160g, fast and fine.
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The most amazing example of Koma I've had the pleasure of trying.
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Sweet!! Here a pic of my Koma for the heck of it...It's a Mikawa Koma Nagura (AFAIK...got it from aframestokyo), but not nearly as cool as yours (being Asano stamped and all!!)...I put clear nail polish over the kanji so that it would be preserved...It too is fast & fine, a great nagura!!
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I love the Mikawa Shiro version too, I find the pasty consistency easy to work with.
Yeah, I like it thus far...I am admittedly new to JNAT's so I have nothing to compare it to. In fact I'm still learning how to use all my nagura, but I do agree; this Koma seems easy to work with...Yours is beautiful though!!
Cool to have but unnecessary if you have a good mejiro and proper tomo. With that said... I still want to try/want to own one.
I recently got another Koma that tops all other Naguras I have for quality .
It is pure white, just like chalk.
It is pure white, just like chalk.
I thing I'm going to try some french chalk as a rubbing stone... 
That's a very special Koma indeed.
Im also a fan of the Mikawa Koma that Takeshi has offered. Very good stuff.
Koma is absolutely necessary in my progression.
Im also a fan of the Mikawa Koma that Takeshi has offered. Very good stuff.
Koma is absolutely necessary in my progression.
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+1, absolutely necessary.
I must be missing something here. I've talked with lots of people about this that say a good mejiro and a correct tomo leaves no room for koma. Also Alex has his Axe method that doesn't use any nagura right after bevel setting just uses the slurry raised from the awesado... I go from mejiro to tomo and under 40X mag all scratches are gone and i'm left with a buttery smooth and extremely keen edge that has a beautiful haze on it.
I think for me it's more of just something that's fun to use/own. Whether it's entirely necessary is apparently up for debate, but I know that I enjoy owning & using the Koma.
I also like that the Koma is fast AND fine, which to me suggests that it's perfect for doing touchup work. Maybe I'm using it incorrectly (maybe the Koma is not necessary in this situation), but I have been raising a light Koma slurry & doing 30 x-strokes, followed by 30-60 x strokes on Tomo slurry. I find that I am able to bring a razor that's pulling up to shave ready by doing this...
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It's just a matter of personal preference in process. Some like a full progression and some try to bridge the gap with as little as possible. Both work IME, no wrong way really so long as you're pleased with the results.
Remember that despite our firm personal convictions on a lot of areas, most of us agree it is all a YMMV thing.
You will do fine with Mejiro only, not need for Koma, I personally like them cuz I like Jnats but other than that I get same results with either.
The other day I decided to sit down and tes all my Koma, all my Mejiro, Tenjo on the same stone and the same razor. No difference in how the bevels looked after each except that I found some a bit more scratchy feeling than others. Shaves were also impossible to tell from one another.
I always miss the koma naguras from Maxim, and just checked and have missed the most recent batch as well. It is hard to pin one of these down.
Stefan, just to clarify, you didn't notice a difference between tenjo and mejiro?
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I've talked to very few, one, or no one at all. My opinions are based solely on personal experience. I will say that it is comforting to the people I hone for that their $15 is getting them at least a full Yae to Tomo progression and no expense was spared with the care of their razor.
Koma is a nice addition but not always necessary. Iwasaki's paper only mentions it at the beginning and never again.
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