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11-21-2009, 03:50 PM
Thread: The Aoto Thread
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I am always glad to hear advocates for firmness.
I am always glad to hear advocates for firmness.
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11-12-2009, 11:42 AM
Thread: The Aoto Thread
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Aoto, yes. The smaller one. It was the condition...
Aoto, yes. The smaller one. It was the condition of the stone not from shipping.
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11-12-2009, 04:02 AM
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My Hida stone has cracks. I like Hida too much to...
My Hida stone has cracks. I like Hida too much to send back + it is heavy.
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11-09-2009, 02:53 AM
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I know his descriptions are hard to follow but he...
I know his descriptions are hard to follow but he lists it. The online shop was fugibato before 330mate he gets his stones form Mr. Yakmakan and previously perhaps currently from Hitomi-san
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11-09-2009, 02:39 AM
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Hi Alx thanks for your reply. We know who...
Hi Alx thanks for your reply. We know who nakaoka-san gets rocks from and he probably is a bit of a searcher as well -with his pics of old mines and diggings. So-san has worried about his Dad diving...
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11-09-2009, 12:54 AM
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went to Iyo stone. hey that iyo looks via color...
went to Iyo stone. hey that iyo looks via color like shiden suita colors from fugibato... same place
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11-08-2009, 11:26 PM
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Horses held Sparq. Why take it so personally I...
Horses held Sparq. Why take it so personally I had in my mind what Holli and Pyment had said.
One old method of dealing with such things is to carve them out, and with aoto you can use whichever... -
11-08-2009, 03:54 PM
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Let's take a quick trip to So's site: Kouzaki,...
Let's take a quick trip to So's site: Kouzaki, Inokura, Miyagawa, Hakka. And I think also Tanba.
Quite a bit more than those currently under discussion as these are the good ones.
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10-29-2009, 08:15 PM
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I call it that because i wouldn't feel right...
I call it that because i wouldn't feel right sending one back unless it was totally unusably flawed. The slight risk helps keep the price down. The less good one I use on knives, to clean synthetics,...
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10-29-2009, 12:19 PM
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I'm not sure there is such a thing as just water...
I'm not sure there is such a thing as just water with most of these(the ones readily available) They are that soft/slurrying.
I have a hard time getting 3-5k feel sharp. It's like go and go and...
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