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I need help identifying this Jnat hone and if it is useable for straight razors. Any info provided on grade, use, range of use. I do not have matching Nagura stone. Will have to purchase one if it is a hone I can use with razors.
Thank you for your help.
-Justin
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Lap it flat and try it!
First without slurry, and then with a little slurry (from the lapping plate, or by rubbing it with something very hard, like an arkansas stone). Does it feel smooth when honing? What does the bevel look like? How is the shave after?
Play with it!
No way to tell until you try it! Unless you send it to me of course....lol.
Cheers, Steve
Don't know much about jnats but I would be very careful not to lap those labels off from it.
Is a DMT plate fine or extra fine okay to raise a little slurry for testing purposes? I don't have an Arkansas stone.
sure, why not. Just a few strokes so that you don't create a big mud.
Note, I have no idea on value of the stone, and how this would be affected by taking the stamps off. For me a hone should be used.
Looks like kiita asagi stone , tomae maybe , how knows
Look fine and good . You canot hone withowt laping it and destroy the labels , so take a piece if hard ark or a piece or ceramic tile or a female diamond file for manicur and make some slurry on a clean of canji place
try it with the razor and if you like it , lap it and ride it . We are living one life after all
If you dont like it return it .
After using it I am very impressed/pleased. I would say that the slurry was a grey and that the speed of the stone on slurry and on water was fast. I hone a folding Kamisori and it was cutting smoothing and closer than when honed on my cuticle. Slurry was sometime be in the color go my Nagura stone, but was still fast. Also the stone provided great feedback. Like another natural stone, I'll have to learn everything about it through practice o get the best edge possible.
Thanks for everyone input!
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HERE IS THE STONE WET.
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HERE IS THE NAGUR STONE.
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A beautiful stone and it sounds like a lot of fun in the future, getting to know your stone.
Beautiful stone with very interesting kanji. :tu
If you are curious (I certainly was with my Nakayama), there is a great kanji glossary on Keith Johnson's webpage tomonagura.com. Found under "Jnats", then "Japanese Whetstone Glossary".
Simply says that it's a top grade hone and again with the Nagura, you may notice a similar kanji on your Asano Nagura before sen- it's not asano, but it's also trying to say it's a top selection. The rest of the kanji says "lap me off, nice and flat if you want to know anything about how I hone" jk.
It's a nice looking toishi, I am always a bit leary of stamps. Most stone dealers have them and most the best stones don't have stamps, though plenty of great ones have them too, or there wouldn't be any motivation to stamp stones. The stamps and size suggest it was being marketed for razors, only metal can test its meddle.
What's the hardness? 4+? The chips make it look harder, but you say the slurry was grey? You might want to get yourself a tomo out of nakayama or other Lv5 or 5+ stone with soft particles, or a DN. I wouldn't expect that nagura to perform for finishing and until you slough off that outer layer of oxidation and dirt and grease on your stone, you won't be enjoying the true qualities of that toishi.
Looks like a nice stone.