Thread: J-Nat club

Wow Alex, that mejiro is like orange sorbet. I have a pretty one, I'll have to get a pic.

In the meantime, from Alex G., my Shobudani Kiita, super fine and hard hard, no self slurry at all, not a great pic, but it's what I have while traveling /working.




2nd is Narutaki, a little softer, easier to bring up slurry with tomo or mejiro. Pretty colors showing, but look at what's waiting! One tiny cracked corner, otherwise perfect on top, pretty skin on the back. Of each, actually.
Thank AG!

My last acquisition from Japan:

Originally Posted by Para7452

Wow Alex, that mejiro is like orange sorbet. I have a pretty one, I'll have to get a pic.

In the meantime, from Alex G., my Shobudani Kiita, super fine and hard hard, no self slurry at all, not a great pic, but it's what I have while traveling /working.




2nd is Narutaki, a little softer, easier to bring up slurry with tomo or mejiro. Pretty colors showing, but look at what's waiting! One tiny cracked corner, otherwise perfect on top, pretty skin on the back. Of each, actually.
Thank AG!

Glad you like it,

Alex

Originally Posted by Fikira

Hi,

Not calling names, because I'm not going to begin with "Vendor bashing",
but I do want to highlight certain practices, as placing fake stamps on Jnat's, which are so plain WRONG...

I made an extra warning (with the known pictures, thank you "Alex" and "Ovidiu") into my articles:
see: https://historyrazors.wordpress.com/...atural-stones/, under chapter: "Hatanaka Hatahoshi“

Thank you!

Strangely enough these stones are now also sold through a Japanese seller, although the style of pictures and letter type in the listings, stone stamps, ... are the same as the Russian seller who sold/sells such stamped stones...

I don't quite understand...

Nice stones though...

Originally Posted by Fikira

Strangely enough these stones are now also sold through a Japanese seller, although the style of pictures and letter type in the listings, stone stamps, ... are the same as the Russian seller who sold/sells such stamped stones...

I don't quite understand...

Nice stones though...

Not sure, but I do know he is also selling these on yahoo.jp under the same as his one of his ebay listings. Plus there there have been alot of stones that look just like his sold on there.

Oh and one last thing his original ebay said he was in Japan, but the stones actually shipped from Russia.

Counterfeit Japanese stones, not just maruka, is a potentially big thing. Not only because of people stamping "unworthy" Japanese stones, but because of the existence of stones looking like Japanese as well.
Here is an interesting example;




And a disclaimer; I don't own any of them. Nor the photo, it's from the seller. I would want to have one or a few of these stones, and probably will, but as of this moment, I don't (seriously China, we need an English version of your sites! I know about your fears on this case, but still!!)

Don't some of them appear strikingly similar to Japanese stones? Especially in a world where our purchases are made by images.
I have seen photos of stones looking like Japanese from a few places already, and I expect I'll see more of them.

What I'll write is obvious, but we do have to remember it,It's about trusting the sellers, not the stones or stamps. before purchase.

Originally Posted by rideon66

Not sure, but I do know he is also selling these on yahoo.jp under the same as his one of his ebay listings. Plus there there have been alot of stones that look just like his sold on there.

Oh and one last thing his original ebay said he was in Japan, but the stones actually shipped from Russia.

As was expected... Sneaky...

Thanks for the info!

Just remember guys, we have the eBay 101 thread to advise newbs on how to shop safely.
Try not to overlap too much here.
Thanx !

Once again, great details for someone still acquiring hones.
Thank you.
Myron

Striped Botan. 295 gr or so. Fairly big chunk.