Alex Gilmore was the guest speaker in today's class. Alex brought with him a few natural stones for the students to test. It's not everyday that one gets to try out stones in the thousand-dollar range. It was quite a treat.
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01 - 2009 Kezuroukai (Blacksmiths) calendar. Cover is Yamaguchi (family name first) Fusaichi (given or professional name last). Jan. Ishido Kazuhide, Feb. Yokosaka Masato, Mar. Tsunesaburo, April. Komori Daisuke, May. Ogata Shuji, June. Yamamoto Kensuke, July. Mosaku, Aug. Miyamoto Masao, Sept.Mizuno Seisuke, Oct. Manatsugi Hakko, Nov. Uchihashi Keisuke, and Dec. Usui Kenjo & Akie. |
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02 - Alex Gilmore's business card. |
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06 - Jay describing a stone mining video. |
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37 - Suita with black renge pattern. |
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46 - Ishido Teruhide's "Teruhide" blade. |
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47 - Ishiguro Keijiro blade. |
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48 - Using distilled water on the stones. |
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51 - Jay's class sharpening station. On the left is an old metal refrigerator bin coated with enamel. It makes a nice sharpening bucket. The idea came from Makoto Imai. |
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58 - Showing a hard and a soft stone in action next to each other. |
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61 - Lee Coleman with a gizmo. |
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