Thread: J-Nat ID

Hey SRP fellows,

First post here and I was hoping I could get some opinions on this J-nat.

From research, and upon purchase, I have had a good feeling it is Kiita. It swarfs fairly quickly and has a beautiful yellow-ish mud. It is sealed all around and seems to have been removed from a base, revealing some Kawa that might help anyone ID it.

I obviously WANT this to be a Nakayama (hehe), but it seems to be highly unlikely because there are no stamps... The previous owner didn't know either.

I believe this stone is of higher quality because there are no cracks or anything that get in the way of honing and has darker needle-like pattern throughout. Maybe some light karasu..

Dim.: 20 x 7.5 x 2

Thank you for any opinions!

cenc