Quote Originally Posted by jollo74 View Post
P.S. Btw., I bought the oozuku several years back for 30 EUR ...
P.P.S. I also bought a Gokumyo 20K before Xmas but while it is a great stone I like my Japanese naturals better...
Only €30? That's fantastic! The seller doesn't happen to have another one of those lying around, now, does he?

Quote Originally Posted by Jimbo View Post
Here's a thought. There are guys who do the full-nagura progression around here. Now, I may be wrong about this but my understanding is that the base rock upon which they do it doesn't really add much into the mix until perhaps the very end (the lower grit softer nagura doing most of the work). Perhaps it might be possible to grab a nagura progression and a piece of marble or something on your budget and try the Jnat thing that way?

Just thinking aloud, never done a nagura progression myself. It may well be that the base stone is vital and marble just won't do. Could be worth checking out though.

James.
Hmm, this is interesting and could be a money saver. I have an unknown Jnat from Dictum that may serve as a base stone, I would just need a proper nagura. It will force me to learn my Jnat better before moving on to a more expensive one. Also got a Roszutec, super hard stone that I used my botan (or at least mid grit) nagura on, which left the nagura finish on the bevel, making the Roszutec another potential base stone.

There are many naguras available, including reasonably cheap ones on eBay. If I'm looking for a finish nagura only, would any of the eBay naguras do? If not, could you point me in the right direction? I have a synthetic progression to Shapton 16K, so I suspect (or hope) that just a finisher may do the job.