J-Nat Club

[PalmRoyale]

Do you have a picture of the finish it gives?

I do now because we have a 3 day weekend and I took my tool chest home with me.

 

[A.Malcolm.ations]

Just picked up an aoto from Bernal to get me into the land of jnats. I’m stoked about it.

 

[soigne_west]

Maruichi Renge Suita

 

[Wander Vanhoucke]

I do now because we have a 3 day weekend and I took my tool chest home with me.
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Beautiful!

 

[Matt Zilliox]

Maruichi Renge Suita

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ahh, you grabbed this one off ebay, i was on the fence. interesting stone.

 

[Matt Zilliox]

Just picked up an aoto from Bernal to get me into the land of jnats. I’m stoked about it.
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very versatile stone, enjoy it

 

[valgard]

These three came back to me from a 3 months trip to Toronto.
Left to right: Shinden suita, Shobu sunashi suita, Aiiwatani tamagohiro nashiji.

 

[PalmRoyale]

This little Yaginoshima suita is the nicest I've ever owned. It's even better than my Ohira suita which used to be a reference for me. The hardness, consistency and finish are all perfect.

 

[Matt Zilliox]

This little Yaginoshima suita is the nicest I've ever owned. It's even better than my Ohira suita which used to be a reference for me. The hardness, consistency and finish are all perfect.View attachment 79804

so hot

 

[PalmRoyale]

Had some epoxy left over so I reinforced the little guy with it

 

[PalmRoyale]

Just picked up an aoto from Bernal to get me into the land of jnats. I’m stoked about it.
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I think mine is exactly like yours.

 

[Chamber]

Just picked up an aoto from Bernal to get me into the land of jnats. I’m stoked about it.
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I picked up one of these as well. Also my first j-nat. How do you like yours so far?

 

[A.Malcolm.ations]

I think mine is exactly like yours.

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Quite similar

 

[A.Malcolm.ations]

I picked up one of these as well. Also my first j-nat. How do you like yours so far?

It’s really quite good. Different than a synthetic for sure but I love the edge I get from it.

 

[aaamax]

Maruichi Renge Suita

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Just saw this one and gotta say that is some nice stone action you have there. did you really get this on eBay? From Japan maybe? how does she cut? I'm guessing she's rather hard? Can you get a quick swarf?
really nice.

 

[soigne_west]

I think I totally scored on this suita. It came from a US seller who had some knives for sale too. Looked to me like a cook or chef. Picked up this stone and a Y. Tanaka for really cheap. I am really inexperienced but it’s harder that my 3.5 Ohira suita, but absolutely a pleasure and easy to use. It originally came from carbon knife co. I’m 99% sure it’s Nakayama.

 

[DHunter86]

Looks like a great stone, so pretty too. If that's the original box, then it may be from Narutaki, which is the kanji on it.

 

[soigne_west]

In some of the research I did I found this which led me to believe it’s nakayama.

“the owner of the mine was Kato family. Rarest and best Nakayama stones. Maruka's (= circled "Ka") "Ka" is Kato's first character "Ka"

http://japan-tool.com/toishi/tennen/Maruichi/Maruichi.html
first paragraph

Any thoughts?

 

[soigne_west]

 

[DHunter86]

Hmmm... I'm not an expert, so just relaying what I know so far.

That kanji is the trademark Maruichi, which is supposedly used by Kato-san, the previous owner of the Nakayama mine. However, it seems that it does not necessarily mean it's a Nakayama stone. The successor of the stamps Hatanaka also distributed stones from other quarries. Regardless of whether it is from Nakayama or Narutaki, the stone is definitely of value. More importantly, if you love the stone's performance and characteristics, then it beats any perceived value derived from the stamp.

https://historyrazors.wordpress.com/2017/03/31/kanji-japanese-natural-stones/amp/
maybe a more experienced member could chip in?

 

[eggistentialist]

Taj, you can't resist the pretty stones. I'm (not at all shocked) that you ask about that pair although the 5th one on the right, if you could see the sides or if wet, is also nice.

Okay, here they are again:



As said these are all coarse or medium stones, akato or nakato. I'm not quite as bothered about finishers as many people are, so most of what I have are like these and practical for knives. L to R: unknown 'Take Tora' naka, flashy Amakusa (bottom) ara, beautiful Natsuya (top) ara, great Numata Hyotan naka, very obscure Haguro ara.

Since we were talking about lacquer, I chose these because you can really see the bit of colour the 'clear' lacquer gives to the Taketora and Haguro, and the wet look it gives on the Amakusa and Natuya, while I used amber lacquer to dress up the white Numata.

Hello, Asteger. Just wondering, is the Haguro still available?

 

[Marcelo Amaral]

Hello, Asteger. Just wondering, is the Haguro still available?

Hi makhonyiu, it's been some time Asteger has not been here at KKF.
I wouldn't hold my breath waiting for an answer on that one.

@Asteger: come back!

 

[eggistentialist]

Hi makhonyiu, it's been some time Asteger has not been here at KKF.
I wouldn't hold my breath waiting for an answer on that one.

@Asteger: come back!

Hey Marcelo, thank you for noticing me.
It is truly a great grief knowing Asteger is no longer active in the forum...
Hopefully he will return soon...

 

[Marcelo Amaral]

Hey Marcelo, thank you for noticing me.
It is truly a great grief knowing Asteger is no longer active in the forum...
Hopefully he will return soon...

That's true, he is definitely missed here.

 

[valgard]

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That's Maruichi, not Maruka. Maruichi stones can be from different mines. This stone has some Nakayama-like flare to it but I wouldn't be too sure about the mine.

 

[soigne_west]

Some others I’ve picked up lately. Some of these will have to go.

honyama renge suita was yours at one point I believe @valgard

Ohira Renge Suita from Strata

Ohira Uchi From Aframes

Ohira Renge Uchi from Strata

Some soft random uchi

 

[PalmRoyale]

Little Mikawa nagura. Medium hard and blazing fast with a light slurry. Won it for just €17

 

[valgard]

Some others I’ve picked up lately. Some of these will have to go.

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honyama renge suita was yours at one point I believe @valgard

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Ohira Renge Suita from Strata

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Ohira Uchi From Aframes

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Ohira Renge Uchi from Strata

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Some soft random uchi

yeah, the big soft suita was mine at one point. Very clean stone, a little softer than I prefer but it did great on some knives and would give a really nice edge too.

 

[Majbjorn]

My small jnat collection. Will hopefully grow in the future .

Yanigoshima asagi

A soft, soft Mizukihara renge uchigumori. Hard to capture the details in this one.

 

[Matt Zilliox]

dig that soft uchi