Did I buy a fake stone drunken?

[sunn]

Hello all,

I may make a fool of myself. I like to buy stones on yahoo. I have one seller whom I trust and he always delivers what he describes. He is posting slurry pics and so on.
Two days ago I just spend some time on yahoo and had a drink or two too much. I know , one shouldn't go on auctions like that lol.
Now a friend told me, that he is sure I bought a fake tomae. I was angry on myself, because normally I void stones with stamps, when not from a kind of official or trusted seller.
Anyway it's on the way to my house and maybe I can use it as brick in our garden wall...
Anyone with deeper knowledge than me can tell me by these two pictures too, that it's a fake?
Cheers,
Sunn

 

[icanhaschzbrgr]

While fortune-telling on coffee grounds is fun, I think the only way to tell if that stone is worth something would be to actually try using it.

 

[sunn]

So right. I will put it to the test. Not on my Takedas for sure lol.
Just thought if it's a fake, maybe someone else had a similar stone in his/her garden now

 

[Hassanbensober]

I’m sure that stone will finish sharpening your Takeda beautifully with the right touch. Stamps could be bogus though and there’s no real way to confirm they are real anyways. Hopefully the stone turns out

 

[ethompson]

Auction stones are fun - so long as you go into it with the knowledge that you are going to hit some duds eventually. I've had stones I wasn't too excited about turn out excellent and ones I had high hopes for totally flop. You won't know until you get it!

I will say, I almost never trust stamps and or mine info provided in listings, but you seem to know that already.

 

[sunn]

This one was a good buy from yahoo. It's huuuuuuge.
A little karasu , hard and fine.

 

[sunn]

Best buy ever. Very light shirosuita

 

[deltaplex]

There's a whole area to show off pretty things like this:
https://www.kitchenknifeforums.com/threads/j-nat-club.6921/https://www.kitchenknifeforums.com/threads/show-your-newest-sharpening-gear.54825/

 

[simona]

Best buy ever. Very light shirosuita

Nice. I just bought a small one which looks very similar, excited to see what it is when it arrives.

 

[sunn]

Nice. I just bought a small one which looks very similar, excited to see what it is when it arrives.

The adventures of buying stones by the picture. I wish you best of luck

 

[simona]

The adventures of buying stones by the picture. I wish you best of luck

Thanks - it was cheap, it's small and thin - size of an iPhone, but I have 2 similar sized stones from him before and they are very nice. It's a lottery, but the learning curve can be cheap. Not sure if the link will work...
Cheers!

https://www.jauce.com/auction/d1058128846

 

[sunn]

Thanks - it was cheap, it's small and thin - size of an iPhone, but I have 2 similar sized stones from him before and they are very nice. It's a lottery, but the learning curve can be cheap. Not sure if the link will work...
Cheers!

https://www.jauce.com/auction/d1058128846

I know that seller. Mostly good stones. But too many bidders on his auctions mostly.

 

[Carl Kotte]

Did you receive the stone drunken, yet?

 

[sunn]

Did you receive the stone drunken, yet?

I was shipped with DHL express by today. I think wednesday it will arrive.

 

[Carl Kotte]

I was shipped with DHL express by today. I think wednesday it will arrive.

Better start drinking now then!

 

[sunn]

Better start drinking now then!

Haha, that will be a bit too much. I think I start on wednesday after it arrived.

 

[Gregmega]

I once bought 3 identical shigs while drunk. It turned out pretty great. But a 4th didn’t work out so well. So I switched from whiskey to mezcal. It’s been going great since then.

 

[sunn]

I once bought 3 identical shigs while drunk. It turned out pretty great. But a 4th didn’t work out so well. So I switched from whiskey to mezcal. It’s been going great since then.

 

[Carl Kotte]

Haha, that will be a bit too much. I think I start on wednesday after it arrived.

You’ll recieve it unprepared. Godspeed!

 

[ethompson]

I need to find it again, but I once found a Japanese blog where the guy just got drunk and redid knives and reviewed stones. Pretty funny.

 

[sunn]

Ok, the stone arrived. I start drinking lol
Must be some unknown very hard awasedo. Tried to lap with atoma 140. I gave up after 5 minutes. Damn mofo.
On the pics it looked white.
Wet it's dark brown with an orange line.
It sharpens,but almost no feedback.
I attach the yahood and the original ones.
Maybe good for razor sharpening.

 

[sunn]

Pics from the auction

 

[Carl Kotte]

What did you drink?

 

[ethompson]

I always get best results buying auction stones on gin and brandy and worse results on whisky and tequila, but YMMV

 

[sunn]

Just had some beers now and having my first gin Tonic now. Trying to lap that stone lol

 

[ethompson]

Try a sidewalk maybe to start?

 

[sunn]

Try a sidewalk maybe to start?

I did 60 grit sic on a glass plate...
You think sidewalk is better?
I never tried it

 

[ethompson]

I did 60 grit sic on a glass plate...
You think sidewalk is better?
I never tried it

60 grit on glass would be better than a sidewalk I think. Best of luck

 

[sunn]

60 grit on glass would be better than a sidewalk I think. Best of luck

I give up. It's unlappable...45 minutes and no success can't get rid of the belly. The corners are still not reached. Anyway I tried it on two knives. It's hard and not super fine. Just fine. I will put it in a box and forget about it.

Cheers!

 

[sunn]

Maybe someone wants it for a nagura progression. Usable for that at least I think