Thread: Nagura Pr0n...

Originally Posted by mainaman

I have soaked all my stones for 2 days with no ill effects.

I soak all my Natural stones and had no problem with that at all. I've Been Told of miners that natural stones mines is very wet and have a lot of water in them so soaking you stone should not be a problem. And many Japanese soak they very very hard stones. But you have to be sure that you stone is Lacquered.

I used them without soaking and got a result that I wanted and expected. I would say you can go without soaking them.

Some more nice pictures

Thanks for that picture Andrei, it made for good study to familiarize myself with the different strata kanji. No Koma Nagura?

Originally Posted by bassguy

No Koma Nagura?

I got some recently without stamps but from trusted source. I bought #2

Considering how soft these stones are said to be, and how small they are, I wonder how quickly they wear? How long do they last?

My Botan is calcareous. I wouldn't be keeping it in water too long....

Originally Posted by Traskrom

I got some recently without stamps but from trusted source. I bought #2

What trusted source has koma nagura? I can't seem to find them anywhere!

Buying unstamped Nagura is risky. Read JimR's blogpost here.
Eastern Smooth: Stones, Lies and Inkan

Originally Posted by bassguy

Buying unstamped Nagura is risky.

I know, I've seen that. With this guys it slightly different story. I already spent few K$ and trusted them, so it would be stupid not to trust with the small stone

My botan and mejiro nagura arent hard Stones, theyre pretty soft but my koma is very hard and it is not easy to create à good slurry with it.