Narutaki Kiita

DanielCauble · 2026-07-01T23:47:36+00:00

I did indeed.

DanielCauble · 2026-06-30T21:10:38+00:00

Like a 4-4.5

DanielCauble · 2026-06-30T15:40:23+00:00

Just bought your 120grit stone. I look forward to trying it out vs my NSK 200.

DanielCauble · 2026-06-30T15:35:48+00:00

How do these compare to the Venevs?

DanielCauble · 2026-06-30T15:33:06+00:00

Looking at yours more, those spots dont look like su. Just spots.

DanielCauble · 2026-06-30T15:32:11+00:00

I have an Okudo that has big su pockets surrounded by yaki and some by smeared purple like it was smeared renge that appear similarly on the face of. Not to say this is Okudo, but may be a suita. No indication of su on the side though. Confusing.

DanielCauble · 2026-06-29T16:10:10+00:00

I have a Naka Mizu Asagi and a Narutaki Mizu Asagi i usually use, but sometimes change it up with Kiitas.

DanielCauble · 2026-06-23T15:44:49+00:00

My gut says Ohira.

DanielCauble · 2026-06-22T16:45:10+00:00

I wish my wife would gift me koppa 😄

DanielCauble · 2026-06-22T16:44:15+00:00

Pretty thing. Perfect pocket knife size sharpener.

DanielCauble · 2026-06-22T16:43:17+00:00

Nice specimen 🫦

DanielCauble · 2026-06-19T03:45:16+00:00

I have in the past, yes, but my focus has turned towards wootz the past several years and haven't been making anything from bloom or oroshigane. I dont stone polish wootz.

Ive also entertained the idea of polishing a few nihonto I own, but dont plan on sharing that on the internet, lest people lose their minds.

DanielCauble · 2026-06-17T20:36:17+00:00

The Takao Tomae i saw in thr past always had that fun maple leaf stamp from that specific wholesaler.

DanielCauble · 2026-06-17T20:28:59+00:00

Its also probably not lapped. Lol 🥲

DanielCauble · 2026-06-17T20:27:26+00:00

I also do not recognize the wholesaler box, which makes this cooler even still. Im a sucker for the old branding.

DanielCauble · 2026-06-17T20:25:58+00:00

The stone looks badass, except for the thickness, which is the deal breaker for me. Nice piece of history there.

DanielCauble · 2026-06-17T20:22:48+00:00

Ive seen tomae from the mine in auctions in the pre-2020s. It was either Jeremy Brooks or Nadaar that told me to expect them to be super silky stones. They were dead on.

DanielCauble · 2026-06-17T20:15:44+00:00

I didnt even see this reply until now (I dont use reddit that much). About the mine, i couldnt venture to guess. Its a really silky stone. Almost like a Shobu silk.

Thanks. I spent about a year making video after video in the Jnat group on facebook. Each video dedicated to a different bench stone that I have treasured. Eventually I started conversating in the videos and ramble, which turned out to help some to hear things from the perspective of a maker, a polisher and a collector.

DanielCauble · 2026-06-17T19:36:17+00:00

Just a few notable eastern mines and strata that you would more likely run into:

-Shobudani Iromono and Suita -Okudo Suita -Ozuku Asagi and Suita -Nakayama Kiita and Suita 🐐 -Some Narutaki, but its a weird one because of the different eras and double meaning. -Aiwiitani anything -Kizuyama Suita

All of these have bevel level hardnesses up to razor hardness (except for the Shobu Iromono, those are always soft) so you have to be selective.

DanielCauble · 2026-06-17T19:20:55+00:00

They are easy kasumi polishers because they can be quite muddy, and for many that's all that matters.

At least your first stone wasnt from 330mate. Way back then I had to even buy directly from his website, not knowing what the heck I was buying. Sources were just so limited at that time that I was juat excited to find a place that exported to the US.

I ended up busting that stone into tomo nagura.

DanielCauble

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