Thread: Narutaki Jnat

Congratulations RusenBG! Looks like a beautiful stone.

Cheers, Steve

Originally Posted by AljuwaiedAK

Hi onimaru55, Hi AljuwaiedAK


Agree, prepolishers and Naguras leave a polished and refined edge, but what i said was "a very polished and refined edge even under high magnification", now if you can achieve this with your prepolishers or Naguras why you would ever need to get a finisher ?
also what does make the stone a razor finisher if "a very polished and refined edge even under high magnification" does not ?

It would depend on your definition of polish & how refined the edge is. A lot of people like the hazy kasumi look a Jnat can leave but that does not mean the edge is polished or refined . Kasumi comes from different sized particles in the slurry so the edge never gets as fine as it potentially can especially if the stone yields up more particles. Some of the best Jnats I've used left a scratch pattern similar to a high grit synthetic finisher. These stones were hard did not self slurry & obviously had even particle size. This is pretty much the definition of a Jnat razor finisher, tho, as we are seeing, why buy one if you can finish an edge on a softer stone ? TBH I have no good answer.
Then again why buy anything finer than 8k if a little pasted stropping can get you within 1 or 2% of a quality Jnat ? I think it's a mentality that seeks perfection, as in race car tuning or reloading bullets for performance etc. I also find it easier to hone progressively rather than to try & coax perfection from an earlier stone in said progression. If you can find change in an edge by just doing 3 or so strokes, you know what I mean.



well, I’m very happy to be that lucky with my stone. yes, a lot have the same idea the Narutaki is inferior to Ozuku and Nakayama, honestly I can’t agree or disagree as I don’t think that I have enough experience with jnats, to make this judgment.

As good as any stone is, you can't discount the skill of the user. I've been lucky to use a lot of Jnats as a good friend of mine sells them & those I didn't like 5 years ago leave me in awe now. Those I did like then , well, I still like them but they were just easier to use when my hands were less educated.

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Isnt that a same kind of stone and described hardness . Maybe a similar stone

Originally Posted by RusenBG

Well at least can tell me something good my frend if not a finisher it will be a fine prefinisher maybe

I'm sure that if a known seller is selling it as a razor stone, it will be good for razors. If it's not specified for razors, it may be something good for tools, and in that case would make a good razor prefinisher.

Not knocking buying it, I've bought lots of stones that didn't turn out to be great finishers, but liked some of them for prefinishers enough that I'm glad to have them as a prefinisher.