Natural Japanese waterstones...

Hello all,

Today I purchased a bunch of Japanese natural waterstones. Has anyone used these stones for honing razors?

The brand is shown only in Japanese characters so I will have to do some research to determine the manufacturer. They are not King stones.

The purchase was made at an estate/tag sale. The gentleman had beed a wood turner/carver. He had all the japanese planes and chisels & turning tools. He also had a lot of very nice Honduran & East Indian rosewood, zircote,bacote,cocobole,claro walnut, ebony and a whole bunch of othe r nice woods!

Guess what, I bought them all! I now have a lifetime supply!:) :)

It has been an extraordinary week. I actually bought, for $8, a mint, Belgian,Old Rock, XX fine hone. Then the next day I found another Belgian hone plus a superfine old barbers hone and a strop!:)

So, someone, let me know how the natual Japanese waterstones work for razprs, please!:)