Thread: J-Nat club

Originally Posted by Brighty83

Speaking of stones, below is a little Nagura that i rescued a few weeks ago

You polishing swords ?

Originally Posted by onimaru55

You polishing swords ?

Im pollishing stones :P

Its really nice to hone on, very fast cutter but i only use this on knives... I actually really would like to get a japanese sword oneday although a genuine one is soo damn expensive

Hi folks,

Here are some pictures from my Nakayama Maruka (13,5 x 8 x 2,5 cm):









It is a rather soft and "thirsty" stone, i.e. water is getting absorbed pretty quickly. A slurry is easily raised and boy, is this stone fast !! The slurry darkens after a just a few strokes and a razor dulled on a glass is being honed back to shaving sharp extremely quickly. The stone does not leave a mirror but rather a hazy finish.

The shaves of razors coming off this hone are very comfortable .

Cheers
Jörg

Hi Jörg,

Nice looking stone, The "hazy" finish is is common on jnats expecially the softer stones as it's caused by the slurry itself. I have a few stones that soak the water up just as wuick and althogh the softer stones are generly more knife friendly its good this one is giving you the comfortable edge you need!

Just in case you didnt know, im 'failry' sure Maruka means the stone was mined at a time when Nakayama owned by the family of Kato
before it was replaced by Hatahoshi, and Hatanaka - So its a true Nakayama

Thanks for sharing it!

Originally Posted by Brighty83

Hi Jörg,

Nice looking stone, The "hazy" finish is is common on jnats expecially the softer stones as it's caused by the slurry itself. I have a few stones that soak the water up just as wuick and althogh the softer stones are generly more knife friendly its good this one is giving you the comfortable edge you need!

Thanks for sharing it!

Thanks

Here's another J-Nat, a Nakayama Iromono together with some naguras:





This one is harder than the Maruka but not quite as hard as my small Oozuku. A very easy stone to use .

Cheers
Jörg

Thats a really nice looking stone and bunch of Naguras! I like the look of the more natural un even look compared to the square look that usually donst have the skin.

Looks like you have a nice collection! Throw up your Oozuku aswell!

Originally Posted by Brighty83

Thats a really nice looking stone and bunch of Naguras! I like the look of the more natural un even look compared to the square look that usually donst have the skin.

Looks like you have a nice collection! Throw up your Oozuku aswell!

Thanks again ! I also like the "rough" look - btw. the stone you have shown a bit earlier is a wonderful specimen!

Here's a snapshot of the Ooszuke (unfortunately I don't have any better pictures at hand right now):




Cheers
Jörg