Jnats Vs Eschers Which is the Best Straight Razor Hone? 

"Be true to yourself". Yep. Glad to hear you will be doing 'a lot more videos' in the next few months. Thanks.

What this video proved to me is, everyone is different and like different things. I personally like a JNat better, mostly because of the silky smooth feedback, and my Thuringian is a lot narrower than my JNat, both give you a great shave, so I enjoy them both. Thanks.

Thank you for another straight forward and informative video, Keith! Always a pleasure to watch. Cheers! -Rob

Thanks Keith for another great video. I love finishing on a thick Escher slurry followed by the coticule. 🤤

I like having a variety of stones to use at any given time. Sometimes we have wide temperature & humidity swings where I live so I never know what condition my face/skin is going to be in. That’s where options really come in handy...

Thanks for the comparison and explanation.

Love your explanation Keith. I've never had an escher edge. JNATS, especially ozuku are hard to beat for "Me", but I'd love to experiment with an escher! Hope all is well my brother from another mother! Coming up to Brooklyn soon to see my cugine! Bensonhurst

I’m happy with my Dans Arkansas stones. At some point I’ll probably check out a Jnat though.

👍 love learning from you! Thanks

Bow razors are awesome. I have one and it’s probably my favorite steel.

Nice video Keith! I have a La Lune Special Stone two Welsh Slates (A Purple and what is either a Dragons Tongue or the labled 15k stone) and two mystery JNats I got in a lot off eBay, but I haven't gotten to use a Thuringian or Escher.

When I found out jnats are not equated with numbers I was like….. what? Great channel great video. Just recently got into kamisori.

I prefer the Escher above any other hone. The only thing that could make it better is go from the Escher to a Black Ark. For Me, the Escher is the bomb. But my Shobu ain't no slouch. They are hard to diss, and there are times when I want that edge. It is whatever you personally prefer. There is no "better".

Jnats are hard to beat. But yes, it's not fair, or right to say they're better. I never tried an escher , and because of the high prices I probably never will... Great one, as always Keith ! 👍

I know one thing - I didn't know a label could be sealed on the stone. I bet that is a tough thing to do.

I just saw the title and was like: "Oh man! This is gonna push some folks buttons!" Thanks Keith. Keep em coming dude.

great video thanks

great stuff bro

Both are good. I like coticules myself. It's all good.

Great video Keith, i have a Welsh slate is a Escher comparable with that because they both are slate stones?

Okay, totally off topic but I want to draw on your Jnat experience. I sharpen very high end sushi knives for some customers of mine and would like to know what finishing process and stones you would use to get the best results. These blades are mostly high carbon at 60+ Rockwell hardness. I enjoy sharpening so time is not a factor.

Hi Keith, I have a few stones with labels that I would either like to clean up some, or preserve, do you have any videos by yourself or other information you can direct me towards for this? Thank you

Kieth, my Tomo sticks on one edge of my Nakayama. I measured it for flatness with my Starettet straight edge and it is flat all over. I recall one of your videos with the pencil test. So how flat is flat? I heard of covalent bonding between two surfaces where supposedly some of the electrons from each item actually stick to each other. Anyway on that edge It wants to stick like crazy. I make sure that edge has plenty of water so it hydroplanes at that edge. Have you experienced this? Thanks, love your website.

"Mizu" 水 means "water", "aoi" 青い means blue. Very entertaining video!