Unkonwn Mine Awasedo 1667g (3lb. 10.8oz.) Japanese Natural Sharpening Stone
Unkonwn Mine Awasedo 1667g (3lb. 10.8oz.) Japanese Natural Sharpening Stone 203mmX75mmX17-19mm It is used an old Japanese natural fine grit sharpening stone with wooden block. It looks very nice shaped condensed stone. Hardness-------------8.4 It raises very good amount of the slurry quickly. It looks it does not need tomo nagura or the device to raise the slurry (worn Diamond lapping 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 It makes my blue II steel kasumi blade knife Jigane became heavy frosted silver color, and Hagane became from semi-mirror finish. It is not too hard and not too soft stone. (Scale; 1 to 10, 1-3 give deep scratch marks to the steel, 3-5 is delete the 1-3 scratches, 5-8 makes 3the steel cloudy, 8-10 makes the steel semi-mirror finish or mirror finish) Natural whetstone has wider capacity than artificial whetst