Okay. Just $1750USD. Hurry before I list it on Ebay.
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Hockey3081
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I looked at myself in the mirror and asked... despite needing to lose a few, am I truly happy with my life choices so far? The answer was no...
To be broken in tomorrow.
Nice work!
It's probably the most universally-liked stone on the forums. And with good reason; you can't even accuse it being overrated, it's just excellent.
You can spank yourself with the new strop for not buying it sooner.
Loving these April Fools…
I’d buy one lol.
I’d buy one lol.
I think it was last year they did the "hand held Tormek".
Bernal usually drops something too.
Stockman
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Latest edition for the Fridge - needed a larger BB, this one is 50 (2") x 200 ( 8") .
This one has a nice 2 sided effect, bluey on 1 side, slightly purple the other with a bit of coti poking out from the side.
Purple side appears to be a little finer grit.
This one has a nice 2 sided effect, bluey on 1 side, slightly purple the other with a bit of coti poking out from the side.
Purple side appears to be a little finer grit.
I was at an antique store today and there was a box with stones for $5 each. I got these three because they seemed to be the finest grit. One is just a vintage razor hone but after I did some initial flattening the smallest one looks interesting. The big one is something in the range of 1k, probably synthetic, reeks of oil. The little one is badly dished but one side is purple-ish and the other is cream. The side seems to show its a natural stone and the cream layer is quite thin, very fine, but badly dished in the middle. What is is? What do I do to make the most of it?
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Mate, that is a great score for $15!
The big one looks like a soft Arkansas to me, but the novaculite gang will be along in a minute to confirm.
The small cream and purple one is a coticule/Belgian blue natural combo, and a nice quality one from the looks of it, even if small.
L-R: Natural Coticule\BBW (coti layer is almost spent, still plenty of wonderful life left for knives), Novaculite for sure (looks Washita to me), generic razor hone.
All are worth more than $5, but the Coti/BBW and the washita are steals for that price and honestly that as a two stone (well three) setup is arguably all you'll need unless you're doing heavy stock removal; I'd be DELIGHTED with that haul.
If you have questions or anything on using them or anything else feel free to shoot me DM, or just search for Coticules, Belgian Blue Whetstone, or Washita and you'll find plenty of info on the two gems you found.
Thank you both for your help. I suspected it was a coticule but having never seen one, I was hoping someone would chime in. I still have some flattening to do. The big one is almost an inch thick. I should be able to have a flat surface of BBW all the way. The coticule is split halfway and I won't be able to use more than half at a time.
Only need half the Coticule to be usable. I use a pocket stone, with success, on large knives.
That doesn't bother me personally, but it will take a little bit of adjustment to make work because cotis are (typically) blazingly fast so they'll cut in off angle facets on your bevel within a few strokes if you've got wobble or you're not all the way lined up right.
Sooo I got this box in the mail
But the box was too small
**** yeah.
Naniwa pro for scale.
I’m excited.
But the box was too small
**** yeah.
Naniwa pro for scale.
I’m excited.
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Thanks! Still in awe of just how much stone there actually is.Bit small isn’t it?
Nice rock mate. That’s awesome
Crapped out a quick polish after lapping off the top scratchy layer - fast and smooth with the classic marou grippy feedback.
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Renge on stones is just beautiful
Arashiyama 1000
Nano-Hone 100
Imanishi Ohira Tomae #678 with a little red blush, my first J-Nat. From Bernal. Thank you Taylor for stepping away from sharpening to help me make the choice.
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Imanishi Ohira Tomae #678 with a little red blush, my first J-Nat. From Bernal. Thank you Taylor for stepping away from sharpening to help me make the choice.
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Btw does anyone know if savorypromo.com is for real?
I’m surprised to find a listing for my stone #678 for $93.99
https://www.savorypromo.com/natural...-type-40-size-1514-grams-3-5-4-hard-4-4-fine/
I followed the link. It looks like they hijacked Bernal Cutlery name and photos to make it look legit, dolled it up with some cute graphics, and wrote stuff that’s nonsensical (read the section “about us”). So I would say there’s a 100% chance it’s a scam. I’ll notify Bernal.
Definitely a scam. Almost fell for a few while searching for FSK stones using google translate on Japanese google.
Must be that new shop they opened in New Mexico prefecture
Here is what is actually at that address
It’s fake, Bernal posted about it on their instagram. (There’s a $93 Jiro in their knife section lol)
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Nice one, interested to hear your experience with first J-Nat.
This smelly thing jumped out of a FedEx box and elbowed the Ohira Tomae out of the way.
https://www.kitchenknifeforums.com/threads/sniffing-j-nats.54638/post-991781
Found some Goldschläger buried in there…
I pushed an SK-4 FKH sujihiki around and got nifty haze, rather than the linear scratch pattern I’m accustomed to with synths.
https://www.kitchenknifeforums.com/threads/sniffing-j-nats.54638/post-991781
Found some Goldschläger buried in there…
I pushed an SK-4 FKH sujihiki around and got nifty haze, rather than the linear scratch pattern I’m accustomed to with synths.
Stockman
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Picked up this mystery stone of the Bay, wasn't expecting it to be so skinny, 5mm Thick (should say Thin), but after a good clean up and a flatten on the Atoma140, kinda looked interesting. Ran my beater Nakiri in Blue#2 and a couple of petty's in Stainless VG10 on the stone and was a little blown away by the cutting speed and resulting keen but toothy edge. Would guess its somewhere in the 1000 - 2000 grit range. This one is going to live in the kitchen, kicked out the SP2000.
