J-Nat Club

[maxim]

With Jnats i have and all of you have
Please post pics of your J-nat ! All stones is welcome from all vendors. Also some other Natural stones too !

 

[DwarvenChef]

Nothing special, just my primary workers...

Nakayama Asagi top
Oohira tomae (i believe)

 

[maxim]

Some of my Nakayama Maruka Kiitas
I just love these stones !!! Nakayama Kiitas is usually much harder and finer then say from Ohira or other mines.
Very very expensive stones ! But beauty and performance is just hard to beat.
Price on them have skyrocket in the last couple of years. And the really hard and fine ones is more then 500 euro just for koppa or razor size, if you can find one
The Kiita colors vary from deep orange to lemon yellow

 

[Birnando]

We really must have a talk about those Marukas Maksim....
I'll put up a pic or two of some of mine soon

 

[maxim]

I bring them with me so you can test on razors

 

[DK chef]

from last sharpening clas

Hakka

more pictures will come

 

[DwarvenChef]

DROOL

 

[maxim]

Another Nakayama Kiita with a lot of su (suita)
Quite fine and hard stone very very good feedback and super fast because of su.

 

[Birnando]

Here's the stones I have bought from some fella in Denmark...

I'll add a couple more from other places if that's ok with OP.

Anyways, here's the breakdown.

From left:
Red Aoto, Hakka Renge, Nakayama Asagi, Shoubudani Asagi, and the little one is a Oozuku Asagi.

 

[maxim]

Please do

I'll add a couple more from other places if that's ok with OP.

 

[DK chef]

Looking forward to receive that Nakayama

 

[DK chef]

we had a little wine tasting yesterday and i had to show of some of my stones to my friends

i did the sharpening before we drank the wine

Hideriyama on a base

 

[Darkhoek]

That looks nice! Wish I could have been there.

DarKHOeK

 

[pitonboy]

The Pingus is consistently a great wine

 

[DK chef]

 

[maxim]

Cool :doublethumbsup:

Here is my Rainbow Nakayama probably one of the coolest stones i ever seen !

 

[Crothcipt]

Chef those are some really cool stones.

 

[DK chef]

thank you Crothcipt i had a great help from Maxim choosing and testing right stones for me, i think i got the lineup that suits me for now.

 

[maxim]

Range Okudo Suita very hard







Kan Aoto with very cool patterns, soft Aoto but looks cool

 

[cwrightthruya]

That Okudo looks really nice. I absolutely Love Suita!!! I have a few myself I need to post.

 

[cwrightthruya]

Here is my Aoto Collection

From Left to Right: New Mined Aoto, 2 san-Aoto, Vintage Aoto, 2 Red Aoto

 

[markenki]

After a couple of years trying to resist, I am going down the slippery slope. Red Aoto from JNS and Takashima Awasedo from JKI. "Thanks", Maxim, and Jon and Sara.

 

[mainaman]

My latest 2 acquisitions
Ozuko Mizuasagi for razor finishing -one of the hardest stones I have seen so far.

Second is Ohira Suita, very hard but does not scratch soft cladding and makes very nice mirror with light haze on hard steel.

 

[maxim]

I will add some pictures from Kyoto stone wholesalers

Huge Uchigomori from Ohira !!! I will not even guess how much this rock cost :scared4:

 

[maxim]

i am testing some stones at Tanaka Toishi







That is from visit of Imanishi Toishi

Soma Nakayama Koppas that need to be tested :cop:









Humble testing aria





Wall of Nakayama Koppa stones



That Karasu in the middle i really wanted to dig out :spiteful:







And the other side. They need a security person for that wall but they did not want me

 

[Eamon Burke]

1. That Ohira Uchigomori make me pee myself.
2. I decided yesterday that I will, at some point in the future, have a JNat built into a countertop in my kitchen. This wall reminds me of that.

 

[schanop]

Present just arrived and I should start posting in this thread to really join the club :crossfingers:

- Elusive Aizu -

ps. photo and stone from Chris.

 

[maxim]

:doublethumbsup: congrats !!

 

[Cutty Sharp]

i am testing some stones at Tanaka Toishi View attachment 9044

Maxim, when were you there? I sharpened in the same place early July!

 

[maxim]

Last year