Thread: My first jnat

OK I have no clue as to whether I made a great buy or an unbelievably overpriced mistake. OK not that overpriced.

The stone I won on the bay. The seller runs the website thejapanstone.com I believe.

Anyways its been sold to me as an okudo asagi awasedo with a 5- hardness. The size is 5-7/8x1-1/2x5/8.

Can anyone tell me if this would make a decent finisher?

Here are the pics


Hope to get some feedback soon.

Nobody can tell you if it will be a great finisher,only using it as a finisher will answere your question,good luck

I just want the different names to make sense. :-(
I am gonna give it a whirl whenever I get it.

You might want to lap it first, doesn't look to true to me.

Originally Posted by guitstik

You might want to lap it first, doesn't look to true to me.

I'll make sure I do that.

Well I didn't bid on it but it was on my watch list.
I think it was a good buy if it does a great or good job finishing your blade.

Originally Posted by Suile

Well I didn't bid on it but it was on my watch list.
I think it was a good buy if it does a great or good job finishing your blade.

Yea I didn't have time to research before I Bought. It popped up in my notifications with 10 minutes to go and it seemed like for the price I could afford to buy now and ask questions after. Turns out I bought this from Alex whom is well spoken of on this forum so I'm confidential I'm not getting a paperweight. After a little back and forth this morning he confirmed that this in fact is a nice finisher and definitely not a pretty finisher.

He's also including a tomonagura as well with the stone.

I'm pretty excited

The J nat I bought off ebay is fact a paper weight bummer is that I tried it a year after buying it.

Originally Posted by Suile

The J nat I bought off ebay is fact a paper weight bummer is that I tried it a year after buying it.

Sorry to hear that. Hopefully I won't wind up eating crow on this.

Good luck with it! As stated before many times it's important to buy from someone who can speak to it's characteristics. Sounds like you did so can't wait to hear how it performs.
I have a coticule finisher I'll never let go of, but wouldn't have bought in the first place had it not been vouched for.