Thread: Anyone Read Japanese?

Ran across a place over the weekend selling natural Japanese waterstones - the previous owner had bought them in Japan, but this guy couldn't read Japanese and didn't know anything about them. He just wanted to shift them because they'd been lying around his shop for 8 years or so...

Anyway, the price was so low I picked one up with the idea of trying it out - no big loss if it doesn't work out.

Can anyone tell me anything about this stone? I haven't got a clue what I bought.

(Sorry in advance for the poor photos)







James.

cant help you but sure looks cool!

Wish I could help. I will ask a buddy of mine if he can take a look. He grew up in Japan. Just give me a day or two to get a hold of him.

And I am not even gonna point out the irony of the Kanji tattoo. LOL


::update:: I just emailed him the picture of it, so I should hear back from him tomorrow sometime. ::FINGERS CROSSED::

Originally Posted by Windcalmer

Wish I could help. I will ask a buddy of mine if he can take a look. He grew up in Japan. Just give me a day or two to get a hold of him.

And I am not even gonna point out the irony of the Kanji tattoo. LOL


::update:: I just emailed him the picture of it, so I should hear back from him tomorrow sometime. ::FINGERS CROSSED::

Hey, thanks heaps windcalmer. Appreciate it

LOL!! Actually, that's not a Kanji tattoo - it's Pi (3.1415.....) At some point in the future I'm going to get the actual number to about 50-60 decimal places added on in a spiral up my arm (maybe...)

James.

Try OLD_School he lives in Japan bet he could help you out!

O.K. You know I thought that at first and then second guessed myself. LOL I had thought of that idea to. I really wanted to get it to connect a few of my other tattoos. I saw a girl that had it done on her leg back home, and LOVE IT! Hers got smaller the farther down it went.

Originally Posted by Doc

Try OLD_School he lives in Japan bet he could help you out!

Thanks Doc - I'll give him a PM.

James.

Originally Posted by Jimbo

Hey, thanks heaps windcalmer. Appreciate it

LOL!! Actually, that's not a Kanji tattoo - it's Pi (3.1415.....) At some point in the future I'm going to get the actual number to about 50-60 decimal places added on in a spiral up my arm (maybe...)

James.

So do you have e or i on your other wrist?
Or perhaps sqrt(e^(i*pi)) = i (or one of the many variants) in symbolic notation on your shoulders?

Now that would be cool.

Originally Posted by Bruno

So do you have e or i on your other wrist?
Or perhaps sqrt(e^(i*pi)) = i (or one of the many variants) in symbolic notation on your shoulders?

Now that would be cool.

LOL! That *would* be cool! At one stage I was going to tattoo the analytically intractable integral I solved for my thesis across my chest, but decided against it. My thesis caused me enough pain....

My next tattoo will be a half-sleeve from my right shoulder to elbow - wife won't let me have a straight razor theme, so still working on the design...

James.

Had to consult the wife on this one mainly coz its all Kanji and mostly names (Names in Japanese can have many different readings).

Anyway, the top right Kanji indicates that it is a Honyama hone (Honyama nowadays simply means finishing hone. The only 2 true Honama hones are Nakayama and Shoubudani). The Kanji in the top left with the type of reef around it says its a vintage hone and bottom right Kanji reads Narutaki, which could be the second hardest among Japanese hones. The bottom left reads Ipponyongata (though could actually read differently, the Kanji used together like this are specifically for hones) I presume that this is the seal of the mine owner as none of the other stamps are the seal. I could however be mistaken.

An excellent find IMO.

Hope this info helps and is satisfactory.

O_S