Thread: J-Nat club

Yeah figured some time on the stones will help me figure them out better.

The hardest suita in the house so far. It's behaving more like a hard grey asagi when you lap it. Doesn't want to give up slurry. Did a full Mikawa progression, koma did kick up base stone, and finished on asagi tomo. Nice shave. Tried to catch the color of the stone so first pic it's wet.
One side of the the stone has these speckles, almost like nashiji but that's not something I would expect to find on a suita. Don't know.

Beautiful. That speckled pattern reminds me of a coti I used to have. Glad it gives such a nice shave too.

Got a new nagura after a mixup in my last order.

Nice iromono lime-green Kiita.

Originally Posted by rideon66

Nice iromono lime-green Kiita.

Don't see any yellow colouring to call that a Kiita. Looks more like Namito but could be my monitor.

Originally Posted by onimaru55

Don't see any yellow colouring to call that a Kiita. Looks more like Namito but could be my monitor.

Well considering Namito is a strata and not a color and I have a kiita Namito stone not sure what you mean. Kiita are not just a basic yellow.

I have one a bit on the green side with a couple orange stripes. I call it Kiita but Im not possitive that is correct.



This is wet. Its a little more green tint in person. Just a pinch more. Damn cell phone.

Originally Posted by Gasman

I have one a bit on the green side with a couple orange stripes. I call it Kiita but Im not positive that is correct.

This is wet. Its a little more green tint in person. Just a pinch more. Damn cell phone.

I must admit I don't know just how yellow a stone has to be to be called kiita. Some stones are called tamago which is Jp. for egg. Some very pale stones are called habutae referring to a type of silk cloth.

So you can have a kiita coloured stone but not all stones are "kiita" eg you can have a yellow toyota & yellow ferrari but the colour does not make them identical cars.

The orange stripes in your stone are called yake referring to sunset colors. Yake aids cutting speed like some of the other inclusions such as gomae, nashiji & renge.