Thread: Maruka Hatanaka Nakayama

Originally Posted by eKretz

Maybe do the stropping first for the next photo, lol. I have a Nakayama Maruka Kiita with Nashiji that produces some very outstanding edges also - like yours it isn't ultra hard, but doesn't self slurry either. I find that all of my better JNats produce really nice bullet straight edges, just as well as my Thuris.

I will do so next time, but hopefully I find a better camera for my microscope.

The stone that you have sounds sexy if you don't mind sharing a pictures of it I would appreciate it, I have an addiction to these things

Here are a couple shots of it. A friend of mine traded it to me for one of my Kuro slate "found" stones - he said the stamps were removed when he rounded the sides and edges - he does this to all his stones. More money than sense IMO (he doesn't use computers, no danger of him reading this, lol). I don't really care though anyway, as the stone is so good that I will never ever sell it. Super fast cutter but still gives an amazingly fine and comfortable edge. I normally finish on a very light slurry with this one. One of my very favorite stones. Color is corrected and bang on.

I remember reading in one of Iwasaki books the he recommend sanding out the saw marks on the sides of the stone and removing the skin to protect the blade during honing.

So I think you can find a lot of super Jnats without id maybe for this reason.

Thanks for sharing this s amazing stone.

Originally Posted by AljuwaiedAK

I remember reading in one of Iwasaki books the he recommend sanding out the saw marks on the sides of the stone and removing the skin to protect the blade during honing.

Could be a way! but you would do it today if you believe 100% you keep the stone your lifetime, otherwise you would lower the price of the stone removing the stamp....

And if youre careful "normally" you do not hit either the Kawa nor the sawmarks if you have a chamfering....

Removing the Kawa would it make sense too see how the "other" side of the stone works ?!?

Originally Posted by doorsch

Could be a way! but you would do it today if you believe 100% you keep the stone your lifetime, otherwise you would lower the price of the stone removing the stamp....

And if youre careful "normally" you do not hit either the Kawa nor the sawmarks if you have a chamfering....

Removing the Kawa would it make sense too see how the "other" side of the stone works ?!?

Totally agree with you losing the hone id will lower the value significantly, I would rather keep it and adjust my way of honing instead.

Here is the quote from Iwasaki book:

Just like your Nagura, carefully round off the corners. Flatten the sawmarks on the sides of the hone
with sandpaper. There are stones with purple or brown “skin”. Remove this completely. This skin is
harder than steel, and so any fragments of it can cause serious damage to your edge. It is also best to
smooth and even out the uneven areas of the bottom of the hone. In the past, people often coated the
sides and bottom with Urushi lacquer, but these days “Hone Coat” is sufficient, and it dries quickly.