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[HVenture138]

Just finished sealing and lapping this Ozuku. It’s not quite a brickbut comfortably a slab I think.

 

[David]

Nice stone.

 

[cugel]

Shobudani Mizu Asagi Awasedo. I’ll post pics when I get it. I agree on Keith. Pleasure to work with.

I have a shobu mizu from gamma. The feedback from that stone is nothing short of remarkable. The one term that keeps coming back to me is "elastic".

 

[Yaoshi]

Nice Ozuku, congrats.
I have two and both are great final finisher.

 

[Steve56]

Yep, good lookin’ Ozuku.

 

[Mrivan]

I’ve just got this one on an auction site, seller didn’t give any info but it looks good to me so I bit the bullet. Can anyone help me identify the stamp on top? I’ve searched the web but couldn’t find that exact stamp. It looks like a letter ヤ under the mountain.

 

[Steve56]

It appears to be a ‘Matsunaga’ stamp, a whetstone company. It looks similar to one of the Hatanaka stamps, especially when it’s handwritten. The stamp on the lower right is ‘jyun’ or ‘pure’, and the one lower left is a ‘tokusen’ or hand/especially selected goods

 

[quijas23]

Ozuku asagi Purchased from Maksim. Had to get it after I tried a blade from one of the users here that was sharpened on a jnat.
great stone and wondering why I waited.

 

[David]

Very nice stone.

 

[Yaoshi]

May I present my lovely Suminagashi JNAT.
This stone is hard, not soft, not excessively hard, but just hard enough for the finishing stage of razor honing.
In the beginning the honing feeling was scratchy and uncomfortable but after a lot of lapping now the stone's surface is smooth as the skin of a baby and a joy to hone with. It has no inclusions and sometimes while honing it almost looks like the red veins in the design pop out like a lightning in a storm.

This JNAT is so beatiful that I almost don't care about the edge it produces. However fortunately enough, the resulting edges are indeed comfortable and pass the HHT.
Unfortunately these poorly shot pictures don't do justice to this stunning JNAT.

 

[Stoneseeker]

Hi all

I asked a good pal to find this for me while he was in Japan. Who's got the info on it?!

Thank you
SS

 

[Stoneseeker]

For identification, stamps no needed, need properties - a photo from all sides and macro, as in work. But in general, if you asked to find a stone, then you found it
It can be something from arato / nakato, for example, binsui or not very pure Mikawa nagura - a many of black spots - this is rough.

I asked for a botan nagur===

I will post more pictures tomorrow. I left it at work! CRAP!

 

[Yaoshi]

Hello Alex,
Welcome to the forum.
Thank you for sharing your interesting stories.
I have shoubudani iromono nagura and am very pleased with it.

 

[Stoneman]

Just pick up this Ozuku Mizu Asagi today.

 

[Suhrim21]

Just received this jnat. All I know about it is it's a asagi 170x79x18. Now I need slurry stone for it.

 

[MO1]

Just received this jnat. All I know about it is it's a asagi 170x79x18. Now I need slurry stone for it.

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Nice! You could also use your other jnat on it to generate some slurry and see how that works^^

 

[Suhrim21]

Nice! You could also use your other jnat on it to generate some slurry and see how that works^^

That's a good idea thanks.

 

[Suhrim21]

This is a Suita. Not new. No good idea for razors. Use on prefinish with diamond plate.
After 2mm there will be a layer of dirt.

So you are saying its not a good jnat to finish razors on?

 

[MO1]

So you are saying its not a good jnat to finish razors on?

Yeah I really don't understand how one can make that simple statement by just looking at the stone, let alone what's 2mm under the surface.
I have 1 damn fine and hard suita and it gives my razors a nice finish. All suitas or stones don't behave the same, although most seem to be fast (if I'm going to put the suita in a category that is)
Your stone does not look like a suita but looks can be deceiving, so I could be wrong ofcourse.
But if I would take a wild guess without any info I would say "kiita", but again, I could be wrong.
Finish capability can only be decided by testing it.
If it gives a good edge, then no problem, right?

 

[Suhrim21]

Yeah I really don't understand how one can make that simple statement by just looking at the stone, let alone what's 2mm under the surface.
I have 1 damn fine and hard suita and it gives my razors a nice finish. All suitas or stones don't behave the same, although most seem to be fast (if I'm going to put the suita in a category that is)
Your stone does not look like a suita but looks can be deceiving, so I could be wrong ofcourse.
But if I would take a wild guess without any info I would say "kiita", but again, I could be wrong.
Finish capability can only be decided by testing it.
If it gives a good edge, then no problem, right?

Is asagi and suita the same thing? Also the guy I got it from is in japan and I fully believe he is very knowledgeable and wouldnt give me something that wouldnt work well. I got the stone from zenrazors on etsy. It's the same guy who I got the San Kan and BaBa razors from. But, I do not know anything about jnats and classification or anything. The only info I have is Flo said it was an asagi stone. He has a link on YouTube demonstrating the stone. I will post that here.