I love grey stones but most people don't find the color grey as pretty so I will go with this big(1.6kg), full size kiita iromono. Picture was taken wet.
What's your best LOOKING finisher?
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Oh nice, that's the stone from the other thread... the "rare yellow vein". Nice snag. So it turned out to be a PDSO. Congrats. Glad someone got it who can appreciate it. Was sorry I missed it. Love the look of the back and sides (that worn in glazed quality from a century in a paddle).
If you do decide to lap the dish out ever, don't worry, they lap pretty easily in my experience... most are softer than Thuri's under a diamond plate (even the ones that feel hard under a razor). If you don't want to lose the depth though, that's understandable. My first one ever (years and years ago) had a severe dish like that, and I lost half the stone getting it flat enough to use.
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I can't decide.
Yeah the back is neat. I doubt I’ll ever lap it I think the dish is kinda cool, plus I don’t use it all that often anyway.
Beauty. Looks extremely pure and speedy?
Thank you David. The slurry turns black fast. Not a very hard stone but for razor honing and the amount of pressure used it won't self slurry. At least not obviously. With a kanna blade it kicks up slurry.
Some gorgeous stones in this thread gents.
Beautiful! I really need to work with some coticules. Yes, secrets of the natural stone are where it’s at...I think that’s what makes them so interesting. I probably wouldn’t hone if that’s all there were were synthetic stones.
Yeah, I couldn’t agree more. I think there are some dynamite stones here.
timwcic
"Look what I found"
This mystery green hone has turned into my flavor of the month. Found in a barn on a orange grove, it has been given up some fab edges. I like this beautiful stone
Still no clue as to what it is?
Really awesome either way! So how do you typically use it?
HGH (Canadian)
Wide Jnat
Baby got back!
Another Jnat,
She's got back too! Chisel marks,
Wide Jnat
Baby got back!
Another Jnat,
She's got back too! Chisel marks,
HGH (Canadian)
Wide Jnat
Baby got back!
Another Jnat,
She's got back too! Chisel marks,
Beautiful stuff. What jnats are they?Performance Jnats 
No Idea where they are from other than Japan.
Kawa on the large one is characteristic of Nakayama but that doesn't mean anything.
The one to the right of the forth photo is the only labeled or stamped one I own. It is a Nakayama Kiita from Maxim at Jns.
The one to the left of the forth photo has a Kawa characteristic of Ozuku (ridiculously hard) but again its only a guess.
I just posted the ones with the most character.
I love that they look like rocks!
No Idea where they are from other than Japan.
Kawa on the large one is characteristic of Nakayama but that doesn't mean anything.
The one to the right of the forth photo is the only labeled or stamped one I own. It is a Nakayama Kiita from Maxim at Jns.
The one to the left of the forth photo has a Kawa characteristic of Ozuku (ridiculously hard) but again its only a guess.
I just posted the ones with the most character.
I love that they look like rocks!
Prices have jumped quite a bit since I bought mine.
I do not need any more, I have at least one for every occasion/type of steel, not to mention other naturals.
It would have to be a pretty special stone for me to acquire it at this point.
All the stones I now have are a premium quality in their category. German, French, Welsh, Belgian, Japanese, and Canadian.
I'm a lucky man.
I do not need any more, I have at least one for every occasion/type of steel, not to mention other naturals.
It would have to be a pretty special stone for me to acquire it at this point.
All the stones I now have are a premium quality in their category. German, French, Welsh, Belgian, Japanese, and Canadian.
I'm a lucky man.
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