Thread: J-Nat club

Originally Posted by jgjgjg

How do you actually BUY from this guy? His website doesn't look like there is a way to contact him? Buy from him?

Contact him by email, besides he offeres a online store on some of his stones

A few Nakayama and an unknown karasu koppa just landed today.
I'll be doing some testing as soon as the lacquer dries onthem

Ausome stones Stefan Real classy ones I have a an old asagi with almost the same ring yake patern as the third one
it is my best finisher from Jnats
Ausome carasu koppa I realy like it
Ive notice that you have an eye for the real good Jnats

Originally Posted by RusenBG

Ausome stones Stefan Real classy ones I have a an old asagi with almost the same ring yake patern as the third one
it is my best finisher from Jnats
Ausome carasu koppa I realy like it
Ive notice that you have an eye for the real good Jnats

Thanks Rusen, I like J-Nats a lot they are never boring.

Been playing with this Nakayama Iromono. Really liking the edges off this stone. Very smooth and forgiving. After trying edges from super hard stones and in between I think I like the edges from these softer stones. Now this stone does not self slurry so I wouldn't call it a soft stone. Also I have never felt slurry this creamy before. Feels great on the blade.

Nakayama Kiita #38 from Alex Gilmore

Never thought that i end up buying some more expensive Jnats as i mostly invested in cheaper
possibilities. Since there was a pre-war stock of Nakayama Kiita shown i got more and more
interested in those stones....just their look was awesome and the properties shown on Alex
Vids didnt made it better concerning the decision to get one of those....

So after several weeks of looking around and trying to come to a decision i finally
hit the button and got one of those.

So here are some pics of that really beautiful looking stone, i also added a Video
showing the abrasive properties of that specific stone. Its fantastic how fast this
stone works with a DMT slurry. Only a few laps are needed to start the slurry darkening.
A very consistent, fast and extreme fine stone. So finally a dream came true to own
one of those stones...

Today I took out a few of my finishers to mess around with and took a group photo.

Top left to right: Wakasa, Nakayama Maruka Kan
Bottom left to right: Ozuko Asagi, Nakayama Maruichi Mizu Asagi, Ozuko Mizu Asagi, Nakayama Maruka Mizu Asagi, Nakayama Maruka Mizu Asagi, Nakayama Mizu Asagi.

Sort of an "Asagi" kinda' guy Stefan? That is a way good looking Kan you got there. I hope it works as well as is looks.

Originally Posted by dta116

Sort of an "Asagi" kinda' guy Stefan? That is a way good looking Kan you got there. I hope it works as well as is looks.

I will never skip on a good hard kiita if I can find one.
All of the stones in the pic are ultra fine finishers and the kan is the hardest and may be the finest of all. I should add that the Wakasa in the pic is a tad softer than the kan, it is supreme finisher that is very gentle on the edge.
The two Nakayama Maruka in the bottom row and the Kan Maruka are the most impressive stones I have seen so far, they have no lines whatsoever.

I couldn't pick just one, so I bought #29 and #35. Those kiita alex had (a few left ) are amazing quality. The story was interesting too. Some guy in japan's great grandfather bought a huge stash of kiita, then stashed them under the house for almost 100 years!