Natural Japanese hones from eBay seller
There seems to be only one seller on eBay who sells the natural stones.
Does anyone have experience dealing with 330mate_com?
I have been discussing buying one of his natural stones from him. He has all his razor stones (Honyama Yamashiromate Nakayama) boxed up. I think Yamashiromate must be his location or company as all his stones seem to include this. Below is an example of how they would look:
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3411/...e90993.jpg?v=0
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3601/...4c982c.jpg?v=0
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2479/...01969c.jpg?v=0
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3316/...5d7547.jpg?v=0
He has 2 sizes but doesn't know what exact size/stone I would get as they are all boxed up to be sent to dealers in the US.
80K=65*180
60K=70*195
he also has Yamashiromeito Uchigumori. Which seem to be more irregular (like cuticle bouts) and softer and it sounds like they are a lower grit (or grit equivalent).
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3017/...c93060.jpg?v=0
Comments?
I am thinking of going with the Nakayama stone (his first offer) which comes with a Nagura.
Here is his website:http://www.330mate.com/
It's kind of cool to go through and look at the different stones.