Ohira Iromono Awasedo Japanese Natural Sharpening Stone 972g (2lb. 2.3oz.)
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Ohira Iromono Awasedo Japanese Natural Sharpening Stone 972g (2lb. 2.3oz.)

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Ohira Iromono Awasedo Japanese Natural Sharpening Stone 972g (2lb. 2.3oz.) 207mmX75mmX25-27mm, around #4000 grit; Middle range fine grit stone for high carbon cooking knife or Japanese plane or chisel Hardness------- 8.3 It raises very good amount of black color slurry quickly. It is soft side in the fine grit stone.  (Scale; 1 to 10, 1-3 is very soft muddy rough grit whetstone 3-6 is soft medium grit whetstone, 6-8 is hard medium grit whetstone, 8-10 is fine grit whetstone) Particle Size------ 8.5 (Scale; 1 to 10, 1-3 give deep scratch marks to the steel, 3-5 is delete the 1-3 scratches, 5-8 makes the steel cloudy, 8-10 makes the steel semi-mirror finish or mirror finish) It makes my blue II steel blade knife Jigane to light frosted silver color, and Hagane became semi-mirror finish. It should be great stone to finish for high carbon steel blade. It is from direct from Ohira mine where has been mining five generations of Ohira whetstones. Ohira mine produces Awasedo (fine finishing w

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