So far this nagura has been fun to use. While some suggest not to mix natural with synthetic’s (different shapped abrasives and such),I picked up 2 One the use on J-Nats and one for synthetics. Both have produced good results. I also got a great haze off my Shapton GS 1k and 3k with the use of this nagura. I find this one a bit hard and rather smooth.

If you own a natural stone that isn’t the fastest on giving up the mud like the Jyunsyouhonyama (which I own) then you should get one of these. I recently used it on the Jyunsyouhonyama and it quickly gave me a good starting point. After a few passes I had a good mud worked up. Before hand it would take a very long time. So if you have hard stones that don’t make mud very fast pick up one of these nagura’s and it will help. As usual great shipping and of course Mark is awesome as well.

natural whetstone Nagura. This stone is the best for raising a slurry.

This is a stone that everyone needs. even the professional. it is useful to create a slurry and works as a course first cut for your blade.

Creats a nice and creamy slurry(fast) on my Nakayama.

Have only used it on a Iwasaki Sweden steel kamisori and Konosuke White #2 Kiritsuke/Gyuto 240mm yet. But I am very happy with the results.

Picked this up for woodworking. I have a J-Nat that is hard and tends to skip when flatting the backs of planes and chisels. This nagura creates a fine smooth paste that makes the tool slide easily on the stone without skipping. It creates a very fine matte finish. I didn’t use this stone much up to this point but the finish and edge it creates with this nagura is amazing. I thought this stone was low quality but used with the nagura,I have to say I’m impressed.