Thread: J-Nat club

Haha, then I shouldnt have one

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.

Originally Posted by zib

Maybe it's a secret known only to "Top Men", "Top Men"

Maybe it's a nickname. I know a guy who gives names to his 'pet' rocks.

Originally Posted by maxim207

2 very Old Ozukus one prepolisher other is final polisher

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:

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."

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...

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.

Originally Posted by Bavaria

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."

Isn't it possible that 三河 means Mikawa or Sanshu?

kindest regards,

Originally Posted by StraightRazorDave

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.

Looks like kiita may be the lightning is off and makes the hue yellowish?
Or it is asagi when whet?