Stone Envy

[tk59]

I have quite a few stones at this point and I thought I was basically done buying them. But I recently tried out a friend's Aoto. It's big, essentially black and feels incredibly smooth and leaves a nice edge. The problem is it's a fairly expensive stone and I already have several stones in that grit range. Still, I can't seem to stop thinking about running my edges over that thing... :help3:

 

[rockbox]

Don't go over to Jon's place then. Doesn't he personally own more that 40 or 50 stones.

 

[mhlee]

Too late . . .

 

[mainaman]

Aoto are nice stones, but quality ones are hard to find and are expensive.
Getting into naturals is also a big adventure for the wallet.

 

[Cadillac J]

Unfortunately I can't relate. I just never had a similar obsession with stones, yet I absolutely love to sharpen.

Part of me has been curious to try some new ones, but I don't want to spend any money on them--especially ones that cost the same as a quality knife.

Can we still be friends?

 

[MadMel]

Unfortunately I can't relate. I just never had a similar obsession with stones, yet I absolutely love to sharpen.

Part of me has been curious to try some new ones, but I don't want to spend any money on them--especially ones that cost the same as a quality knife.

Can we still be friends?

Welcome to the minimalist club

 

[mainaman]

I took a pic of all my naturals for another forum, although I have good number I still think of the next one :help3:

 

[tk59]

Don't go over to Jon's place then. Doesn't he personally own more that 40 or 50 stones.

He does have a pile and it's growing but I can honestly say I don't dream about any of them except for two and neither is a "finishing" stone. I only have one friend (that I know of) that at least occasionally dreams about stones and isn't a geologist.

Nice collection, btw, Stefan. I hope my disease doesn't progress that far...

 

[unkajonet]

He does have a pile and it's growing but I can honestly say I don't dream about any of them except for two and neither is a "finishing" stone. I only have one friend (that I know of) that at least occasionally dreams about stones and isn't a geologist.

:scared2: I wonder who that might be...

 

[MadMel]

I took a pic of all my naturals for another forum, although I have good number I still think of the next one :help3:

That's the amount of knives I hope I'd be having lol.. You lock them up at night or what?

 

[mainaman]

That's the amount of knives I hope I'd be having lol.. You lock them up at night or what?

hehe in the safe :viking:

 

[JBroida]

hehe in the safe :viking:

bad news tk... i've got 4-5 new stones that will be here in about 5-6 days