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Old stock  Ohira  Fast and medium hardness stone quite easy to use  feels very smooth and make some black very fast Can be used without Nagura and make amazing Kasumi finish  No Toxic lines or Inclusions     Size: 195mm...

Forged to shape By Toshihiro Wakui from Sanjo Niigata and send to JNS for Sharpening and Polishing with Uchigumori  Amazing forging on this line with very good tapering both spine and to choil, make it crazy nice cutter  So it was much easier...

Forged to shape By Toshihiro Wakui from Sanjo Niigata and send to JNS for Sharpening and Polishing with Uchigumori  Amazing forging on this line with very good tapering both spine and to choil, make it crazy nice cutter  So it was much easier...

Kokorozashi 志  Brand that is made in JNS workshop Sharpened on Japanese horizontal wheels finished with Natural stones  Kokorozashi can be translated as: will, motivation, ambition, a sense of purpose, or personal mission With this brand I...

Aiiwatani  Located north for Kyoto along with Takashima They produce some of Harder and finer stones then ussual from that region.  Very nice feel, smooth and quite hard  finisher for razors Super nice size for the Razors that deliver...

Aiiwatani  Located north for Kyoto along with Takashima They produce some of Harder and finer stones then ussual from that region.  Very nice feel, smooth and quite hard  finisher for razors Super nice size for the Razors that deliver...

You get the knife that is in the picture ! Genkai Masakuni  330mm Yanagiba Honyaki Sharpened by Nomura Shotaro Genkai Masakuni (now retired) is master in Honyaki blades and  Nomura Shotaro is master by sharpening Yanagi blades  Make...

Forged, Laminated and heat-treated by Bryan Raquin from France Auvergne region, with 145SC steel laminated with XC10 cladding with lots of banding (clouds) that you also see on Shigefusa knives, very difficult to capture on photo.  Then it is...

Another Great Blacksmith from Sanjo, Niigata Noborikoi Kanji on backside is made only for JNS  With Better Fit and Finish and his best heat-tread and steel he loves to use most !  I simply ask the maker to make what he thinks is his best...

Forged, Laminated and heat-treated by Bryan Raquin from France Auvergne region, with 145SC steel laminated with XC10 cladding with lots of banding (clouds) that you also see on Shigefusa knives, very difficult to capture on photo.  Then it is...

Kokorozashi 志 and Tamamoku 杢目 the Pattern on cladding  Brand that is made in JNS workshop Sharpened on Japanese horizontal wheels finished with Natural stones Kokorozashi can be translated as: will, motivation, ambition, a sense...

Forged to shape By Toshihiro Wakui from Sanjo Niigata and send to JNS for Sharpening and Polishing with Uchigumori  Amazing forging on this line with very good tapering both spine and to choil, make it crazy nice cutter  So it was much easier...

Forged to shape By Toshihiro Wakui from Sanjo Niigata and send to JNS for Sharpening and Polishing with UchigumoriAmazing forging on this line with very good tapering both spine and to choil, make it crazy nice cutter So it was much easier to grind...

It is forged by Nakagawa Satoshi from blue 1 and damascus cladding  Special Sharpened and finished by JNS in our own workshop, Deep Etched top with Choil and spine rounded and polished, Bevel finished with Uchigumori  It is finished with...

Forged to shape By Toshihiro Wakui from Sanjo Niigata and send to JNS for Sharpening and Polishing with Uchigumori  Amazing forging on this line with very good tapering both spine and to choil, make it crazy nice cutter  So it was much easier...

Super Unique and rare Shoubudani Nashiji Kiita  Super easy to use stone, soft and quite fast, beautiful colors with light yellow and lots of Nashua pattern  Very clean without any inclusions at all  Very rare to find this kind of stone...

Aiiwatani become some of my most recommended stones for tools and knives They have Very nice feel, feels medium hard but it is very very fine and super easy to use  Very fast for its fines  Can be used without nagura  !!  Very good...

Aiiwatani become some of my most recommended stones for tools and knives They have Very nice feel, feels medium hard but it is very very fine and super easy to use  Very fast for its fines  Can be used without nagura  !!  Very good...

Aiiwatani become some of my most recommended stones for tools and knives They have Very nice feel, feels medium hard but it is very very fine and super easy to use  Very fast for its fines  Can be used without nagura  !!  Very good...

Shoubudani is mine super close to Nakayama and produced similar stones as Nakayama usually super fine and hard  Sometimes in Japan shoubudani stones have been sold as Nakayamas  Perfect for knives and tools  Very very easy stone to use !...