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08-09-2011, 08:59 PM #1
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08-09-2011, 09:06 PM #2
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08-10-2011, 08:39 AM #3
only one more thing for the record:
The term Asagi has been used in this thread as if it were a type of stone. It is not.
Asagi referrs to the colour of the stone being blue(ish). Any kind of (japanese) stone might be called Asagi
and not necessarily even remotely useable for razors. The word Asagi can be used to further describe a stone.
Like in "I have a Nakayama Asagi, your Nakayama is Kiita".
When there was a time that J-Nat was equal to Nakayama b/c it was a bit hyped the quarry was simply left out.
Now we have to specify the type of stone since we came upon a couple of different mines.
Concluding the Asagi does not existLast edited by Lesslemming; 08-10-2011 at 09:26 AM.
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08-10-2011, 01:33 PM #4
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Thanked: 458This is yet another reason I asked about the CKTG Asagi, because that's what they call it "asagi". nothing else, no mine, no nothing, so it's hard to tell what it is. And while it's not expensive in the world of large japanese stones, it's not cheap to buy and find out you don't really like it.
My story right now, and I'm going to stick to it for until it's convenient to change it, is that I don't want to learn everything in the world about a razor finishing stone, I just want one that works.
The stone I bought from alex is labeled Ozaki Asagi. I like using a stone dealer in the world of natural stones, all I have to do is say "I'd like a hard stone that I can shave off of".
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08-11-2011, 01:07 PM #5
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Thanked: 458Got the stone from alex in the mail yesterday. Really a nice stone, much finer than anything I have for woodworking and much much finer than the chinese 12k, which is what I was using to soften the edge of my razors. But it still has a smooth feel (like a cutting and not skipping feel) without being soft at all.
I requested a "budget" stone of sorts, performance over looks + size (two things that can always take a stone at a similar level of performance and triple+ the price) if that could be the case, and what I got was toishi #70 from alex's razor page.
Exactly what I was hoping for - a stone that's very fine and does not release particles too quickly, but one that will still cut without a slurry. I'm glad now I didn't shop for an unknown or a "something for nothing" stone (a big pretty stone that doesn't cost that much). I've never gotten something for nothing with japanese stones, but I have, by trying to bargain hunt, often gotten nothing for something.