Nakayama Honayama Asagi from takeshi

[sicknote]

hey,

today i received my stone from takeshi of aframestokyo.

this is how it looks. the yellow thing gone a bit away while honing with slurry.
what is this yellow things on the surface? i lapped the stone but it still was there. on the picture it looks more extrem than in real.
dont know what it is. i soon will shave with the razor i honed only with this stone and my naguras (botan,mejiro,koma, nagura cutted out of a maruka nakayama). the edge seems pretty good and the hht is no problem at all. dont know if its finer than my ohzuku but its much faster even without slurry.

 

[JeffE]

Hey, Timo, guten Abend! I don't know exactly what that yellow haze is called, but I've seen it before on Nakayama stones, and it is certainly not a bad thing to have. I don't believe it affects the honing qualities of the stone at all, and sometimes the yellow haze forms a figure on the stone, like a circle or a bird shape, which is considered to be desirable.

You should know that Takeshi is a very good guy to deal with too, and if you do not like the hone, he will take it back and give you a refund if you want.

I hope all else is good with you! --Jeff

 

[sicknote]

Hey,

yea takeshi is a really nice contact. The Stone is wonerful and i wont send it back. Its pretty fast and the shave yesterday was pretty good. But i think my ohzuku is finer than this nakayama cause the shaves after the ohzuku are a bit better