Pair of Queens - or maybe Aces.

[Gamma]

Me thinks Aces..
Both are Nakayama.

Just lapped these a little bit. The Kita gives up the most buttery silky slurry. No joke - this is some prime Kita.
The other one is hard... really really hard.
Just guessing here;
The Kita-esque one in front is going to be a blissfull finisher with water-only laps.
The other one is really more my style of stone, and will deliver light-sabers.

 

[Alum of Potash]

Beautiful stones, but I guess it all depends on how you like your slice of cheese. Is that a black Arkansas underneath?

 

[jpcwon]

That is a GORGEOUS Kiita!!! Actually they're both beautiful but that Kiita...MAN is that nice!!

 

[Gamma]

Beautiful stones, but I guess it all depends on how you like your slice of cheese. Is that a black Arkansas underneath?

I like a lot of different cheeses.
That black thing is the rubber block I hone on.
The Black Ark in in the stone chest. Hasn't been out in a long while.

That is a GORGEOUS Kiita!!! Actually they're both beautiful but that Kiita...MAN is that nice!!

Ty - the Kita is very special - that much I know already.

 

[Alum of Potash]

That black thing is the rubber block I hone on.

Thanks. My first impression was that the "stone" in question was sandwiched from two layers, but in studying that mince projected shadow pretty closely, I concluded that it must have been been cast from the corner. Oh, well. Time to haul out that black Ark one of these days and give us a new report. --Alan

 

[Gamma]

I can give you the report right now - that Ark will kick butt and take names; it's a tried/true winner.

So will those two above - I'm lapping the Mizu now - have been since the last post. Damn, it's one hard stone.
I have a blade I started on synths that I'd like to test-finish on it tonight.
That won't give me a 100% read on the stone, that can happen tomorrow with a full progression - but it'll be something to go by.

 

[Bayamontate]

Stunning!

 

[Gamma]

Ty

The Kita is sublime. Not as hard as my others but fast and fine.
Ran a test blade over it and it gave me chills - it's slick like hot butter and water laps went ver well.
The Asagi is real sweet, quite hard but with a tactile kinda sensation when honing.
Its fast and fine - real old skool type of stone. I ran a few tests, and I'm impressed with this one too.

 

[Danricgro]

Those are beautiful stones. I really gotta quit looking at yours and Stephan's posts. My HAD starts kicking in.........

 

[Gamma]

I caved and did a full progression on the Asagi.
I had to - originally I was going to stay with the synth-started effort but I was really curious about the capability of this one.

Killer stone - just a brilliant piece. And - if that's not enough, after closer inspection after lapping I suspect this is a Suita.
Never would have figured that - Never seen a Suita with this patterning.
Now - I know Su can be found in other layers and that could very well be the case here.
If it is a Nest Plate, then it's the hardest one I've had. Notably harder than the swirled orangy Okudo Koppa I had a while back.

Oh yeah - the shave was friggin' awesome. At the end of the day that's all that really matters.

 

[Brooksie967]

I think you are correct with the suita, matches perfectly! Beautiful stones!
How many stones do you have now??? I think we need a thread from you to 'show off your rocks'.

 

[Gamma]

I try not to count them or the Nagura.
I don't think of them as an enumerated cache of 'things' I own; in a way, they're more like pieces of a puzzle.
When putting a jig saw puzzle together - you don't count the pieces, you just look for the right one.

 

[Doc226]

How many Su are needed to call a stone a Suita?

Here is my Nakayama Suita



Mine too is very fast and finishes very nicely on plain water

 

[Gamma]

What makes it a Suita is the layer it was mined from, not the su.
There are stones that are not Suita that have su.
There are Suita without su - Sunashi Suita.

 

[Doc226]

What makes it a Suita is the layer it was mined from, not the su.
There are stones that are not Suita that have su.
There are Suita without su - Sunashi Suita.

Ahhh

 

[Gamma]

But most Suita have Su. Hence Su- ita- Nest - layer.
Su means nest or hive, ita means board (layer).

 

[Blorkin]

Not necessarily a reverent comment but your title made me think of it:

"Aces? That's good. The ace of diamonds, I hope."

P.S. nice hones

 

[Gamma]

Ty
Theyre diamonds for sure. Plus the Kita had a surprise in store for me.

 

[BakerAndBadger]

So what's the difference between uchigumori and su? Aren't uchigumori stones full of pin ***** holes? I have one that I think could be deemed as uchigumori and is also hard hard hard but it might then be su and is similar to yours Gamma (kawa looks like nakayama) - oh and it leaves a lovely edge too.

 

[Gamma]

Su is a quality within a stone, whereas Uchiguimori is a type of stone.
The facts about Uchiguimori stones create a complex discussion - they come from the Tenjou strata which is a Suita Layer but from different mines, and then there are historical pieces from the 'original' excavation points.