Haha, then I shouldnt have one :D
Im not new to JNATs in some way, and I also know that there is no mine called "meara", but that is the name I bought it under. Maybe I should try to use it on my razors and see if it works there.
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Maybe it's a nickname. I know a guy who gives names to his 'pet' rocks. ;)
Hi Maxim,
these are very interesting stones.
Could you please tell a bit more about them?
How old? From which mine? What is written on the lables?
I ask because they don't show the typical ozuku stamp:
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Hello Eod7,
I have a stone with the same stamp (see picture).
I asked Mr. Teshiba-san what is written on it, and got following answer:
"It is written 三河本名倉砥 in stone of the image.
三河 is a place name.
本名倉砥 is a real Nagura grindstone.
Mountain is different from the Mikawa Naguras."
http://666kb.com/i/cgpbwjx1husd8de5c.jpg
My latest Jnat acquisition is this "Asagi" as it was described in the ad. Not sure of the correct description. However it is a good finisher. For an unspecified period of time, this stone was the go-to finish stone of Sham in KC Missouri. He decided to move to a different finisher and I took ownership of the stone.
Sorry about the terrible photos but I got chased out of photography school more times than FDR got re-elected.
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Here are some pics of my new Nakayama Tomae Asagi from Alex Gilmore (The Japan Blade). The dimensions are 133x80x25mm and it appears to be a very nice stone; perfect size for straight razor honing! The colors on this stone are beautiful as well...The HGAL rating for this stone is 5/5+/5+/5+, so it should work perfectly as a finishing/polishing stone.
I am going to begin using the stone with DMT slurry to kind of get a feel for what the stone can do on it's own. Alex was also nice enough to include 2 Tomo's with the stone, so I will mess around with those as well. Then, once I start to learn the stone, I will try doing a full nagura progression on it....I am very excited to own this stone as Alex spoke highly of it...
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This is a Nakayama Asagi I picked up from Alex not too long ago. It's a nice hard stone and has a pleasing green colour to it. Also, it has a kawa/skin on all the sides and the back! Doesn't affect the performance, but it's just a cool quality about it. The size is rougly 7" x 2 1/4", so a nice size to hold in your hand. It came with a nice little tomo nagura as well (not pictured). Very nice to use, I find I get the best feel for the stone when I use just the slightest bit of slurry, barely visible, and hone on that for a bit. It really seems to suck the blade down to the stone, very nice to use.
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