I lap my tomos on one side and I clean up one corner and round it. I use that for my slurries. You can also use a round carbide hacksaw blade or if its soft enough a round file.
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I lap my tomos on one side and I clean up one corner and round it. I use that for my slurries. You can also use a round carbide hacksaw blade or if its soft enough a round file.
I use the edge of a DMT to put grooves in my tomo's to reduce the tendency to "stick" to the stone. I do not, however, groove any of my mikawa nagura.
rs,
Tack
Of my Jnats, this is my favorite!: A Nakayama Maruichi Kitta Kan. A very hard and fine stone capable of a mirror or near to mirror finish with the correct slurry. It's 165 x 110 x 25mm. Sometimes you just like a stone....this is my "huckleberry"!!
Best Regards,
Howard :)
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My first Jnat kit :)
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Split the finisher discussion to here:
http://straightrazorpalace.com/hones...finishers.html
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Nakayama asagi from japan and nakayama asagi and kiita tomos. Kiita has nice feel to it, alhthough the asagi tomo felt better on the stone, test shave was excellent. Faster than my nakayama asagi mizu.
Great stones Bill!
New little nakayama, botan, mejiro and tenjou nagura. These shipped from Maksim on Monday and got here today. That's insane.
I'll post a pic of my other jnat stuff later :)
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Oh and a great big tomo
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Nice stones and naguras you got there!
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Striped iyoto. Just got it, haven't had a chance to play yet.
That's pretty enough I wouldn't care if it worked or not!! :D Just set it with the others to spruce up the gang!!
Yep, I agree, that's a great looking stone. I recently got this narutaki
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and when my SO saw it, she asked if it would make my razors extra sharp. I replied "Who cares? If it looks this good it doesn't have to work." She walked away mumbling again. :) I guess we are an odd lot to get excited about old pieces of rock.
rs,
Tack
I am really, really enjoying this thread.
Performs very well. Cuts very fast with diamond plate slurry or I use an aoto tomo. Definite keeper IMO. Cuts with slurry like a 2k but leaves like 5k scratches.
Here's my meager entry into the club :) Aoto - Ozuku - Amakusa (for knives...tried it once on a razor with not very good results) then Asano nagura (botan through koma) and whatever the tomonagura from Maksim is. Since getting in the Jnat game, I have fallen back in love with honing. My results have been fantastic and seem to get better with each session.
Chris
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/...pscef67f37.jpg
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First stone was bought as Nakayama Maruka from Takeshi. If it is or isn't I couldn't tell you, very hard and glass feeling, didn't scratch Sheffield steel with water only. The second is unknown mine. Very fine, not too hard, does self slurry with pressure. Nailed one yesterday with an iromono tomo and some jito uchigumori. Delivered a great shave. And chu nagura. Nice koma like feel although doesn't break as fast or as completely as Koma.
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Unknown vintage stone from Aframes, Takeshi says possibly Nakayama iromono, waxy suita feel, doesn't self slurry or scratch Sheffield steel with water only, has su and lines like suita, and some goma. Very smooth feeling.
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Nakayama kiita bought from a friend. I have the stamped photos so this is what this is. Nice color and beautiful skin, very smooth feeling. Hard but no too hard, doesn't self slurry. Ive been told it leaves a beautiful buttery edge and works very well as a pre polisher. Havent had a chance to play yet so maybe later.
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Hideriyama suita for prefinishing. Nice feel, fast but not too fast, doesn't scratch AT ALL. Leave a very nice haze. Used a hard tomo to raise suita slurry only.
Here's my submission to the club:
Ikarashi (ideal for bevel setting (even more fun with help of a Botan nagura):
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Kouzaki (Great "middle" stone between bevel set and finish but enormously versatile) :
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3 Nakayama's, with one tomo Nakayama nagura:
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and my Jyun Mikawa Shiro nagura, Botan, Tenjyou, Mejiro, Koma (Tokkyu / Betsujyou grade):
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With huge respect and many thanks to:
Mr. Maxim (JNS), Mr. Alex Gilmore and Mr. Teshiba (Mandaraya)!
