Thread: J-Nat club

From whatbi can rwmwmber Iwasaky Kokusen did reaserch on the asano naguras and some well renowned mines like nakayama. Kokusen had great ties with the owner of the Asano shiro nagura mine and helped implement grading of the stones.
He also had ties with the former and curent nakayama mine owners.

Shigeioshi is afected by senile dementia or Alzheimer disease and is sometimes hard to talk to his memory is not what it used to be.

I remember that when Kokusen started making tamahagane razors some barbers had trouble honing them and blamed it on the razor...Kokusen had to research the way barbers honed and the tipe of steel and temper...geometry they prefered...he soon found out that many of the barbers did not know how to hone properly...using far to much pressure or not using the stones corectly.

Soon after he wrote his booklet ''Honing razors and nihon kamisoris''
It was after this that these stamped marukas made it to the market.

There are also large bench size stones stamped iwasaki and maruka...not only naguras.

They sell for a small fortune in Japan.
Word has it that Iwasaki Kokusen hand picked the stones at the mine and Kato stamped and boxed them.

I dont think they were made for marketing but rather to provide a sample of quality of what stones should be used for his razors.
That's what I know from reading here and there over the years...I dont know if it is all true but I belive it is.

Takeshi San from Aframestokyo had a number of the Iwasaki stamped hones about 5 years ago and Ive seen 1 or 2 of the stamped naguras with the same box before. Who knows?...

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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Not much to be found on the subject, though I did see this 'Blue powder rust remover', sold by Iwasaki:

特撰 = Toku sen = Special
さびおとし = Sabi otoshi = Rust removal
TRADE㊂Mark 三条製作所 = Sanjō seisakusho = Sanjō factory
IWASAKI

高級研磨材 = Kōkyū kenma-zai = High grade abrasive
青粉 = Aoko = Blue powder
三条製作所 = Sanjō seisakusho = Sanjō factory
岩崎 = Iwasaki

https://historyrazors.wordpress.com/2016/12/08/iwasaki/

If you won't mind, I would like to use those pictures of your stone for my article

Regards

If you won't mind, I would like to use those pictures of your stone for my article

Regards[/QUOTE]

That's absolutely fine.
I visit your website all the time and it has helped me immensely. Thank you for all the work you have put into it.

Originally Posted by markbignosekelly

Takeshi San from Aframestokyo had a number of the Iwasaki stamped hones about 5 years ago and Ive seen 1 or 2 of the stamped naguras with the same box before. Who knows?...

That answers my question of any others being around. Great.

Originally Posted by markbignosekelly

Takeshi San from Aframestokyo had a number of the Iwasaki stamped hones about 5 years ago and Ive seen 1 or 2 of the stamped naguras with the same box before. Who knows?...

The koppa Takeshi had for sale were simple dark-green soft stones. I tried several and only one was hard enough to be a finisher the rest were preoplishers to me.

nice set of stones there...

Originally Posted by mainaman

Two new added to my collection.
Ozuko Mizo Asagi, razor finisher
Ohira Suita prepolisher for razor and final finisher for knives

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very nice...

Originally Posted by Tierdaen

It can be troublesome to read replies without knowing to whom they are directed...especially when reading the thread in linear format. Quotes make things much easier for folks...or even better, merging replies into a multiquote post.

Oh, this is the Jnat thread...ummm just added a Shobudani and a couple new tomonagura...here they are sitting next to my Wakasa and some nagura...

very nice set up..

Originally Posted by mainaman

Two Nkayama Kiita

super beautiful Kiitas!!!