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    Default A few natural stones pics

    Today I had my light box out so I figured I'd snap a few pics of some of my Japanese Natural stones, for those of you who like hone porn.

    First Yaginoshima Suita, a very fast chalky feeling stone that brings an edge in the 6-

    Oozuku Asagi, a fast buttery feeling stone with Yake (yellow streeks) and goma. This stone produces an edge similar to 8-10k range.

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    Shinden Sunashi Shiro Suita (white suita with no Su)

    Buttery smooth stone, you almost feel like it does not hone at all but is actually very fast. It has light non scratchy karasu.

    This stone is in the 15-20k range, and is great for use right before a finisher.

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    Iwasaki Select Nakayama Kiita.
    It appears that Iwasaki has or had a barber supply business apart from razor making . Those stones were specifically selected by Iwasaki . This one is Olive green when whet unlike typical Kiita which are more yellow.


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    Avery old Maruka Nayama Asagi, it has goma yake and also some karasu, it is pretty fast stone.
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    Nakayam Maruichi Maruka Habutae with Karasu.
    This one is one of the really rare ones, Habutae means White. I could not catch the true color of the stone it is light yellow-green, a very fast and very fine stone.

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    Oozuku Namito the hardest and finest stone I have.
    Nakayama are considered to be the top stone for razors, but not many people are aware that there are other stones that can be finer and harder.
    This Oozuku is one of those stones.

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    Another full size Oozuku, again really fine but not as hard as the one above:
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    Mejiro and Koma nagura:

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    All very beautiful. thanks for sharing. You should be getting to know So and Akira by now. Your going to be the go to man for jnat info. Keep up the good work for the cause.
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    Quote Originally Posted by MODINE View Post
    All very beautiful. thanks for sharing. You should be getting to know So and Akira by now. Your going to be the go to man for jnat info. Keep up the good work for the cause.
    Mike
    I got some of the stones from So, some are from other places.
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    Thanks Stefan for the nice pictures. I print this information off and keep it in a large binder for future reference. I need more stones...
    MIke

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    Wonderful stones! I like all of them, but the Habutae, Karasu, and Oozuku are especially cool.

    I've never heard of Oozuku stones. Is that the name of a mine, or a strata, or a type of figure? Tell us more!

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    Gorgeous Nats, Stefan!

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    Quote Originally Posted by FatboySlim View Post
    Wonderful stones! I like all of them, but the Habutae, Karasu, and Oozuku are especially cool.

    I've never heard of Oozuku stones. Is that the name of a mine, or a strata, or a type of figure? Tell us more!
    Its the name of one of the mines.
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    Default Just to clarify

    You probably thought he was talking grit size (10-15k). It was actually dollars.

    His doctor told him he had too much money

    Gorgeous stones. 'Jealous, but not sure if its for the stones, or your ability to use them well. Thx for sharing.

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    Great stones, lucky you. Looks like So back in business?

    Intersting, that Mejiro looks like botan. Here is botan I've got few days ago

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