awesome video as always!! thanks for being an in depth english speaking jnat reviewer in the specifity of knives. A lot of youtubers speak about jnats, but most are in regards to straight razor honing with very hard / fine finishing stones
lol I cant believe i sent a Kasabori instead of a aizu to a huge aizu fan i feel bad!! ;) I usually use them ill blocks to condition Binsui etc...just a weird habbit... Thanks for the info nice vide mate.
i bought an ikarashi but mine is green. i got it from jns website. do you have any familiarity as to why mine would be a green hue? is it a different stone?
@@naturalwhetstones thanks for the reply! Yeah, mine definitely has the holes you were talking about too. So maybe not the finest specimen. It also came unflattened so I probably didn’t do the best job at shaping it before I sealed it in urushi lol.. but we live and we learn!
@@triccss I bet it is still a highly usable stone! I did have to flatten out all of mine too - it can take quite a while. I still enjoy the one I keep around and for the price I think they are worth picking up to give it a try. Have fun!
@@naturalwhetstones definitely a cheaper stone. And I suppose I could put more work into flattening it, i kinda tried to fast forward it. All I have is a 400 atoma plate to do it. What did you use? I’m still trying to learn the stone and see where it fits in my progression
@@triccss Yeah, I also use an Atoma but a 140. If you prefer, an email chain may be easier than YT comments. You can contact me here: naturalwhetstones.com/contact-me/
Thanks for the tip, to be honest as long as you get the information, I am trying to convey I'm not too worried about a small pronunciation error. Always good to know though!
@@naturalwhetstones yeah fair enough man, just came across your channel and I look forward to watching the rest. Its just that I live in Japan and you don't hear any words being pronounced like that because the pronunciation of the language doesnt make any sound like that so it just sounds super weird! Haha. Not trying to attack ya or anything. Keep up the good work man
awesome video as always!! thanks for being an in depth english speaking jnat reviewer in the specifity of knives. A lot of youtubers speak about jnats, but most are in regards to straight razor honing with very hard / fine finishing stones
Glad you like it! Should have more starting up again soon
These stones are beautiful! Thanks for the video on them!
Another great and informative video. Please keep them coming!
Thanks! Aizu should be next week. :)
@@naturalwhetstones I'm looking forward to it!
Another great video.
Many thanks.
Thanks!
I'm really enjoying the aizu I got from, you buds ! Love your vids!
Glad you like it!
Another great video!!!
Thank you!
lol
I cant believe i sent a Kasabori instead of a aizu to a huge aizu fan i feel bad!! ;)
I usually use them ill blocks to condition Binsui etc...just a weird habbit...
Thanks for the info nice vide mate.
Glad you enjoyed it!
i bought an ikarashi but mine is green. i got it from jns website. do you have any familiarity as to why mine would be a green hue? is it a different stone?
Certainly the same stone, they just range in colors. At least one of the three in this video also came from JNS!
@@naturalwhetstones thanks for the reply! Yeah, mine definitely has the holes you were talking about too. So maybe not the finest specimen. It also came unflattened so I probably didn’t do the best job at shaping it before I sealed it in urushi lol.. but we live and we learn!
@@triccss I bet it is still a highly usable stone! I did have to flatten out all of mine too - it can take quite a while. I still enjoy the one I keep around and for the price I think they are worth picking up to give it a try. Have fun!
@@naturalwhetstones definitely a cheaper stone. And I suppose I could put more work into flattening it, i kinda tried to fast forward it. All I have is a 400 atoma plate to do it. What did you use? I’m still trying to learn the stone and see where it fits in my progression
@@triccss Yeah, I also use an Atoma but a 140. If you prefer, an email chain may be easier than YT comments. You can contact me here: naturalwhetstones.com/contact-me/
Hello , what are your thoughts on aizu stone ? I here good things about it. It is a bevelsetter for straight razors. Cind regards frank
Hey Frank, I have a whole video on it already!
th-cam.com/video/-1zX9TnGK_s/w-d-xo.html
Is there any Ikarashi you've seen that has an excessive amount of Enshou on the surfaces?
Like this one? ;P
naturalwhetstones.com/natural-whetstones/japanese-natural-stones-collection/ikarashi-enshou-nakatoishi/
@@naturalwhetstones more than this actually XD
Yep they are out there for sure.
Love the videos, very informative. Just one.gripe, the way you pronounce binsui! Haha. It's bin sue ii or e not bin sway
Thanks for the tip, to be honest as long as you get the information, I am trying to convey I'm not too worried about a small pronunciation error. Always good to know though!
@@naturalwhetstones yeah fair enough man, just came across your channel and I look forward to watching the rest. Its just that I live in Japan and you don't hear any words being pronounced like that because the pronunciation of the language doesnt make any sound like that so it just sounds super weird! Haha. Not trying to attack ya or anything. Keep up the good work man
@@wabisabi-ken3534 All good, always appreciate the input. Thanks for dropping a line :)