brooksie967
No more Ashi
Yes, I know... straight razors. BUT, this is my other and first hobby that involved sharpening. Anyhow, below is a test that I like to do to kind of rate/judge stones cutting ability. Hope you enjoy and if you have any questions please ask!
I got these two subtle beauties in the mail some time ago and they've been seeing more action that I ever would have imagined.
I'm a huge proponent of quality suita as a midrange stone but these JNATS are giving them a run for their money.
I believe these stones are some type of hard Aoto and make Tsushima black nagura basically obsolete. Please if you have any information on the type of stone, let me know!
I tested these the same way as the sutia I did the other day but started with a shapton glass 500 then chosera 1k then 25 x strokes on slurry that was raised by a hard piece of chu nagura. You can see from the color of slurry on the chu nagura that it is completely base stone.
As you can see both stones absolutely wiped away every 1k scratch and put an edge that is very close to being shave ready. All that's needed after this is some very short time on a finisher and tomo nagura.
Pictures are from multiple angles with varying light. I'm trying to show everything possible on the edge and not hide anything that's happening.
I got these two subtle beauties in the mail some time ago and they've been seeing more action that I ever would have imagined.
I'm a huge proponent of quality suita as a midrange stone but these JNATS are giving them a run for their money.
I believe these stones are some type of hard Aoto and make Tsushima black nagura basically obsolete. Please if you have any information on the type of stone, let me know!
I tested these the same way as the sutia I did the other day but started with a shapton glass 500 then chosera 1k then 25 x strokes on slurry that was raised by a hard piece of chu nagura. You can see from the color of slurry on the chu nagura that it is completely base stone.
As you can see both stones absolutely wiped away every 1k scratch and put an edge that is very close to being shave ready. All that's needed after this is some very short time on a finisher and tomo nagura.
Pictures are from multiple angles with varying light. I'm trying to show everything possible on the edge and not hide anything that's happening.
Shapton glass 500:
Chosera 1k:
Stone 1:
Stone 2:
Chu Nagura with slurry (for color):