| NARUTAKI #127 AWASE TOISHI |
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NARUTAKI #127 TOMAE AWASADO
205mm x 75mm x 40mm
Reads on the stone top from the upper right down, TOKUSEN (specially chosen).
And at the center right SAIKOKYU (very best quality)
And at the center right SAIKOKYU (very best quality)
This Narutaki tomae awasedo stone is NEW/OLD stock from a closed store in a small
town in Japan. It has not been used other then to test the quality at one edge of the
stone as you can see in the photos. Narutaki is an East Mountain mine that
produced very fine toishi awasedo, but stones like this one and Narutaki #1 have not
been mined for many, many finishing stones is usually a very even grained stone.
These older stones tend to have a microns thin film or skin on the top surface that is
a result of chemical reactions with the atmosphere and the minerals of the stone.
The stones performance can be greatly enhanced the moment this skin is removed
with a diamond flattening plate or through the sharpening of blades.
I found the stone to be very receptive to the blue steel blade, there was no
chattering or scratchy feeling of any kind. The stone has a smooth even grit
throughout the whole surface and with the little bit of sharpening I did, the skin
opened up and some of the rose color began to show through. You can see in the
photos that the hagane became mirror like and the jigane also polished up while still
keeping a contrast with the hagane.
The actual color of the stone is complex and variegated and in variorum degrees
contains dull brick, faint purple, a tinge of rose and a faint yellow. The color makeup
will change as the stone is used and worn down to different levels.
This colored awasedo builds its own paste quickly and cuts extremely fast, it feels
almost like the stone pulls the blade into itself.
A Swedish blue steel Ishido Teruhide blade was used to sample this stone.
I found indications from the photo tests and sampling the stone that the grit base of
this stone to be in the 30,000 range if not higher and with compression will crush
finer..
town in Japan. It has not been used other then to test the quality at one edge of the
stone as you can see in the photos. Narutaki is an East Mountain mine that
produced very fine toishi awasedo, but stones like this one and Narutaki #1 have not
been mined for many, many finishing stones is usually a very even grained stone.
These older stones tend to have a microns thin film or skin on the top surface that is
a result of chemical reactions with the atmosphere and the minerals of the stone.
The stones performance can be greatly enhanced the moment this skin is removed
with a diamond flattening plate or through the sharpening of blades.
I found the stone to be very receptive to the blue steel blade, there was no
chattering or scratchy feeling of any kind. The stone has a smooth even grit
throughout the whole surface and with the little bit of sharpening I did, the skin
opened up and some of the rose color began to show through. You can see in the
photos that the hagane became mirror like and the jigane also polished up while still
keeping a contrast with the hagane.
The actual color of the stone is complex and variegated and in variorum degrees
contains dull brick, faint purple, a tinge of rose and a faint yellow. The color makeup
will change as the stone is used and worn down to different levels.
This colored awasedo builds its own paste quickly and cuts extremely fast, it feels
almost like the stone pulls the blade into itself.
A Swedish blue steel Ishido Teruhide blade was used to sample this stone.
I found indications from the photo tests and sampling the stone that the grit base of
this stone to be in the 30,000 range if not higher and with compression will crush
finer..
Hardness Grit Speed/Strength Price in U.S. $
8+/10 9/10 9+/10 SOLD $800
8+/10 9/10 9+/10 SOLD $800
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