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[HumbleHomeCook]

4711

@MSicardCutlery check your KKF DM's.

 

[MSicardCutlery]

4712

Here's a new one for ya

https://www.kitchenknifeforums.com/threads/scam-warning.67531/

 

[spaceconvoy]

4708

For me, they aren't. I dipped my toe in and learned, at least in my perception, that unless you're going to get into polishing there's really not a lot to be gained in the J-Nat world.

4713
Strong disagree. They're so pretty and they smell nice and also it's just very satisfying on a monkey-brain-level to have a piece of the earth that does something useful.

And did I mention they are super pretty? People pay a premium for gorgeous knives, so why not stones

 

[HumbleHomeCook]

4713
Strong disagree. They're so pretty and they smell nice and also it's just very satisfying on a monkey-brain-level to have a piece of the earth that does something useful.

And did I mention they are super pretty? People pay a premium for gorgeous knives, so why not stones

4714

Did you see the second half of my post?

 

[Jovidah]

4715 what I don't understand is why there isn't a simple analysis of the types of rock that common Jnats are derived from, so we can start shopping for alternatives from different locations. It's not like Japan is the only place with rocks.

 

[spaceconvoy]

4714

Did you see the second half of my post?

4716
I did, it mentioned nothing about them being super pretty

 

[BillHanna]

We need a student geologist who needs to write a paper. They can travel to a bunch of different islands testing rocks.


“Here I am in Bermuda, comparing local rock formations to jnats, coticules, and novaculites. I may need another two week vaca- ahem. I may need another two week exploration of the island.”

 

[blokey]

4715 what I don't understand is why there isn't a simple analysis of the types of rock that common Jnats are derived from, so we can start shopping for alternatives from different locations. It's not like Japan is the only place with rocks.

4618

I think one of the advantages of Jnat is people already sought out what works and what not, mining and evaluating bunch of random rocks takes money and time, and most people just cares too little for such niche hobby

 

[Jovidah]

4618

I think one of the advantages of Jnat is people already sought out what works and what not, mining and evaluating bunch of random rocks takes money and time, and most people just cares too little for such niche hobby

4719 Really all it requires is for a geology student to take an interest and do some testing on some Jnats to see what they are and consist of...and then it really shouldn't be all that hard to find analogous in different places.
This whole 'random rocks' thing has been quite figured out already.

 

[M1k3]

4,720

We need a student geologist who needs to write a paper. They can travel to a bunch of different islands testing rocks.


“Here I am in Bermuda, comparing local rock formations to jnats, coticules, and novaculites. I may need another two week vaca- ahem. I may need another two week exploration of the island.”

That was @cotedupy for a moment there. Out in the woods trying to find old quarries and whatnot.

 

[mengwong]

4721

you want to cut a japanese pear and get a huge smile becauae you must choose which knife to use off the mag strip!

Tell me you picked a nashiji … right?

 

[Scott]

4722

Sorry, but no, I don’t have a Nine or Yanick or Milan to sell.

 

[M1k3]

4722

Sorry, but no, I don’t have a Nine or Yanick or Milan to sell.

4,723

So...you have a Kamon, Birgerson and Kippington to sell?

 

[Dan-]

4724
PM sent!

 

[spaceconvoy]

4725
PM also sent!

(the second pm-sent message, known as the 'fools hope')

 

[fortheloveofmoar]

4726, yanick? Did I hear yanick??

 

[ethompson]

4727

I love when I get random inbounds asking to buy things I either 1) don’t have or 2) never indicated was for sale.

 

[Heckel7302]

4727

I love when I get random inbounds asking to buy things I either 1) don’t have or 2) never indicated was for sale.

4728

Any chance you’d let that Maruka go? Say, $200?

 

[dragjp]

4729

2) never indicated was for sale.

That was me (for one time!)

 

[tostadas]

4730

Anyone consider polishing on raw stone? As in, still attached to the mountain?

 

[Heckel7302]

4730

Anyone consider polishing on raw stone? As in, still attached to the mountain?

Somebody has

Neolithic Knife Sharpening Stone?

On a recent trip to Italy, I was hiking around the Geoparco Del Beigua in Liguria. It contains what is identified as a Neolithic stone for resharpening greenstone axes, among other carved stones. …

jeffpeachey.com

 

[ethompson]

4730

Anyone consider polishing on raw stone? As in, still attached to the mountain?

4732

WTB - ticket to Kyoto to try polishing directly on a piece of still attached nakayama ore

 

[esoo]

4730

Anyone consider polishing on raw stone? As in, still attached to the mountain?

4733

I've always wondered what would happen if I tried rubbing a knife on any of the 5 billion rocks from my cottage at Georgian Bay (or off the Niagara escarpment nearby).

 

[Dan-]

I believe they call that indecent exposure

 

[esoo]

4735

No more indecent than normal for there.

 

[dragjp]

4736
Sounds worthy to try for my trip, at least play with some raw-ish rocks.. I hope totoriya will reopen when I got to west Japan.

 

[ModRQC]

4737

You... you want to send @cotedupy roaming the Earth?

You're unleashing a plague upon this world. It is a creature from soil's past, sharpening his talons in rapture on the most inhospitable rocks.

It will never eat. It will never sleep. It will never STOP!

 

[Gshep91]

4730

Anyone consider polishing on raw stone? As in, still attached to the mountain?

4738

Probably cheaper to fly to Japan and go to the mine than buying some of these stones

 

[ethompson]

4739

I’ve got a line in the filthiest ohira I’ve ever seen, cost is roughly that of a new compact car. So if you’ve got a hole your pocket let me know!

 

[spaceconvoy]

4739

I’ve got a line in the filthiest ohira I’ve ever seen, cost is roughly that of a new compact car. So if you’ve got a hole your pocket let me know!

4740
How compact? If it's around this size then I'm in!

I happen to have a hole in my pocket too but that's for, uh, personal reasons