Originally Posted by
Utopian
This one! It's a Nakayama Asagi that I got from So Yamash_i_t_a. Even though it's an odd shape, it works just fine. So claimed the surface of this one was comparable to his favorite Asagi and that if it had been a more standard shape, he likely wouldn't be willing to sell it. Then again, that might have been just a marketing ploy on his part but I don't care, it's a great stone.
I have found that I get much better feedback from my Nakayamas if I do not go straight from 8k to the Nakayamas. If I go with an intermediate polisher, then the edge has a very sticky feeling when I hone on the Nakayama. I don't get that same feedback if I go straight to it from 8k.