of my pic up after work. its on the smaller side, but it'll do just fine. 1400-1499 size

 

[A.Malcolm.ations]

Here’s what the working area on mine looks like. I got the 1300-1399 gram.

 

[WPerry]

Rough dimensions? The description on Bernal says that they start at roughly 20x60x50mm, but I'm assuming that they meant 200mm?

 

[A.Malcolm.ations]

Rough dimensions? The description on Bernal says that they start at roughly 20x60x50mm, but I'm assuming that they meant 200mm?

Yeah about that I’d say