Thread: Attention Nakayama Users

Originally Posted by Visibility

My personal opinion is if it needs to be lapped, lap it.

I agree. I absolutely love the look of the kanji, and it really hurt to lose it. But I took pictures and didn't look back. I like honing with a Nakayama even more than I like looking at it. And I like looking at it a lot.

The issue with me wasn't the stone being flat, it was dead flat. But it was glazing with use. My Asagi didn't glaze up with one razor, but with many razors, it lost some of its cut and feel. Not too much, but with stones this fine, a little is a lot, to me.

When I got my first Nakayama, it was a revelation, and I literally re-polished every razor I had on it. Over time with a dozens of razors, I tried keeping the surface clean with a Nagura. Over several cleanings, I had faded the kanji just by rubbing with the Nagura. Finally, I just used 2000 grit wet/dry sandpaper to clean it, and lost all the kanji. On the positive side, the lapping really brought out the color of the stone after so much use.

Fortunately, my Asagi had a clear Maruka stamp on one end, which I protected when I sealed the edges of the stone with Japanese lacquer. That's enough for me, I guess.

I'd love to say I'm all performance and no looks on all tools but I would be a hypocrite....so you "kanji keepers"....more power to you.

I have the cleanest cordless drill in town, though I did take the stickers off

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