Thread: My new nagura...

Very nice... I feel a weak moment comming on and HAD must be served...

Originally Posted by DwarvenChef

Very nice... I feel a weak moment comming on and HAD must be served...

Don't fight it... The force is very strong in these stones!

No joke about the HAD. It's been suggested the best way to keep a japanese natural stone lapped is with another japanese natural stone!!

Legal, how would you rate their relative softness? How would you rank them based on how quickly the slurry comes up?
I have only my own stones and a theory.

Originally Posted by bassguy

No joke about the HAD. It's been suggested the best way to keep a japanese natural stone lapped is with another japanese natural stone!!

I recommend doing so. I lapped my Oozuku with my Iwasaki Select Nakayama--it makes a very smooth surface!

Originally Posted by bassguy

Legal, how would you rate their relative softness? How would you rank them based on how quickly the slurry comes up?
I have only my own stones and a theory.

Honestly, I didn't pay particular attention to this attribute. I'll play with them and get back to you...

Nice stones.
i like to ask how fine are they?
do you think they all in same grit range? etc.

It's funny, I'm reading this thread and just heard from maximsan at JNS about the Nagura...Strong the force is....
How do you know which is which, I don't read Kanji...I'll need help from you guys....

Originally Posted by zib

It's funny, I'm reading this thread and just heard from maximsan at JNS about the Nagura...Strong the force is....
How do you know which is which, I don't read Kanji...I'll need help from you guys....

Koma is the boxy one, but the boxes aren't closed. Meijiro is the boxy one, but the boxes are closed boxes. Botan is the most complicated looking. And by process of elimination, I find Tenjyou. Sounds silly, but that's really the way I've memorized them, lol.

Edit: I'm referring to the shape of the writing.

Originally Posted by bassguy

No joke about the HAD. It's been suggested the best way to keep a japanese natural stone lapped is with another japanese natural stone!!

Legal, how would you rate their relative softness? How would you rank them based on how quickly the slurry comes up?
I have only my own stones and a theory.

Justin,

Based solely upon slurry generation after two uses (once with tenjou and once with meijiro), I'd say that botan is very soft (almost immediately generated a slurry), tenjou took a bit of work (maybe 20 seconds), koma was fairly close between the two. I didn't really pay attention to this with the meijiro, so will have to do it again next time. My honzan takes a very long time to raise a slurry (better part of a minute and requiring a bit of pressure)...

The edges both times have been incredible. They are wicked sharp and butter smooth!

in addition.
you can use those stones also for sharpening kitchen knifes/ combat knifes.
Without using any other stones. It works very well.
You get one of the stones for 14 Euro. It is a good price

OK, I'll be contacting you guys when mine arrive....Thanks....