Thread: My Little Japanese Stone Family

i've got a koma nagura of maksim aswell and its really hard. its hard to create slurry out of it on my ohzuku. mejiro and botan are much softer.

Originally Posted by sicknote

i've got a koma nagura of maksim aswell and its really hard. its hard to create slurry out of it on my ohzuku. mejiro and botan are much softer.

When I create slurry from my nagura, I find it's a LOT easier if I don't use a flat surface of the nagura on the larger stone, but to tilt the nagura and use an edge. You're focusing the force onto a smaller area and it should be a lot easier to raise a slurry like this. Try it! This works on other stones that are a bit harder to raise a slurry on.