Thread: Japanese Hone ID

Any ideas about this stone type/name/function?

Friend gave me this hone well over a year ago, wondered where it went and I found it today. With so many types of Jnats, have no idea about this one.
He mentioned it may be a transition or even finishing stone, my memory fails me....

At one point, it had some Kanji on the stone.

It's about 4" x 6"

Face of stone, Kanji was located on the bottom right/left, dry:



Back of the stone:



Face of stone with water:



Thanks in advance....

Judging by the color combination of the minerals it appears to be from Hokkaido, the Mt. Yotei area. That would make it a Nonamesan Natural. A fine finisher, possibly as high as 20K.

Originally Posted by Hirlau

Judging by the color combination of the minerals it appears to be from Hokkaido, the Mt. Yotei area. That would make it a Nonamesan Natural. A fine finisher, possibly as high as 20K.

Ahh yes, the famous Japanese, "Mr. No Name" stone...almost had me there....

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Originally Posted by Hirlau

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Well played sir, well played....

Well, I knew I couldn't get you with the Frankenphig cause you have been here too long.

looks little bit similiar to
ozuku damaskus asagi from metal-master


https://fotki.yandex.ru/users/beavers-net/album/522022/
there is more photo Озуку (Ozuku, 大突) - Натуральные и искусственные абразивы

Could be a suita of some kind or nagura type stone

Actually that was the name he mentioned Ozuku...said it he used it as a mid level stone right before going to finishing stones, in this case a Nani 12 and then some type of natural. I used it once and it seemed to really remove a lot of striations, stripped after using the stone, then went Nani 12k then Escher...does that compute?

Originally Posted by Phrank

Actually that was the name he mentioned Ozuku...said it he used it as a mid level stone right before going to finishing stones, in this case a Nani 12 and then some type of natural. I used it once and it seemed to really remove a lot of striations, stripped after using the stone, then went Nani 12k then Escher...does that compute?

I knew results only from 2 different ozuku's:
1st one
Озуку (Ozuku, 大突) - Натуральные и искусственные абразивы
was bought frm Takeshi Aoki(Japanese chef knife. Sharpening stone. Razor strop. Japanese Razor) feels more like glass, softer a little bit then 2nd (about 4.5+ vs 5) and has some cavities (Озуку (Ozuku, 大突) - Натуральные и искусственные абразивы),
but it gives slurry with tomo-nagura
Fast with native slurry.
Finisher for razor.
There are pics of knive sharpened on it (first - before, second - after the stone with native slurry)
Озуку (Ozuku, 大突) - Натуральные и искусственные абразивы

2nd (frm metal-master) gives slurry only with "dia-nagura".
MM wrote that hardness 5+ but it's more about 5.
There (Озуку (Ozuku, 大突) - Натуральные и искусственные абразивы) says:
Fast with native slurry, but little bit too agressive for razor finish and he used koma with progressive dilution os slurry.
Without slurry - finisher for razor.
There are pics of razor sharpened on it
Озуку (Ozuku, 大突) - Натуральные и искусственные абразивы

I can't say is it like yours or not. My freind says it can be used to remove scratches after synth stones.