Thread: Attention Nakayama Users

Well, one approach would be to get yourself two of them:

ACK!!! I'm still saving up for just one Nakayama!! I love my Oohira stone but it is not quite a finisher, shaved off it but not the best shave. I'm of the take pics before lapping, I don't need more collection hobbies

I've never lapped mine , and it works just fine . I use it only as a finishing hone , so it doesn't get much wear .

I've lapped mine once, after about 120 razors. I use mine with no slurry, usually after something in the 12k range.

If you are using with water and no slurry whatsoever is produced; the stone will glaze. If you are using and stone slurry is produced it will wear.

These I think we can say are facts.

In fact;
any, every, and all sharpening stones being put to use will need to be dressed and/or lapped on a regular basis. When and how often are dependent on usage.

It is not a fact that all awasedo are given an egg wash film to seal them. New stones cut from remaining stockpiles are probably not treated on the face with anything.

but the old ones were. If it was processed when the mine was operational, when accreditation to a particular place only was possible; it is an old one. This is the skin described by Memorael.

Man am I glad that I'm not the only crazy in this wonderful brotherhood!!! I've been looking at mine for months and haven't been able to bring myself to lapp it. At least I'll have the Maruka stamp on the end if I ever do. And thank God for O_S, I'm taking his advice and use mine without lapping it. I know that I can do that!!!

Originally Posted by Oldengaerde

Well, one approach would be to get yourself two of them:

Beautiful stones. If I had them I'd be tempted to want to make a style change, fashion some sort of gilded holder and wear them around my neck. They'd make for the perfect "bling".

Chris L

Originally Posted by ChrisL

Beautiful stones. If I had them I'd be tempted to want to make a style change, fashion some sort of gilded holder and wear them around my neck. They'd make for the perfect "bling".

Chris L

Lol

I have thought of doing the same only with tiny cut offs from trimming up a few pieces

Originally Posted by ChrisL

Beautiful stones. If I had them I'd be tempted to want to make a style change, fashion some sort of gilded holder and wear them around my neck. They'd make for the perfect "bling".

Chris L

I have a small slurry stone made from a Nakayama, I should turn it into a broach for my girlfriend. Hey, I would find it sexy!

While I can appreciate the desire to avoid wasting a hone, in my experience a properly lapped hone always performs better than one that is not lapped. It doesn't matter whether the hone is synthetic or natural, a perfectly flat hone is going to perform much better. If you bought a Nakayama hone to look at the pretty kanji, fine. Put it on a shelf and admire how pretty it is. If you bought it to hone razors, you're better off ensuring that it is flat.