Your New Favorite #729 Shoubudani Iromono Nashiji Easy Lv3.5+ Hardness Lv3.5-4 Fineness Hazy Sub Mirror 692 Grams In Multiple Colors [dSfU5Th2]

Easy to use fast cutting Shoubudani with a semi hard crisp yet mellow and easygoing feel cuts a fine hazy kasumi gradable to sub mirror by working with a drying used slurry and light pressure.  A nice stone for a beginner or an experienced sharpener.

157x71x27mm 692 grams

No cracks. Nice flat bottom

Without cashew lacquer

Shoubudani:

A ‘Higashi-mono’ (Eastern Mine Stone), Shoubudani is well known for producing a wide range of stones with different hardness and fineness. The Shoubudani mine produces some of the higher quality natural whetstones that are akin to Nakayama mine stones in their beautiful finish.

Iromono:

Iromono is a term that represents a broad range of colors, usually purples, oranges, yellows, and greens. Usually the colors are shown in swirls and waves. A lot of nice Shoubudani and Ohira polishing stones feature Iromono color palettes.

Nashiji:

Meaning ‘pear-skin’, this aesthetic quality looks like tiny brown/pale dots on the stone. This quality can look similar to Su-holes on Suita stones as well as be a quality on Suita.