What's your best LOOKING finisher?

[Drybonz]

Possibly prettier - beauty is in the eye of the beholder though. Again- not purely a 'finisher'. Okudo Suita & Tomo

Occasionally, I do covet another man's hone.

 

[BakerAndBadger]

Awesome cotis, I'm assuming that's a La Veinette in the middle? Love me some manganese.

Cheers, dunno which vein, it's a vintage combo so I think it's before they really had names. In any case mine is fairly veiny!!!!!!!!

 

[Gamma]

That's the one-love the look of that one.

Ty

The look is good, but the feel is out of this world..impossible to describe actually. Just a brilliant stone.

Oddly - neither of them are the 'best' finisher I have... but they're both pretty spectacular to look at and use.

 

[BakerAndBadger]

Ty

The look is good, but the feel is out of this world..impossible to describe actually. Just a brilliant stone.

Oddly - neither of them are the 'best' finisher I have... but they're both pretty spectacular to look at and use.

Has a crème brûlé kinda look to it too.

 

[DogHair]

I think these two Nakayama Koppas are my best looking stones. I get amazing edges off the Kiita but they are both great. I need a little more time to figure out the Nashiji.

Nakayama Koppa Kiita

Nakayama Nashiji Koppa

 

[Filarmonicafreak]

wow that is a verry nice looking nakajama! thank you for showing

 

[global_dev]

How different do koppa and kiita look?

 

[DogHair]

How different do koppa and kiita look?

My understanding is that Koppa refers to the smaller or odd shape of the stones vs the uniform rectangular cuts. Kiita is the orange/yellow color and Nashiji refers to the white spots on the greenish stone. The pics don't do the stones justice. The Kiita is dark orange fading out to a yellow and the Kashiji is mottled green, brown and cream.

 

[mainaman]

My understanding is that Koppa refers to the smaller or odd shape of the stones .

Not only small ones

 

[Gamma]

Nashiji means 'Pear Skin' - can indicate a fast cutter. That stone also has Namazu - the squiggly line and the blotch in the corner.
Both are very interesting Koppas.

 

[johna2231]

Wow! Those all look great. Lots of luck getting a synthetic to look like any of these...grin. Just stunning!

John

 

[Wid]

Some very nice looking stones. Here's my best looking finisher.

 

[Gamma]

Nice Charnwood you got there Rick... very cool.

 

[Wid]

Thanks Keith.

 

[Proinsias]

I've got a little la verte which has a nice kinda nebula looking thing going on at one end:

 

[global_dev]

none of my stones are really that interesting looking… i keep trying to find some that are, but no luck just yet…

 

[gumbo]

Coticule, the final frontier.

 

[tomjr]

nice stones

 

[Drybonz]

I really don't have any spectacular looking hones, even though I have some that work really well. I think my best looker is my la petite blanche coticule... it's in the first post in the coticule love thread.

 

[Bayamontate]

Ozuku