Thread: J-Nat club

I picked this one as a curiosity. Tomonagura. I looked and googled but couldn't find another one like it. If any of the Jnat experts have any info on it I would appreciate it. Is it real? Did Iwasaki had tomonaguras stamped for him?
The top of the stone is pretty oxidized and the whole thing smells like it was left in an attic for 100 years. Looks like a kiita iromono. The small maruka and the pure authentic honyama stamp are both blue.
I was told that the middle line translates as small size honyama.

Originally Posted by Rossdegraw

Hey. I know this is an old post, but the stamps on the top stone are the exact ones that I have on my stone. I’ve been trying to sort them out. I know the one is Nakayama Awasedo but I was hoping you might be able to tell me what the other stamps are? Any idea? Thanks.

can you post pics?

Sure here it is.

Originally Posted by Rossdegraw

Sure here it is.

The top left stamp is the Kyoto Stone Association stamp.
Next to it "Nakayama"
The one on the bottom is "Top quality product"

Alex, Ive seen a few of the Iwasaki stamped before, they usually go for top dollar. I have also seen Iwasaki stamped tenon toshi.
Kousuke Iwasaki and Nagayuki Asano developed a quality-control system for grading and authenticating Mikawa Nagura. Im going out on a limb here and saying the stamped ones are specialy selected ones.

Originally Posted by alex1921

I picked this one as a curiosity. Tomonagura. I looked and googled but couldn't find another one like it. If any of the Jnat experts have any info on it I would appreciate it. Is it real? Did Iwasaki had tomonaguras stamped for him?
The top of the stone is pretty oxidized and the whole thing smells like it was left in an attic for 100 years. Looks like a kiita iromono. The small maruka and the pure authentic honyama stamp are both blue.
I was told that the middle line translates as small size honyama.

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Alex
I am liking that stone a lot and I did not realize that Iwasaki-san had a hand in marketing stones.

Alx

Originally Posted by alx

Alex
I am liking that stone a lot and I did not realize that Iwasaki-san had a hand in marketing stones.

Alx

Years ago Maksim met with Iwasaki and asked about the Iwasaki stamped stones, Iwasaki said that he had nothing to do with them.
Who knows where the truth is though.

Originally Posted by mainaman

Years ago Maksim met with Iwasaki and asked about the Iwasaki stamped stones, Iwasaki said that he had nothing to do with them.
Who knows where the truth is though.

Gents, I am split on this one. I would like to believe it's the real McCoy but the fact that somebody like Alex G hasn't seen one makes me very suspicious. If those were sold then they should be around. Would they put the Maruka stamp on a tomo? On the other hand that paper box is old and would somebody at that time in Japan place the Iwasaki trademark on a box and sell it? And if they did, wouldn't they make more than one?
If any of you guys with connections to Japan could ask about it when you talk to your sources there i would appreciate that very much.

Originally Posted by mainaman

Years ago Maksim met with Iwasaki and asked about the Iwasaki stamped stones, Iwasaki said that he had nothing to do with them.
Who knows where the truth is though.

I believe it was the elder Iwasaki, Kousuke sensei who did the stone research & marketing so for Shigeyoshi san to say he had nothing to do with them could be accurate

@ alex1921 : Don't stress too much. Does the stone perform ideally for you ? That's the main thing.
It's probably hard to fake the 100 year old attic smell

Originally Posted by onimaru55

I believe it was the elder Iwasaki, Kousuke sensei who did the stone research & marketing so for Shigeyoshi san to say he had nothing to do with them could be accurate

@ alex1921 : Don't stress too much. Does the stone perform ideally for you ? That's the main thing.
It's probably hard to fake the 100 year old attic smell

Yeah that smell is something. Performance I don't know. It's sitting idle in a drawer for now.