Thread: Tamahagane, any good?

I'm considering buying a couple of these( Tamahagane Vtslipsten grov #1000, Knivslip, Sliptillbehr, slipsten, vtslip ) since international shipping on hones is a bi**h.

Since it's japanese, they're probably great hones but if anyone on here has any expirence with them I'd love to hear what you think of 'em.

To be honest, I only associate Tamahagane with a type of Japanese carbon steel. In that respect, my only hands on experience is with a tamahagane kamisori which is, indeed, an excellent razor.

None of this has any relevance to the hone that you are considering other than the fact that the manufacturer has chosen to label it that way. Probably the intent is to prompt the prospective buyer into transferring some of the Tamahagane mystique on to what looks like a pretty ordinary 1000 grit synthetic hone. Someone like Gssixgun, who has made it his mission to compare every bevel setter he can lay his hands on, may have some insight. My first response would be to go with a well know commodity like a Naniwa or a Shapton.

I guess I'll shoot a pm at Gssixgun and see what he thinks.

Yes, it's an OEM-hone!
The name is from the knives they sell under the name "Tamahagane"; Tamahagane Kksknivar - Kkstillbehr fr hemmakocken eller kksproffset!
It's the same as "Global" stones and the like...
So nothing special and no super prize, I would go for a brand name stone like Naniwa, King, Suehiro, Cerax or the 1K from JNS

(By the way, I'm not so far from you... stupid "Almedalsvecka" hehe)

It is really your choice for a gamble but sometimes stones for knives, altho often useable, are not always ideal for razors.

Of course they are;
Native American Indians used them for centuries. They used their Tamahaganes for skinning buffalo, cutting poles for their teepees, scalping slow settlers. Every Native American Indian I ever saw was clean shaven, hell, I bet they shaved with their Tamahaganes. Today's modern hatchets are based on the old Tamahaganes.

Sadly, they don't make Tamahaganes the way they used to.