Thread: my first finishing stone question first finishing Jnat

Hello gentlemen!
so today I bought my first Jnat finishing stone (of a friend)

I have shapened a razor with it, seems to polish really well.
Have to wait for some facial hair to appear to put it to work

Does anybody have any good experience with these? Some recommendations?

I gues it is a Awasedo Ohzuku Kiita

I don't know anything about Japanese hones, but I think it is pretty cool that you can use a hone that looks like a flagstone as a finisher.

Welcome to the JNat club.

Well, you will need a slurry stone (called a tomonagura) or diamond plate to produce slurry to get the most out of it. Without slurry, it will be slower and polish more.

Make sure it's flat and finished very smoothly, 1200 diamond plate or 1000 grit sandpaper.

Generate a thin slurry and use light strokes, try 40-80 to begin with to get a feel for the stone. Strop and shave.

Cheers, Steve

Maybe it's my monitor but don't see any kiita there. Kiita is yellow , Asagi is blue.

The stamps show it to be from 330mate.

On my screens it looks blue with yellowish inclusions. It could also be the white balance of the photo itself...

Originally Posted by dinnermint

On my screens it looks blue with yellowish inclusions. It could also be the white balance of the photo itself...

Same here tho I think the inclusions are more orange than yellow. If so the term is "yake". In Japanese Yuyake means sunset hence the orange colour.

There is a member that can give you clear advise. What the other members have said thus far is true. I will send a PM to Jnats.
Or see his site.
Nakayama Kiita Maruka and Nagura razor j nats | Japanese Whetstones

You won't know until you try it! I have ended up with a few similar stones and I am still surprised how different each one is from the other. I would agree that you should get a hard/fine tomo nagura, especially if it basically doesn't give up any visible slurry. The tiniest bit starts to kick in the cutting action, and once you can see it, that's basically enough slurry.

Thank You so much guys!!

It has gold / yellow inclusions