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Beautiful!

As was expected... Sneaky...

Thanks for the info!

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...

It depends I guess if the name Narutaki is used to describe the mine Narutaki or the area Narutaki, of which Narutaki and Nakayama are mines in that area

regards

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...

Done with great pleasure! It was an interesting challenge! ;)

For the moment I'm sticking to:
(Read from left to right & above to below):

山産山
? 正城
証本國

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山城國産正本山?証 = Yamashiro kuni-san Honyama - ? - shō:

Hi, for now I guess:

山城國眞正本山??
Yamashiro kuni shinsei Honyama: Authentic Honyama from the Yamashiro area

??精撰 (read R>L) = Seisen = selected
優 = Yū = excellent

To be continued!

Not much to be found on the subject, though I did see this 'Blue powder rust remover', sold by Iwasaki:
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特撰 = Toku sen = Special
さびおとし = Sabi otoshi = Rust removal
TRADE㊂Mark...

Thanks for sharing your immense amount of knowledge, your devotion, willingness, enthousiasm, helpfulness,... And thanks for sharing my page!
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The reason why so many old stock stones appear to have fresh stamps, is because they are fresh stamps.
Many stones are still lying in piles without stamps; before they're sold they are stamped with...

Nice! Was it a good one for razors?

Regards

A Maruuchi Maruka Nakayama Suita?

:D I was doubting to buy an Ohzuku from him! :beer1:
Excited to see your pics!

Kindest regards

The Nakayama one the left is a double one!
Both sides can be used and it is a through hard one indeed!

Much thanks Alex!!!

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Kindest regards

Here's my submission to the club:

Ikarashi (ideal for bevel setting (even more fun with help of a Botan nagura):
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Kouzaki (Great "middle" stone between bevel set and finish but enormously...

Great! Thank you very much!
It's now clear that's really useful after the sanding stage, I'm looking forward to experiment!

Most kindest regards,

Jethro

Thanks!

Do you put the slurry on a cloth?

Thank you!

That looks very interesting! I'm using sanding paper and micromesh, and of course it's much work to remove the previous scratches!
Now, because you'll get a nice hazy finish when honing on Jnat I...

May I ask how you use the slurry, is it a thick slurry on a cloth or something? Have you experimented with slurries of "lower" grit
stones when removing scratches?

Thanks!

Isn't it possible that 三河 means Mikawa or Sanshu?

kindest regards,

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