Show us your Japanese Natural Whetstones

[Loner16]

Just received this Ookudo Green Asagi..

The surface is of an angry sky boiling in fury, with the sun trying to peek through... Ready to take on my Hospital Era Le Grelot #14...

 

[njtnjt]

Just received this Ookudo Green Asagi..
The surface is of an angry sky boiling in fury, with the sun trying to peek through... Ready to take on my Hospital Era Le Grelot #14...

Beautiful stone and razor!

 

[Basil]

Recently took a family jnat picture. Figured I’d post it here.

2 ozuko stones and the brownish ones are takashima stones that were given as tomo.

And a asano nagura set.

 

[David]

Good idea on the family jnat pics. @Steve56 lets see yours....

 

[Loner16]

Beautiful stone and razor!

Thank you, Sir...

 

[Steve56]

Now that would be a job....

 

[iamryan25]

This stone makes me smile like an idiot.

I haven't owned this very long but I have had the pleasure of honing a variety of razors on this stone now. Each shave has been very comfortable and very keen. The sort of feeling where you think you might cut yourself, but don't even when you mess up and should have.... and then the after shave doesn't warm up your skin and you wonder if you even shaved but can't find any hair on your face.

As a level 5 hardness this thing does not give up slurry without a slurry device. With a diamond plate slurry, erasing chosera 1k scratches is stupid easy. In not very much more time on the stone, getting to HHT5 is no challenge at all. I need to weigh this one, it is a hefty chunk. I usually hone in my palm but I found myself putting this in the stone holder. The stone holder supports it well and it is pretty darn flat. The lines are harmless and I don't seem to be much into the su quite yet.

Last photo from JNS, this was a1641. 210mm 74mm 30mm

 

[iamryan25]

Figured I better put this one here, too.

LTR: Koma bench, Nakayama a1641, Hoard #1118, Hoard #2130, Okudo #900.

 

[Toro Blanco]

You hoarder! Jk, very nice collection of jnats. Love the color of the hoard stones.

 

[David]

Nice! Love that 1118 kiita.

 

[David]

I’ve got another hoard stone in the mail. I’ll put some pics up when it gets here.

 

[iamryan25]

Nice! Love that 1118 kiita.

 

[iamryan25]

Experimenting with this koma nagura bench stone some today.

 

[Loner16]

I must say, I'm highly impressed with the Ookudo Green Asagi from Alex.. #1013.

A fine Japanese razor should be finished on a fine Japanese Natural stone..

 

[iamryan25]

I must say, I'm highly impressed with the Ookudo Green Asagi from Alex.. #1013.
A fine Japanese razor should be finished on a fine Japanese Natural stone..

Really is a nice looking stone. It even has all of its corners!

 

[iamryan25]

Might is well join in on the Okudo love and rep the last one from the group photo above. This #900 Okudo koppa is the stone that got me into jnats.

 

[Sinnbad11]

Absolute hunk of nakayama. I'm very proud to call this stone my own.

 

[alex1921]

Gorgeous stones guys.
I have this one, Nakayama Kan. Nice hard stone. Needs some more lapping but so far so good.

 

[Steve56]

This arrived yesterday, it’s as fast as an Okuda suita, and the razor’s edge this morning was like shaving with your index finger, edge all the way to 11. It’s 40mm thick, pure, and on a fitted base.

 

[alex1921]

This arrived yesterday, it’s as fast as an Okuda suita, and the razor’s edge this morning was like shaving with your index finger, edge all the way to 11. It’s 40mm thick, pure, and on a fitted base.

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Beautiful.