Thirsty Binsui

[Bolek]

Does a Binsui nead soaking ?

 

[Marcelo Amaral]

Not that i know of. I use it as a splash and go stone. As far as i know, most jnats shouldn't be soaked (there are exceptions, of course, koma nagura is an example). If you are talking about Thai Binsui, it also doesn't need soaking.

 

[Krassi]

Hiho!

Are you speaking about thai Binsui from Miles or Japanese Binsui?
I got 2 from miles and they just need a little water and are splash and go deathstars.

 

[fatboylim]

+1 for Miles' binsui splash and go. Pretty awesome.

 

[Bolek]

Thanks for responses. It is a jnat from Dictum.

https://www.dictum.com/en/sharpenin...l-stone-bdquo-binsui-ldquo?ftr=_2__97_1_12_12

It comes with an instracion saying to sock for 15 min.

 

[GRoc]

I have not tried this version of binsui.

The one that I had from a Japanese vendor as well as the Thai binsui from Miles, they were both splash and go, fast cutting stones that worked well for a variety of carbon steel (W#2, W#1, B#2) with moderate pressure.

 

[mikaelsan]

The instructions are universal for their coarse stones, the akamusa, the coarsest one is the lot is pretty thirsty I soak that for a minute or two before use, if you're still looking for advice on it I would not soak it, and if you do decide to give it a try, just soak for a minute and then splash as you need it