Thread: Help! Too many Jnats

It's all about performance for me. Which one performs better? All I've read about so far is which one fits into a box.

James.

Originally Posted by Jimbo

It's all about performance for me. Which one performs better? All I've read about so far is which one fits into a box.

James.

I am not at liberty to try out both stones and decide based on performance which is better. According to both sellers, both stones are fine finishers and have the attributes I am looking for. Assuming they are both accurate in the descriptions, my decision then is based on which dimensions fit my need better.

The Karasu's I have tried have been pretty hard and slow for finishing, but very very nice. I'm in the both camp........

Have fun.

The problem is it is hard to say just from pics which is better.
Grab both try them return the one you do not like if you can or sell it.

I have a few jnats and one karasu. I will say the karasu is the easiest stone for me to get a good, consistent finish on my razors because of how smooth it is. The others don't really come close.

I just recieved the ozaki asagi in the mail yesterday and tested it on a dubl duck and dovo

My requirments to Alex were this:

A stone around 8x3"
"Velvety" feel honing on stone, as opposed to "like honing on glass."
Fast cutter with slurry
A stone fine enough to follow a coticule, which I can strop after honing and have a perfectly sharp edge
A stone 1" thick

The ozaki asagi Alex sent me (pictured in this thread fit all the requirements I gave him, with the exception of the 1" thick requirement, due to my price limit.

In short: I love this stone. It feels like I'm honing on butter, even with straight water! Excellent feedback on the razor, easily accomplished ATG shaves with only stropping.

I highly reccomend working with Alex

Grr, don't say these things! I'm trying to convince myself that I'm perfectly content with my coticule, and posts like these are wearing down my resolve just too fast!

Originally Posted by tlittle

Grr, don't say these things! I'm trying to convince myself that I'm perfectly content with my coticule, and posts like these are wearing down my resolve just too fast!

Listen, I have a big la dressante (its called a "creamy" la dressante because even on water it gives that velvety, "creamy" feedback) And 3/4 of the time I can get a smooth, nice shave from it. But this Jnat, it has a velvety feeling too, in fact, even more so than the coticule, and it is a much finer grit stone. With those two razors (dubl duck and dovo) I couldn't quite dial it in with the coticule. (I tend to get better edges from wedges) But, I put them on the Jnat, and lo and behold, an effortless, ATG shave. I can see myself using this stone frequently, especially when I just can't quite get it with the coticule. You would be VERY happy with a nice Jnat in your arsenal (I'm evil, I know

Ooh, you stinker! I've been flip flopping for a while, but I think when I get the funds in order I might have to spring for one. I've been keeping my eye on the narrow kamisori toishis on thejapanblade.com and watching out for traveler sized hones on japanesenaturalstones.

good idea. I think there is a link on the 1st or second pages here that brings you to those websites(or other ones). I think a quality hone is one thing you won't feel too bad spending a ton of money on