Spent part of the weekend getting to know my first Jnat (a lot of fun!!). Its an Okudo, asagi, tomae I received from Alex - The Japan Stone. Thanks for all your help Alex - I couldn't have picked a better first stone without your help!! I absolutely love the the feedback when using this stone, it is a great finisher and beautiful to look at - love the earthy smell of the stone - instead of the chalky smell of the synthetics I have. My first attempt using my new Okudo was to refresh my Dubl Duck Goldedge - I used a diamond nagura to generate a light slurry - and did 21 passes 3x - stropping between sets and then one set with just water. I will try the nagura's from Alex next. The shave with the DD was excellent - very smooth/close and comfortable. I have a bad feeling I just acquired a new acquisition disorder!! I'm already looking at pre-finishers and coarser stones!!!

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