Japanese Natural Whetstone
The sides and bottom are sealed in 3 coats of Jet Black Cashew Lacquer.
Along one edge, on the chamfer - there is a very shallow pocket, you can see the black spots. The black is Cashew Lacquer so it's sealed. Those pock marks are very shallow and they are completely on the chamfer; they do not affect the working surface.
I could lap them out - but there's not point in doing so; it would be a waste of good stone.
They'll probably go away with the next lapping anyway.
I rolled off one corner where there was some issues with a bit of Kawa embedded in the stone; it's all lapped out now and I don't even notice that corner not being there.
This stone is hard, but not too hard. It works well with Mikawa Nagura and Tomo Nagura.
Water-only laps are easy to execute.
This is a good sized stone - measuring a hair over 8x2x1, weight is about 770 g; light enough for hand holding, large enough for bench honing too.
The color is a deep blue-grey, and the entire top is emblazoned with a lovely Goma (sesame seed) pattern.
When I got it - the stone was a reaaaally ugly olive drab color. The top 1/8" of stone was so oxidized that it was dry, rough, and completely discolored. Lappping this one took a long time, too long really. But it was worth it; underneath all those dried up top layers, it turned out to be a stellar stone.
This is a simple Jnat to work with, and it performs very well.
I honed an razor on this today actually; and I think I had the closest shave of my life with that edge.
It's a plain Jane Honzan that's really a wolf in sheep's clothing.
Yes - it is that good.
Price - $199.00, Conus USPS priority shipping with insurance is another $12.00.
If you would like or need to add on a Tomo or a Mikawa Nagura set - just let me know.
The sides and bottom are sealed in 3 coats of Jet Black Cashew Lacquer.
Along one edge, on the chamfer - there is a very shallow pocket, you can see the black spots. The black is Cashew Lacquer so it's sealed. Those pock marks are very shallow and they are completely on the chamfer; they do not affect the working surface.
I could lap them out - but there's not point in doing so; it would be a waste of good stone.
They'll probably go away with the next lapping anyway.
I rolled off one corner where there was some issues with a bit of Kawa embedded in the stone; it's all lapped out now and I don't even notice that corner not being there.
This stone is hard, but not too hard. It works well with Mikawa Nagura and Tomo Nagura.
Water-only laps are easy to execute.
This is a good sized stone - measuring a hair over 8x2x1, weight is about 770 g; light enough for hand holding, large enough for bench honing too.
The color is a deep blue-grey, and the entire top is emblazoned with a lovely Goma (sesame seed) pattern.
When I got it - the stone was a reaaaally ugly olive drab color. The top 1/8" of stone was so oxidized that it was dry, rough, and completely discolored. Lappping this one took a long time, too long really. But it was worth it; underneath all those dried up top layers, it turned out to be a stellar stone.
This is a simple Jnat to work with, and it performs very well.
I honed an razor on this today actually; and I think I had the closest shave of my life with that edge.
It's a plain Jane Honzan that's really a wolf in sheep's clothing.
Yes - it is that good.
Price - $199.00, Conus USPS priority shipping with insurance is another $12.00.
If you would like or need to add on a Tomo or a Mikawa Nagura set - just let me know.
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