Looking for a Jnat provider.

[Wallerwilly]

Hello gents,

I'm shopping for a jnat. More specifically i'm looking for a nice awasedo on which i could use some shiros and a tomo for finishing. I'm fanatically shopping for the different pieces for my kit for 2 weeks now.Everytime i goes into details about my requirements or what would be best for my needs the sellers just dissapear. Is there no provider left who knows their items?

I have simple requirements. Nice surface without toxic inclusions (metalic or crystaline impurities like quartzite or pyrite). Hard enough to progress through the shiro collection plus a tomo nagura but not crazy hard like some Ozuku. Not a pocket stone 10mm thin 100x40mm.

Alot of stones actually meet those requirements. Issue is the provider. They don't prove to be trusthworthy in this ****storm of frauding business. Whenever i ask questions to non sellers they answer with more questions (i.e. i don't have the stone in my hands, i can't tell if it's good, ask the seller) and leave me with even less clue as what to do with all this.

So here I am asking if any of you had any good experience with a seller on ebay or other business mediums that could be shipping to Canada.


Thanks,
Benoit.

 

[stone and strop]

Maksim is well respected, every stone is tested.
Nakayama Maruichi Kamisori Lv 5 (a775)

 

[Toro Blanco]

One of the best things to look for is if they accept returns if you do not like it. Aframestokyo, thejapanstone, and the above mentioned do. I would not buy anything from anybody that did not. Alex at TJS has great customer service and is very knowlegeable and has great stones.

 

[Wallerwilly]

Thanks alot Stone and strop and Toro Blanco, at least i now have a direction to aim.

Much apreciated,
Benoit.

 

[alex1921]

In addition to the above, maybe post a Want to Buy in the BST. Bunch of the guys here use Jnats.

 

[Wallerwilly]

Sadly, beeing new and all to the comunity i dont have access to post there. I was approached by a seller in there whom i contacted for a stone he already sold. He answer with questions every 3 days or so. I might be impatient idk. But that never went anywhere.