I found an American nagura in some trail many years ago ☝️ Just basically a very smooth but hard and small stone. It can slurry every oilstone and whetstone I have ☝️ I use oil when making slurry with it. Very fine liquid powder for sharpening
Even after all these years this is still the best video explaining about nagura. Hands down! Just a friendly reminder Alex but we need you to finish your book! I have been waiting for a couple of years now! LoL! Hope you and your wife are doing good.
Thanks for posting these videos they’ve made such a difference to the edges I’m able to get. I’d never have gotten there on my own as my focus was always on lighter and finer finishing but after watching you, and putting 90% of the focus onto the bevel set my edges have leapt forward immeasurably. Thank you
I would be snagging nice big chunks. "unusable"?? I'd be the judge of that after a good lapping session. I'd at least grab 5 good chunks of suita and tomae
My master, I made a request, I asked you for the sharpening stones as a gift, if you could send it, I would be very grateful, I would be grateful, thank you in advance. Üstadım bir istekte bulunmuştum sizden bileme taşlarını hediye olarak istemiştim gönderirseniz çok sevinirim minnettar olurum şimdiden teşekkür ederim As a 100% disabled person, I request these stones as a gift from you, I would be very grateful if you send them as a gift. Please, I would appreciate it if you could give a positive answer, thank you in advance. Best Regards, Abdullah Menevse 🙏🙏🙏
I want to shave with a razor but I'm scared because I'm just getting started. Do you recommend shaving with or without a razor? I would be very grateful if you could help me, I would be very grateful, thank you in advance. Best Regards, Abdullah MENEVŞE Tıraş bıçağıyla tıraş olmak istiyorum ama korkuyorum çünkü yeni başlıyorum. Jiletli mi yoksa jiletsiz mi tıraş olmayı önerirsiniz? Bana yardımcı olabilirseniz çok minnettar olurum, çok minnettar olurum, şimdiden teşekkür ederim. Saygılarımla, Abdullah MENEVŞE
it looks perfect, it looks great, very nice, well done my master, congratulations 👏👏👏 mükemmel görünüyor çok güzel olmuş elinize sağlık hocam tebrikler. 👏👏👏
As a 100% disabled person, I request these stones as a gift from you, I would be very grateful if you send them as a gift. Please, I would appreciate it if you could give a positive answer, thank you in advance. Best Regards, Abdullah Menevse ❤❤🙏🙏🙏❤❤
As a 100% disabled person, I request these stones as a gift from you, I would be very grateful if you send them as a gift. Please, I would appreciate it if you could give a positive answer, thank you in advance. Best Regards, Abdullah Menevse ❤❤🙏🙏🙏❤
This video is Gold!! I have been trying to find it for days. Thanks! So what kind of blade is in the hacksaw? Metal cutting blade or just plain wood cutting blade?
so if nagura is the name of the samurai who popularized the use of these particular stones, than what was the stone originally named? i hear them being referred to by wear they wer mined but not the name of the stone its self, im aware that theirs about 5 diff naguras from mikawa alone. and they can look drastically different, could you possibly do a video diving into the rabbithole of how to build a set of nagura, and what to avoid it would be much appreciated!
this looks like a jibiki stone, in that it's slightly harder than and denser uchigumori than the soft stuff that makes muddy slurry very quickly! nice stone!
Hey brother. I know this video was taken a long time ago. I’m hoping you get this. If I were to visit Japan, and go up to a mining site such as in this video, would I be able to take some stones back with me? I know you said that those on the ground are no good, but I would still love to try and pretty one up and lap it and still try it. You are very blessed to live there. The smile on my face would be ear to ear if I could be where you were in this video.
I would love to buy a nice large chunk of this quality stone. Sadly eBay is riddled with smaller, cheaper versions of questionable quality. The stone in your video is a dream piece and one I would love to have.
Without knowing what brand of diamond plate you are using there will be some variables. I use the Atoma products and the two #600 Atoma's that I use for raising a slurry were worn out and mellowed by shaping axe head blades and knives. The axe work did the trick for sure and I cherish these two worn out Atoma plates for use in raising a slurry and final stone lapping just before I polish my stones surface and edges with Tsushima nagura. I suggest the next best thing is using the #1200 Atoma. For heavy abrading like flattening dished stones under running water I use the #600, and I keep these as like new and aggressive as I can. Hope this helps, Alex
i was just wondering if you have a preferred method for 'mellowing' a diamond plate? some seem to go pretty quick, some just wanna stay aggressive, i have one that im trying to ease in, i have offered my mom a full kitchen draw work over and ran chisel backs over it and still ts aggressive as heck. i also use it for lapping lower grit stones. nothing seems to wanna dull this bad boy.