Thread: Show your big (and small) naturals!

Originally Posted by DireStraights

Not really. Japanese sword polishers buy stones with toxic inclusions frequently to save money. They go through expensive stones so fast that for a new togishi it is probably the only real option.

The common practice is to use a nail or hard piece of steel to dig out the toxic areas below the honing plane. You can get an uchigumori that would normally be 600$+ for 100-200$ if you take the time to remove the toxic areas.

I have a new phone/camera so I will post my collection soon. It is getting quite large even with the Jnats I had to sell. I figure by the time I'm 30 the pile will be insane.(24 now, been seriously collecting natural hones for a year or so)

Not for razors, I am not getting into arguments though. I have been through quite the number of Jnats so I'd like to think I know what I am talking about. Of course everyone is entitled to their opinions.

Im "In"....some slates

@Eric:
ive seen this banded thuri somewhere before ;-)
Is that one in left buttom corner one of the Bavarians ?




Thuringian Bouts:

Sebastian, ; ) yup it sure is. Both of the Thuris I got from our trade are in there, the big brother is right next to the bandy little guy, lol. I was hoping to see some of your rock piles! I sometimes imagine you swimming around in piles of hones like Scrooge McDuck in his gold!

BTW got a really nice slate I think you'd like a lot if you are interested in another trade. I find it out-shaves the Thuris quite easily, and is much faster to boot. There is one to the left of the Thuris in the slate shot. Easily and by quite a margin one of my favorite shaves.

Originally Posted by eKretz

Sebastian, ; ) yup it sure is. Both of the Thuris I got from our trade are in there, the big brother is right next to the bandy little guy, lol. I was hoping to see some of your rock piles! I sometimes imagine you swimming around in piles of hones like Scrooge McDuck in his gold!

Haha...would like to do it sometimes....just relax and lean back into a huge pond of hones...

So looks like it doesnt will take long until you can join ;-)

Some coticules, eschers. Some I still have, others have gone to good homes ;

Coticule, & Arks ;

Nakayama asagi, more coticules, another view. The end of an Escher gelbgrun with a 'Guaranteed Soft' label on the opposite end. Only seen two of those. Mine is long gone. So is the Burton hybrid coticule, so don't ask .........

Where you hiding the other "30" coticules Jimmy ?

Nice Jimmy! Now I understand the name, lol.

All this thread has done is make me jealous I don't have a beautiful escher. I want one so bad...