Iyoto 伊予砥 VS Bester 1000

Got Iyoto stone today from 330mate :)

I needed to try this one out !
330mate is only soars that i can get Iyotos from so i searched for one on his website and bought one for 9000 yen + shipping 3000 yen
http://www.330mate.com/product/874

Same time i bought Bester 1000 grit stone on German website for 37 euro + shipping 10 euro http://www.fine-tools.com/bester.html

So prices of Bester is cheaper but Iyoto is twice as big as Bester so for size they cost exactly the same !

Here is my impression:

Bester: Soft stone, cuts very fast, i love the feeling of that stone :) I permanent soak mine stone so it lives in water. Very easy to use, light colour make it so easy to see metal removal  !
Very good for beginner and pro. !

Iyoto: Hard stone, not so easy to use but with Nagura make it much easier and faster ! Splash and go stone, these stone will last a very long time. Bit slower then Bester but i think its because of hardens, finish is bit finer then Bester.
I like these stone a lot too :) Beautiful zebra colour!
Not for beginner !


Ok, here are some videos and Picture of finish
Knives in test White 2 steel laminated Pity and Tamahagene hole steel Gyuto !

Iyoto and Nagura (much faster) 

Iyo, Tmahagene 

Bester, Tamahagene 

Iyo, white steel laminated 

Bester, white steel laminated 

New Blog Index

I made Blog index today so its now easier to browser my blog :) 
There are 5 categories now 

Stones for sale
Knives
The other stuff 
Info about Naturals
Razors


You can see it in the sidebar to the left !

Dai Honyaki Pare

Got handle for my small Honyaki pare
I had it for a wail now like a project knife for polishing but never had time to use it.
So i gave up ! Did very quick polish and put handle on so i can start to use it :)

I got it from http://dai-knives.com/
90 mm white 2 steel water quenched.

Wakasa

Got 2 very nice Wakasa in stock

"Light and dark"

The light one i kip my self another is sold to my friend.

So here they are just for looks :)

Post office skrued up again :(

I received my Hakka stone that i bin waiting for a long time.

It came in 2 pieces :(

Because it is such nice and beautiful stone i decided to glue it together.

Here is what i did.

I let the stone dry out and bought super glue and stronger regular glue.
First i glued stone with super glue then i glue it with regular glue to the wooden base

Here are some pics and video

New Wakasa for razors

Got 2 new Wakasas for razors super nice stone :)

First when i got them i field on them looked at them and say to my self they are to soft !!!

HaHa i was wrong !

I took one of them and started to hone my Kamisori wow it field very smooth and fine almost like super hard stone but faster.
I tested it with Western too and result was very very nice i cud shave from the stone it self so yes these stones is razor worthy :)

from left  Nr 1 135 euro   nr 2 125 euro

Bought is same Lv and very similar in feeling
Hardnes Lv 4,5 Fines Lv 5+

My new Knifes

Got my new knifes today :)

Costume order chopper meat cleaver i ordered 2 one for me and one for my student at work.
It is total costume, me and my friend Stefan made the design and measurements, only 3 is made, 2 in Denmark one in US. We have ordered it in cheap SK4 steel but Yoshi made it in White 2 steel as extra service without extra charge :)

And 210 mm Gyuto extra thin in Skd steel for line work  :)

Waiting time was 3 month and maker was Yoshikane

All knifes was ordered at my friend from Japan Hide from "Hides Export"
http://hides-export.blogspot.com/

Here are some pics :)