Shobu Asagi Nashiji Japanese Natural Sharpening Stone 556g (1Lb.3.6oz.)
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Shobu Asagi Nashiji Japanese Natural Sharpening Stone 556g (1Lb.3.6oz.)

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Shobu Asagi Nashiji Japanese Natural Sharpening Stone 556g (1Lb.3.6oz.) 182mmX63mX19-25mm for final sharpening for razor or final fine grit sharpening for high carbon steel blade It has tinny dot marks, Nashiji on all over the sharpening surface. I have got this Shobu from one of the whetstone companies in Kyoto. The company used to mine Shobu (one of them, I think that Shobu had been mined by more than one company. There were more than one ore port owned by more than one company) and the other mines. In this time, I asked to get the whetstones for razor final sharpening (hard and very fine grit) to the company. Shoubu-dani is the original mine to get high quality Japanese sword sharpening in Kyoto, and the mine run out the production of the ore, and moved to the other mines, so Shobu-dani used to have really great final finish whetstones.   It is very hard stone, and it raises very little amount of slurry. It is smooth sharpening surface, but it might be better to useTomo Nagura or a

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