Thread: JNats explained...

JNS always has shuobodani 100 for $70. No brainer IMO. I have one and it works great. I know others who have the same stone and same positive feedback on it as well.

Originally Posted by bill3152

JNS always has shuobodani 100 for $70. No brainer IMO. I have one and it works great. I know others who have the same stone and same positive feedback on it as well.

Bill,
I noticed that the prices have gone up a little and that they are sold in several different varieties -ie. Shuobudani 100 (a122) and Shuobudani 100 (a136) to name a couple.
Aside from the size differences, are these "model" numbers indicating anything else unique about each stone.

Also, it looks like they are all "Out of Stock". Me gets the feeling that JNS experienced an SRP run on the bank!

Originally Posted by Siguy

Bill,
I noticed that the prices have gone up a little and that they are sold in several different varieties -ie. Shuobudani 100 (a122) and Shuobudani 100 (a136) to name a couple.
Aside from the size differences, are these "model" numbers indicating anything else unique about each stone.

Also, it looks like they are all "Out of Stock". Me gets the feeling that JNS experienced an SRP run on the bank!

I think the person to answer your questions best is Maksim, the owner of JNS.

Point taken, Stefan. Bill might know, however.

I would ask Maksim as he knows better than I would. I know quite a few who have had great experiences with that stone myself included. Anything that has lines in it I would avoid as these may not be felt at the moment but if the stone is lapped they could damage the edge in the future. Alex Gilmore is someone I have heard who is very knowledgeable and honest. He is a member here so worth looking into. He has sold a few stones to people I know and they all have good things to say about him.

Stefan beat me to it. Lol.

Thumbs up for Maksim and Alex.

Originally Posted by bill3152

Anything that has lines in it I would avoid as these may not be felt at the moment but if the stone is lapped they could damage the edge in the future.

The lines themselves are inert in high quality stones. Cheaper stones may have sand etc trapped & that is what causes the damage.