Show us your Japanese Natural Whetstones

Thanks guys. I guess all I need now is a nice set of naguras.

a few months ago I visited Takeda Hamono (maker of incredible kitchen knives and tools) and got to pick through his massive natural stone collection. He has 3 large Rubermaid bins full of Nakayama Maruka!!! After too long a wait I finally payed for them and got them sent over. Here they are
Koma Nagura

Uchigumori

Ozuku Suita Marukei

Nakayama Maruka Asagi

Nakayama Namito Maruka

Did he not have a bigger koma??

AHAH he did not!
here it is all lapped up, really odd look

That pattern isn't odd.
What's the weight?

Dcaddo111 said:

Did he not have a bigger koma??

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Right? I thought the Koma that you sent to me was generously large David. You could make slurry on the entire face of Mt. Rushmore with his and still not run it down!

Nice stones OP!

Frank

Brooksie967 said:

Heesoo will post here soon as I am a grade A enabler.

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That you are... Monster koppa coming my way from jns

Gamma said:

That pattern isn't odd.
What's the weight?

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Oh really? good to know! I've just never seen it before
the stone is a bit under 900g

My Big fraking nakayama asagi koppa

Thats too big man, Send at least half my way, lest evil befall you! Thats a big sucka!

Interesting shape - I always wonder if cuts like that were planned and intentional, or done out of necessity or both or what.

buca3152 said:

Thats too big man, Send at least half my way, lest evil befall you! Thats a big sucka!

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Cut my tomo off then lapped it... Here it is wet

Sweet looker. It the biggest Koppa Ive ever seen.

Thats why I pointed it out to him. It really is a monster and so pretty.

Brooksie967 said:

Thats why I pointed it out to him. It really is a monster and so pretty.

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Class I enabler

Funny part is that I've lost it twice since I've entered my apt... Both times set it down on weird spots that I normally don't post stuff

That's a beautiful stone heesharm

Can anyone tell me what type of Jnat I have here? And maybe how to get a tomo nagura for it? Thanks, Jeff
It's 6" x 3.25"

Hatahoshi is a house brand of Hatanaka Co, a large whetstone company in Japan and holder of the rights to many of the old famous brands. You should have a very fine Nakayama finisher for razors from the looks of it, but as all are different you just have to give it a whirl.

Here's an image of mine.

Cheers, Steve

jeffus said:

Can anyone tell me what type of Jnat I have here? And maybe how to get a tomo nagura for it? Thanks, Jeff
It's 6" x 3.25"

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PM Gamma for a quality, tested tomo. I'm sure he can find a good match for you

Steve56 said:

Hatahoshi is a house brand of Hatanaka Co, a large whetstone company in Japan and holder of the rights to many of the old famous brands. You should have a very fine Nakayama finisher for razors from the looks of it, but as all are different you just have to give it a whirl.
Cheers, Steve

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Thanks; and it is an amazing finisher! Now it's time to play around with the set of Asano Nagura that I recently purchased.
Regards.