Thread: $20,000 USD J-Nat Found on Ebay- Seriously...

Originally Posted by Jimbo

Thanks very much!! I had a snipe set on that! Now everyone knows about it...



James.

He knocked back my offer of $19,900. Offer him $19,901 & I bet it's yours

There are Japanese Naturals that run well into the $30K range for a standard stone 8" X 3" X 1.5 " thick in the 1-2 Kilogram range. Although I have only seen pictures of them they look perfect. J-Nats can certainly put a hole in the bank account.



R

So told me that he and his dad have a couple of stones they would never consider selling, and which would easily go for more than that. Of course if I were to buy a stone like that, I'd buy it via So to make that I get what I pay for.

The link works. The 'Blob' in the top middle is the stone!;:-) my comment. 'You can't throw in shipping??' Go big or go home!(:-(

Retail $70,000 ?!?!?

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[Miners Makers 330mate made price] US$20,000.00
[Retail] US$70,000.00
[Max size] 600*300*40mm (25.4mm=1inch)
[Net Wt.] 9,000g ;approx. equal to 19 5/6lb (454g=1lb)
Hardness/Grit per hardness/Abrasive pow./Lightness of touch (H1=softest ,H5=hardest)
HGAL=5++/max/max ...
Iyo stones born in Iyo Ehime prefecture where is far older than central Kyoto city.
Iyo developed 1500+yrs ago.
Central Kyoto city developed about 1200 yrs ago.
Iyo is belong to igneous stones. Otherwise, the plates come from Honyama central Kyoto city are belong to slate.
Iyo is known as the oldest whetstone in Japan. It's just a Ancient Toishi!!
Iyo continued being mined by the Nakaoka clan in Iyo region.

Also, often times the very very rare stones were owned by very prominent people in Japan and that fact alone can send prices even higher.

I wonder if they have any provenence,Are these Jnats known stones,have any of the experts here ever heard of them?

Originally Posted by Maximilian

Shipping is pretty steep but who counts when you're spending that amount of cash.

If you're going to be spending that kind of coin the LEAST this dreamer could do is throw in free shipping!

Sorry folks, no matter which way you spin this that is an obscene amount of money for a rock. That better be the sharpening stone that honed the first katana for the first Samurai to yield one.....

No, it isn't. I've got that one. Shh!

Originally Posted by Ryan82

Sorry folks, no matter which way you spin this that is an obscene amount of money for a rock. That better be the sharpening stone that honed the first katana for the first Samurai to yield one.....

Once owned by the legendary Miyamoto Musashi himself....