New J-nat

[chuckr9]

I ordered one of the $70 Ozuku Asagistones form ChefKnivestogo on May 30th (total impulse buy - I did not want toget into JNat's but reading these posts "made me do it!").

Mine is rectangular 5-3/4" X 3-1/4" and maybe 3/8" thick(including the orange scale on the back). It "looks' like the picture inthe website, so I feel it was as advertised. The one you got looks much thicker- so you got more rock! Now that I haveit I will probably start to play with it – but don’t have a Nagura stone. I was thinking about using my littleThuringian as a slurry stone, or my Zulu slurry stone (anyone know how this might fit in a “standard”Nagura progression?)

 

[life2short1971]

I emailed Mark and he offered to refund/exchange it when he gets more in. The stone itself is very homogenous and I would hate to lose that for better rectangle so its kind of a catch-22. I'll use it a bit and go from there.

 

[life2short1971]

I ordered one of the $70 Ozuku Asagistones form ChefKnivestogo on May 30th (total impulse buy - I did not want toget into JNat's but reading these posts "made me do it!").

Mine is rectangular 5-3/4" X 3-1/4" and maybe 3/8" thick(including the orange scale on the back). It "looks' like the picture inthe website, so I feel it was as advertised. The one you got looks much thicker- so you got more rock! Now that I haveit I will probably start to play with it – but don’t have a Nagura stone. I was thinking about using my littleThuringian as a slurry stone, or my Zulu slurry stone (anyone know how this might fit in a “standard”Nagura progression?)

Mine is about 17-19mm. I would get a small DMt card either the blue or green to use to make slurry and they are about $12 shipped I think. I use a Diamond plate for slurry on most hones alternating with slurry stones and they both work equally well.

 

[Brooksie967]

If the shape is the only issue and the stone does exactly what you want?? I'm not seeing why you'd trade it in or get a refund for a missing corner. From what I read earlier, is that you were hoping it was a finisher? If that's the case maybe return it and try another stone. If what you wanted is a pre-polisher and you really appreciate the aesthetics of the stone... keep it?

 

[thepusher]

I have the same variety of stone from an earlier batch. I did not have a slurry stone or a nagura at that time, so I used my 325 on the non-kanji side to create some slurry and stored it in a used medicine bottle. Now I have a ready made 'tomo nagura' with this setup. Like they say YMMV.

Best regards
-thepusher

 

[chuckr9]

DMT card sounds like the way to go for now - Thanks.