Thread: J-Nat club

Originally Posted by Disburden

I love the Karasu stones, they're very rare, yes?

Yes, they are more rare than other stone because the layer they
are in is very thin AFAIK. Between aisa and namito layer.

After checking other pictures of asagi, I am convinced that my karasu
is not from nakayama mountain, but probably from takashima.

Sharpman

narutaki kiita/karasu my hardest j-nat

Hi All,
I do not feel qualified to post here as I have absolutely no idea what jnat I have.
I also have no idea what all the terms for them mean - although I'm sure I'll learn some of them eventually.
I thought I would post photos of my (one and only) jnat for comment/opinions.
It seems to be a fairly soft stone and the slurry smells like mud.
I have tried it on a couple of razors (after the 8k) and gotten quite good shaves from them.
I start with a fairly thick slurry and gradually dilute it to water(using pigtail strokes) then rinse the hone off and make a lighter slurry and dilute it to water as well.
I don't have a nagura stone so I've been using the slurry stone off my PHIG to make the slurry.
You may think that I'm a Philistine for doing it this way, however, if you do, I beg your forgiveness - I just don't know any better.
Here are the photos - with slurry and after lapping (dry).

A very merry Christmas to all and the best of New Years as well.
Geoff

I really didn't need a new jnat, but Maksim had one that I really liked, so I bought it. It arrived tonight in the rainy weather. DHL called me this morning and told me that he knew that I would want my package, so he bagged it and left it on my doorstep. I'm glad I didn't have to wait until tomorrow. The stone is beautiful. I haven't had a chance to try it out, but it is harder than my other one.

Ozuku Kiita San Lv 5+





I also picked up another jnat from the Bay. I had bought several nice stones from this seller, so I trusted his description and assessment of the stone. It looked very nice. It is hard, but it a little rougher than my JNS stones. It does cut fast and is a nice size.

My only Jnat so far, a Narutaki Kiita...

You guys are making me jealous

The second stone is a suita stone. Are you using nagura or tomonagura
stone for creating slurry? The slurry can get trapped in the the little
holes and scratch the bevel.

Originally Posted by jerrybyers

I really didn't need a new jnat, but Maksim had one that I really liked, so I bought it. It arrived tonight in the rainy weather. DHL called me this morning and told me that he knew that I would want my package, so he bagged it and left it on my doorstep. I'm glad I didn't have to wait until tomorrow. The stone is beautiful. I haven't had a chance to try it out, but it is harder than my other one.

Ozuku Kiita San Lv 5+





I also picked up another jnat from the Bay. I had bought several nice stones from this seller, so I trusted his description and assessment of the stone. It looked very nice. It is hard, but it a little rougher than my JNS stones. It does cut fast and is a nice size.

Originally Posted by Lesslemming

The madness! THE MADNESS!!!

yes, but the Glorious Madness. So much from so little.

My Newest J-nat that I picked up the other day.
A rare Ozuku Suita (without su).
So far so good after two razors.

Originally Posted by ZethLent

My Newest J-nat that I picked up the other day.
A rare Ozuku Suita (without su).
So far so good after two razors.

Very nice suita sunashi my friend! Looks a bit kiita.

Sharpman