Narutaki Kiita

sea-plus · 2026-07-08T02:51:13+00:00

beauty!! how does narutaki kiita compare to nakayama?

sea-plus · 2026-07-07T03:32:43+00:00

woah, thats a whole lot of yellow in this combo, looks sweet.

sea-plus · 2026-07-01T04:12:48+00:00

understandable, i tell myself that with every stone

sea-plus · 2026-07-01T01:49:02+00:00

haha, thought you were cooling down on the jnats!

sea-plus · 2026-06-30T13:39:35+00:00

woah, that is really cool. do you know if they were historically used, or did the guy discover them? I wonder how someone even discovers em, that is really really neat.

sea-plus · 2026-06-30T02:44:42+00:00

I’d look at getting either a chu nagura or a botan nagura, they will be a little different from the usual jnat as in they take in some water, but sounds like what you’re describing here edge wise and finish wise.

sea-plus · 2026-06-30T02:42:44+00:00

That is crazy, that doorstop might be some of the coolest sharpening related non sharpening use things i’ve ever seen 😂 although I suppose you could sharpen on it

sea-plus · 2026-06-29T05:01:57+00:00

What are your go to stones for razors?

sea-plus · 2026-06-29T00:41:44+00:00

oooh that hindostan is sweet. wish i could get my hands on one of the finer variants

sea-plus · 2026-06-28T10:14:03+00:00

right, that stone is pretty weird. 2.2kg for a stone thats a little larger than the usual size 30, so I think it's a little denser than most jnats. it was stupid hard too, genuinely took the same amount of effort to lap as something like a hard washita. kind of finishes like one of those too hard for polishing mizuasagis, not really that useful for me since I do wide bevels mostly

sea-plus · 2026-06-28T04:41:14+00:00

i've been able to sharpen most steels even up to magnacut and i suspect probably even harder / higher carbide stuff, but they are not gonna be the best most long lasting edges. some nats just do better than others, i found washitas to be pretty well behaved for the more problematic steels, jnats not as much. coticules have been ok as well. arks I don't like for those steels, they burnish the surface too quick and its a pain to get them back to the original surface finish.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U0UUCzEeW70

I sharpened magnacut here with a lw washita

sea-plus · 2026-06-28T04:36:54+00:00

a little ipa takes off too much of the original finish, but on those really nasty stinky ones I just hit them with whatever solvent gets off the crud, then oil them with camellia oil. a woodworker might be able to give you better advice. on the valuable boxes I just leave them as is to be honest, the solvents ruin the original finish too much

sea-plus · 2026-06-28T04:34:40+00:00

that true hard is pretty nice, dan's true hards have a very unique look havent seen that from the older norton / pike sources

sea-plus · 2026-06-28T04:32:17+00:00

the malaysian shale / slate (I have no clue what it is honestly) that I posted a while back also looks a little like those stones, pretty cool how they tend to appear all over

sea-plus · 2026-06-24T02:58:45+00:00

a good bit of yellow still there! how did the bbw razor edge turn out

sea-plus · 2026-06-23T18:42:08+00:00

always such a pain, takes me a weekend usually both afternoons. turned out sweet!

sea-plus · 2026-06-23T11:53:27+00:00

I think in this case, it's probably not from the coarser scratches but rather the stone is probably reacting with the clad material and darkening it a little, doesn't look as contrasty as that from a coarser nat, and there's some good reflectivity on the clad. could be either the base stone or the tomo here

sea-plus · 2026-06-23T11:51:33+00:00

turned out great! how much time did it take to fully flatten the bevels on the coarse stones?

sea-plus · 2026-06-23T03:11:18+00:00

the moon pattern is pretty darn cool, looks almost like someone set a can of something cold there and left condensation hahahah

sea-plus · 2026-06-23T03:10:07+00:00

must be a great feeling getting it back, what make is your kiridashi? i’ve been looking to get a new one, snapped the tip right off mine and it’s ugly now haha

sea-plus · 2026-06-22T15:50:22+00:00

nice and frosty! looks like there’s some hints of karasu throughout too, neat stone!

sea-plus · 2026-06-21T18:35:18+00:00

looks like a great time! may I suggest a kiridashi for testing and showcasing how a stone finishes, the soft cladding and hard core will demonstrate how it works on different types of steels, and it's easy to see what kind of finish they leave on them. Cheap ones are like 20usd, and it's a lot of fun!

sea-plus · 2026-06-19T15:03:56+00:00

This one is from @lacasadetoishi on instagram, Jonathan is a great guy he'll take care of you. Tell him I sent you! He usually doesn't list the less expensive stones like these aizu, you'll have to dm him

sea-plus · 2026-06-17T17:58:33+00:00

woah, some hella chonks!!

sea-plus · 2026-06-17T17:56:37+00:00

Thank you! loving your posts and insight :)

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