Thread: Nakayama, kiita with nashiji

I had said a while back I would show some pics of my nakayama, so here they are. It's roughly 6"x1.5" at the narrow end and 6"x2" at the wider end. It's a dark kiita with nashiji. The nashiji appears to be asagi. It has pretty fast cutting speed and does a great final polish. Evidently it came to O_S with some chips that he had to lap the stamps off to get out. Doesn't matter to me at all! And I love the size... I love this size stone for finishing as I like to hold finishers in my hand.

I want to say that the one thing that is underrated about nakayamas, IMO, is the smell! This thing smells amazing. I have to get a good sniff in every time I use it. I'd probably buy the rock just for the smell even if I couldn't use it for anything else, lol. I wish they made a nakayama shave soap

Anyway, here are the shots:

Top dry:


Top half wet:


Top wet:


Top damp:


Closer dry:


Closer wet:


100x of the surface:


Side:


Bottom:


Here's a pic from the original ad from O_S before he lapped it:


Thanks for looking

well, i'm sure soap with genuine nakayama is possible. should be cheaper than most essential oils based soaps, unless you have to use way too much nakayama in it.

on the plus side your razor will never be dull - it'll self hone on the lather as you shave!!!

Nice looking stone! I wish I could smell it....haha, I know, I'm a honaphile

Originally Posted by gugi

well, i'm sure soap with genuine nakayama is possible. should be cheaper than most essential oils based soaps, unless you have to use way too much nakayama in it.

on the plus side your razor will never be dull - it'll self hone on the lather as you shave!!!

GENIUS!!!!! Why didn't some one come up with that sooner. Would have saved me time on the hones.

Verryy nice. Ideal shape & size too.

Originally Posted by OLD_SCHOOL

Ha ha, so true. I have mentioned it on occasion, but thought others would think I'm a weirdo, so I don't say it as much. I have joked about soap scented with Japanese natural hone scent too, it would be amusing, in fact just recently in another thread I made a small joke about replacing the clay in shaving soaps with powdered Nakayama.

Like the picture of 100x thats pretty interesting to see. Was that the hone itself? Perhaps you could show us what a dried slurry powder, or also a wet slurry looks like under magnification.

Yeah, that was the hone itself (lapped side). You can see the spots of nashiji pretty well and they do appear to be a light blue under magnification, so I think your guess at asagi nashiji was right.

I've not raised a slurry on the stone yet since it cuts pretty fast already, but I should be able to work one up with a DMT and take some shots. That will be interesting.. I've never looked at a slurry under the scope yet. If it looks interesting enough, I'll take some shots of a coticule and bbw with slurry too for comparison.

Very nice Kiita!