TV Show on J-Nats

[vileru]

I thought some of you would enjoy this TV program on J-Nats. It doesn't go into to many details, but there are some great shots of shops, mines, etc.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YueSn9edMI0

[mainaman]

You should come to the IA meet up
http://straightrazorpalace.com/get-t...questions.html

you will have a chance to try some J-Nats and other hones there

[RezDog]

There is no place like a meet when it comes to learning the aspects of blades, shaving, hones and honing.

[vileru]

Unfortunately, I'm going to be out of the country Otherwise, I'd be there in a heartbeat. The location sounds fantastic.

[sidmind]

The American girl who said that no one in the US spends the time making stones like that, she clearly has never been to Arkansas.
I myself know very well as I buy rough stones from there and use one of these large lapping machines located in my garage.
I would take a photo of mine which is just like this but larger, unfortunately I am using it as a catch all for some junk right now, I need to clean it off and start on some stones again.

[vileru]

I'm sure she doesn't think that absolutely no one in the U.S. mines/cuts stones. She just wants to say that she doesn't know of any and that sharpening on stones isn't something most Americans do.

However, I don't know whether even many regular Japanese sharpen their tools on stones. My in-laws certainly don't. However, more or less all Japanese people are aware of both synthetic and natural stones and the extensive use of the latter in traditional crafts.

Anyway, it's awesome that you can source rough stones and transform them into usable hones. Have you heard of the Apache stones? I think you'd definitely be interested in them.

[AlanQ]

Thanx for the link

[sidmind]

Anyway, it's awesome that you can source rough stones and transform them into usable hones. Have you heard of the Apache stones? I think you'd definitely be interested in them.

No I am not familiar with them, tell me more?

[vileru]

Apaches are stones found in the deserts of the American Southwest sold by a single man, Terry, at Natural Hones. He offers three varieties:

Apache Red: pre-finisher
Apache Strata: finisher
Apache Black Gila: super hard final finisher

I don't know much about them besides what's written on their website, but you can find plenty of reviews via Google and YouTube.

[Steel]

You can research them here also. A little while back there were some members that started threads about them.