Quote Originally Posted by Pyment View Post
The stone that usually comes first in Japanese Sword polishing is called the Arato. This is only used on heavily rusted or newly forged swords.

The next step is called the Binsui using a stone in the 600 range the Binsuita. Which 330mate is selling on ebay and looks a lot like the Amukasa (which is the name of an island - I think).
I'm glad you mentioned him as i was bout to post bout this as I saw one of the auctions. I checked his feedback and while I've seen couple where he sold the same stone and one cracked and the other buyer never got his. Sure others were satisfied-not to disparage the seller but it sure doesn't give one peace of mind when purchasing. Add to that he claims I should be able to get the package at latest 23 days?

I had Jim send me package that arrived in week. Please tell me whats wrong with that picture. Don't say "dude's got a business and probably sending off thousands of items..." That's irrelevant. If I paid for something, I expect it to be shipped and not have to worry about receiving the item or not.

Carry on... :P