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Sham it just might. Talk to A_S he has one and thinks it is an excellent stone. When I spoke to him last year in March he had already honed 1000 razors on it.

Yes.

That is how it has been feeling for quite a number of shaves now.

I think I have found a synthetic equivalent to my J-Nat finishing hone in this Gokumyo. I'll have to make a visit to Morihei to see if something he has will up this one.

I'd also like to mention that the stamps on the sides of the Naniwa Choseras state that the hones should not be left soaking in water for long periods of time (i.e. more than 1 hr.) because the hone...

The #3000 and the #5000 are a lot less porous than the #1000 and #2000. The #1000 seems to suck water like mad. I was constantly having to re wet the surface, even after soaking it for 20 minutes....

I just finished two razors on the new hones. One razor went from nothing to shave ready (a Mappin and Webb full hollow). The other razor was already shave ready off of my Japanese Ohira (Japanese...

I am still very interested in J-nats. I just wanted to have a set level on a razor before I went to Morihei to try out a hone or two. I can't do a long Nagura progression while there so I thought...

The cheapest price I could find for a full set of the Gokumyo hones #400, #2000, #6000, #10000, #15000, #20000 is 120,650 JPY. Yikes!! What makes a #400 Gokumyo Debado cost 14000 yen where a...

Dylan and Randy's posts about the Naniwa Chosera #1000 finally lit a fire under my hone savings account and I went out and got one too. Not only did I get the #1000 but I got the #2000 as well (and...