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Beautiful!
Unfortunately I'm only borrowing these two; Nakayama Tomae Koppa, and Tanaka Aoto. Both superb stones, but the Aoto in particular is just dreamy.
This however is mine, a pretty high quality, old Mizu Asagi of some kind.
This however is mine, a pretty high quality, old Mizu Asagi of some kind.
So I snagged this off of eBay, and the seller said 4.5 hardness, very fine, cuts fast, and amazing straight razor finisher…originally sourced from Aframestokyo. It’s 8x3x1.65, and these are the sellers photos. I do like the kawa, and little bit of kan. Plus since it was broken, it comes with its own Tomo Nagura.
Any thoughts? Fingers crossed!
Vr
Matt
Any thoughts? Fingers crossed!
Vr
Matt
Brick brothers!
Got this in dreadful shape. Lapped the sealed side as it was wholly different to the damaged side. Playing the old top by ear but I am probably only going through the shallow chips and then assess the lay of the land.
timwcic
"Look what I found"
A collection from the BST thread. The Botan, Mejiro, and Tenjyou were a trade a while ago and the 8x3” Ozuku bench stone also was a recent trade. Just started using, so for it a keeper. Trades from Generous members
The squiggles that instigated all of this are moving quick.
I am going to give this stone a whirl tomorrow with the Salamanca and a full Nagura progression!
Vr
Matt
Vr
Matt
So tomorrow's forecast in your area is cloudy?
I have Naguras, but I have yet to really grok the whole "full Nagura progression" thing, despite trying it.
Yes Sir!
I enjoy honing, and find it to be a zen activity. The full Nagura progression is as much about that, as it is total edge refinement!
Vr
Matt
I'm with you on that. But I would love, someday, to read an essay on the role of the base stone vs. the role of the slurry. When I tried the Nagura progression, it was on a green asagi, and the coarse scratches of the asagi (compared to my usual JNat finishers) kept it from being a good shaving edge. I can't help but feel that I am missing something about how to operate, since that exact combo is used by a well-known honer/seller.
Good looking stones. Both the karasu and the tomo look great.
Hate those things. They can show up on any stone at any time and may or may not go away.
It terminated thankfully but now I have to have a think about just smoothing the edge of the remaining chip as I have plenty of track or deleting it as it is shallow and risking it reappearing. I may wet it down later and try to get a read if extra water is collecting anywhere underneath. In a way I feel like it is a waste of rock because that divot will create lost honing surface anyway if I cut through the remaining chip.
Decided to lap through that. Water was getting in under it and i fugured it would chip more at some point and maybe cause more collateral damage/loss. Once I got to the bottom of the chip it became a tiny squiggle that terminated quickly into a shallow bubbly birds nest of a pockmark that deleted quickly.
Don't give up on that stone which might excel with a different razor. The stones are teaching us, not use teaching them. Experiment with other steels and technique.
Alx
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