Thread: Jnat "grit" question

You know darned well, that you (and I will too) say that!

But a Marshall amp only goes to 10.

When I had access to such things, I made a knob for my friends amp, it had an 11 on it.

But back on topic....
I know these are small pictures, but the site they came from has right click disabled and I'm not savvy enough to figure out how to capture the larger images.
Described as "very hard and very fine" TAKASHIMA KARASU LV 5


Ozuku Mizu Asagi Kan lv 5+ described as Very uniform, very hard and fine Ozuku Finisher




Other than price and appearance (karasu = pretty!) what might recommend one stone over the other?

So I found a way to get a larger image, and now I cant make the old smaller one go away. What ever, You guys get the point!

Originally Posted by Magpie

When I had access to such things, I made a knob for my friends amp, it had an 11 on it.

But back on topic....
I know these are small pictures, but the site they came from has right click disabled and I'm not savvy enough to figure out how to capture the larger images.
Described as "very hard and very fine" TAKASHIMA KARASU LV 5

Ozuku Mizu Asagi Kan lv 5+ described as Very uniform, very hard and fine Ozuku Finisher

Other than price and appearance (karasu = pretty!) what might recommend one stone over the other?

So I found a way to get a larger image, and now I cant make the old smaller one go away. What ever, You guys get the point!

Oozuku Asagi are known razor quality finishers. Takashima not so much & hard Karasu not so common. Again ask the seller, if you trust him.

The numbers are relative also. I bought a 5+ stone that was softer than my regular finisher so maybe I should look for stones rated 6

Wait, I thought we agreed on 11.
I have both of those stones mentioned above, almost exactly and honestly the Karasu is funner to use, that ozuku is just too damn serious(hard) for me. But works well none the less.

In every way the Oozuku looks much more promising.

Originally Posted by Utopian

Also, if the scale went to 10, then I regularly would be saying that mine go to eleven!

--big fan of This Is Spinal Tap

The eleven thing is no joke. I lost a significant portion of my hearing at a Motörhead concert. I fee sure their amps went to eleven.

Originally Posted by OCDshaver

The eleven thing is no joke. I lost a significant portion of my hearing at a Motörhead concert. I fee sure their amps went to eleven.

what was that? WHAT?!? I SAID "WHAT DID YOU SAY"?!?

Originally Posted by Magpie

I have a very sparse set of Jnats. an Asagi, a hard white nagura (not sure what kind) that came with it, a Tsuchima nagura. I get great shaves with it, but just not all that much better than from my Nani12k. It gets a bit "skippy" which is more of an annoyance than anything, but you know how that can get on your nerves if your having a bad day.

Could you please elaborate on the hone being "skippy?"

Originally Posted by Utopian

Could you please elaborate on the hone being "skippy?"

blade sticks....breaks loose, sticks, breaks loose.... Its fine with any sort of slurry, but once its down to plain water, its makes me sad