JNat recommendation - medium-fine finisher

[TheLimpWhisk]

Ohira suita seems to be where its at for many people

 

[Choppin]

@Matus - an Ohira Suita is in my wish list as well... I figured I would be better off starting with a softter stone though. Eyes open for a small Ohira Suita in the meantime...

 

[Krassi]

Ohira Suita, Okudo Suita, Nakayama Suita or Maruayma Suita.. works all pretty good.
The more vintage and older the stone the better often.

 

[mikaelsan]

I have no way near the experience with nats as some of the guys here, but I did recently get the aiwattani koppa lvl 3 you considered as well, with tomo nagura, just wanted to point out that the nagura might be able to polish a little as well, this is what my iron cladding looks like with it

 

[Matus]

The Ohira I have used briefly was lv 3.0 and was definitely not too hard. So if you find an Ohira that is around that hardness you should have no problem.

 

[Choppin]

Thank's guys. Badgertooth was kind enough to set me up with a Maruoyama - can't wait to try it.

I have another basic question. Supose I'm going to sharpen my Toyama (or any other Kasumi knife). It isn't particularly dull or too scratched, I just want to make it sharp and restore the kasumi finish / improve contrast.

My plan is to start on the Gesshin 2000, sharpening only a small area near the edge (1-3mm), and then progress to 1-2 Jnats, working on a larger area (going over the clading for finish / contrast). Does this make sense, or should I also use the Gesshin 2000 on this larger area? I don't want to thin the knife, but maybe the G2k could help flatten the blade and make the job easier for the Jnats, idk...

Thank's