They all offer fantastic stones!
Most kindest regards
The Nakayama one the left is a double one!
Both sides can be used and it is a through hard one indeed!
Much thanks Alex!!!
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Kindest regards
Awasedo Ohzuko (razor size)
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Awasedo Ohzuko with swirls (razor size)
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Nakayama Maruichi Kamisori. Very nice feel, very smooth on water. Very sightly self slurries. Nailed one today, great shave!
My new Karasu
Nakayama or Shobu i don't know...
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Well, I've been watching this thread for a long time now and finally have something to post. My spare time has been used to hone so my presentation is pretty rough. You all have such great photos.
My first is one that was identified to me as a Nakayama Kiita. The colors are variable depending on the light source. I have one shot outside in indirect sunlight and another inside under household lighting.
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The second one was presented as Narutaki Namito. It has renge, but I could find no su. If there is some it is very small.
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They both hone very well as finishers with the Narutaki having the finest abrasive, but I have much to learn about both stones. I wish there were more hours in the day and more razors to hone. :D Can't believe I finally have a J-nat. More amazingly two!!
Thanks to all for sharing. Bill
I got about a kilogram of nice nakayama slurry/fingerstone sized chunks. Supposed to be uchigumori, tomae, suita, and maybe 1-2 other layers. Some nice colors, and only a couple have inclusions at all and none bad or toxic. I'm still in the process of flattening/sorting and haven't got pictures yet but I will.
I plan to experiment with different slurry, besides fingerstones to put unique finishes on knifes and such. Some even will work as mini hones. At the price I payed I basically stole them.
You can see pictures of my other recent jnat acquisitions(Nice aoto slurry, and a large uchigumori bench stone) at http://hunterblades.weebly.com
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modern J-nat. I don't know where has it been mined from... it should be somewhere near Kyoto...
Is that takeshi kuroda's stamp at the top right? (metalmaster?). I can never tell who puts what on a stone, but I've got a couple of stones with that mark, and I know several of mine have come from him.
That looks like a suita stone, but that doesn't mean a lot in terms of how it will be in use - nothing beats the use test, except maybe the use with lots of experience with a particular stone test. It's a nice looking stone.
As far as I know Kuroda Takeshi has no it's own stamp to put on the stones that hi is selling.
As for this stamp:
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this is the stamp of "Kyoto Natural Hone Sales Association" ( http://www.tomonagura.com/jnats/japa...at-stamps.html )
No. It is not a SUITA. It is AWASE-DO ( 合砥 ). And the stamp on top left corner denotes it.
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the kanji inscription in stamp is 純本山合砥 ( 「純本山 合砥」--- jun-honzan-awase do )
「純 」 --- pure
「本山」--- honzan
[honzan] is a general term for whetstone mountains of Kyoto.
「合砥」 --- awasedo = fine honing stone
More hi-res photos: http://s1275.photobucket.com/user/Os...Awase%20Toishi
Lots of details in the images and your follow up.
Thanks for the inspiration I need to follow up on some inscriptions I have on my stones.
Myron
I have never seen j-nats of SUITA type marked as AWASE-DO. Never!
All the SUITA are usually stamped with 「巣板」 or 「本巣板」 or 「白巣板」 or just as 「スイタ」 ( SUITA written by katakana ) and like. But none of them is marked as AWASE-DO.
For example:
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Some more examples are here: Suita and awasedo
and here: http://www5e.biglobe.ne.jp/~ttoishi/sub10.htm
http://www2.odn.ne.jp/mandaraya/4-ttk-20.htm
http://www.morihei.co.jp/product/index_sankou.html
The very most of AWASE-DO are from the Tomae ( 戸前 ) starta, Aisa or Namito ( 並砥 ), not from SUITA.