Thread: Buying Chinese 12K in Europe?

Originally Posted by jeness

What is the difference in a beginner and a non-beginner Jnat? What is the lowest price you can get a nice one for finishing? I was thinkng about getting a smaller one to start with. It doesn't bother me if it is butt ugly, or the underside has cracks, chips etc, if the honing surface is good, and the edge off of it is too My finest stone is a nani 12k and a vintage thuri, so I would love a Jnat in this range, or maybe a bit above. I don't see any reason to get a Jnat if it is an inferior finisher to my existing stones.

€40 for a Ozuku Traveler from Maxim207, mine is 140x40mm, killer deal.

Originally Posted by Blix

€40 for a Ozuku Traveler from Maxim207, mine is 140x40mm, killer deal.

I think I will have to contact Maxim after dealing with SWMBO, that price sounds very reasonable. I think I will have to sell a stone to get permission for a new one

Originally Posted by Blix

I bought my C12k from that Polish guy, it came lapped and ready for sharpening fun.

Okay, I have to modify that reply, I put on a pencil grid on the C-Nat and ran it on the DMT 325 to check how flat it really was, and a circle formed in the middle, clearly it wasn't flat at all. 2 hours later on the DMT it's finally flat....
I'll save the BBW polishing for another day....

Originally Posted by Blix

Okay, I have to modify that reply, I put on a pencil grid on the C-Nat and ran it on the DMT 325 to check how flat it really was, and a circle formed in the middle, clearly it wasn't flat at all. 2 hours later on the DMT it's finally flat....
I'll save the BBW polishing for another day....

Blix, thanks for the post. What colour is yours? I read these can
be blue and dull gray, no blueish tint,with slight dark grain in them.

Sharpman

Originally Posted by SharpMan

Blix, thanks for the post. What colour is yours? I read these can
be blue and dull gray, no blueish tint,with slight dark grain in them.

Sharpman

Here's mine, pictured with the BBW side of a coticule. Mine is pretty much dark grey.
Just like my J-Nat, it's reflective when you look at the surface at around a 10º angle.

Originally Posted by Blix

Here's mine, pictured with the BBW side of a coticule. Mine is pretty much dark grey.
Just like my J-Nat, it's reflective when you look at the surface at around a 10º angle.

Thanks for the answer Blix. If I may ask, What are those white lines on your
chinese stone? Could you take a close up pic if you have time?

Thanks.

Sharpman

Here's a close-up


By blix72 at 2011-07-08


Now the flash makes it looks ragged as hell, but the stone is super smooth. What those white lines are, I have no idea.

Originally Posted by Blix

Here's a close-up


By blix72 at 2011-07-08


Now the flash makes it looks ragged as hell, but the stone is super smooth. What those white lines are, I have no idea.

Thnx Blix.

Could that be the abrasive that was used to flattten
the stone by the company that sells them? It doesn't
look like it is the stone itself, but like it has been imbedded.

Sharpman

Originally Posted by SharpMan

Thnx Blix.

Could that be the abrasive that was used to flattten
the stone by the company that sells them? It doesn't
look like it is the stone itself, but like it has been imbedded.

Sharpman

No chanche for that, it is the stone, natural product you know.

Originally Posted by Blix

No chanche for that, it is the stone, natural product you know.

Yes, I understand it is a natural stone, but they get flattened a bit
before they are sold.

Those little white dots, I have had that with other stone when I used loose
grit or sometimes sandpaper to flatten them. They would embed themselves
and it would take about an hour with a poor diamond plate to create new layer.
Then these spots would disappear.

You could be right though and it be natural, but it looks like somebody used a
brush with some white paint, does not look natural to me.

Sharpman