I just got an Okuda Suita from Ken Schwartz at Precise Sharpening. It's 10cm x 5cm and supposed to be finer than a nakayama suita....
Anyone have any experience with them?
Anyone have any experience with them?
I think your stone is wearing on your DMT, or at least reacts to the metal somehow. I have one stone that does that with my Atoma.The slurry is dark gray to blackish
As far as I know Okudo are very rare to find, congratz on a great looking stone.
Saying Okudo Suita is finer than Nakayama Suita is a generalization, each mine produces a variety of qualities of stones from variety of strata so no direct comparisons can be made.
Using suita is not the best for razors because you can't use different slurries on them because you will contaminate the su of the stone, I personally see that as a drawback. You can use a DMT for slurry although there is a chance loose diamond gets lodged in the su too.
I think your stone is wearing on your DMT, or at least reacts to the metal somehow. I have one stone that does that with my Atoma.
yes there are suita with no su, I have one.I've heard that Stefan, and it makes sense. I've also heard that the Su can actually trap the swarf and may actually be beneficial. Also, don't some suita come without Su?
Definately a nice looking stone you've got there...
Please tell us how much it cost, so I'll feel better about not having one.
I think your stone is wearing on your DMT, or at least reacts to the metal somehow. I have one stone that does that with my Atoma.
that is metal from a chisel (I assume is what he uses to test stones with). The black stuff is swarf from the soft iron that is used to back the hard steel.Isn't black slurry common? I know 330mate always pictures his stones with black slurry to show the "Iron Blossom" or whatever bastardized term Google translate applies to that black slurry of magnetized particles (I assume they are magnetized because they always seem to spread out uniformly (IE repel each other) much more immediately than standard solution dispersion would cause).
that is metal from a chisel (I assume is what he uses to test stones with). The black stuff is swarf from the soft iron that is used to back the hard steel.
Nest plate means it is Suita. Suita is described as having holes like a hive would.I still haven't used the stone, but I was able to get the Chinese version of the Kanji (which have the same meaning, word for word).
In Chinese, On the front right, 奧 means Secret Place, 殿 means Palace 合 means to combine and 砥 means sharpening stone, so a "Secret Palace combination Sharpening stone" ?
On the right left, 巢 means nest or hive, and 板 means plate. I'm not sure what to make of that...
Kanji is simple on the back- the small ones say 京都 "Kyoto", and the larger ones say 田中 Tanaka 砥 Sharpening 石 Stone
Just an FWI, While the "Tanaka Sharpening Stone" is on every Tanaka stone, The small Kyoto stamp denotes it is exclusively for/from Ken Schwartz at Precise Sharpening.
Tom - how much slurry are you getting off of that suita, and how are you producing it? Thx.Ah-hah! Thank you, mainaman!
I know I have much to learn..... despite the efforts of Google translate to curb it...
Tom - how much slurry are you getting off of that suita, and how are you producing it? Thx.
Have you tried a DMT 1200? Oops - just re-read your post. Everyone tells me that you will modify the hone surface, but I'm not yet fully convinced. I personally think that any particle size effect on what's being raised by nagura vs. diamond plate will be minimal - possibly negligible, but who knows.So far none! I'm still contemplating how to make it
I've been thinking of cutting a corner off the stone, but some other people have been advocating using a DMT to make a slurry... I think that ultimately, the slurry will be finer and break down faster with a same-stone nagura (I forgot the term...)
Mainaman, what do you suggest?