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#BCM09 Miwotsukushi Hime Iyo Meito 'Kokuzo Kuro' Hard Fine Bright Nat Stone Tennen Toishi Ehime 794 Grams

$589.93
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Full sized stone offers a good amount of work surface, easy to use and finishing to a fine hazy polish. 

Fineness

3.5

Hardness

4

Cutting Speed

Ease of Use

Finish

Kokuzo Kuro

Typically harder Io Meito stones Kokuzo Kuro stones with many small black to red spots (similar in appearance to larger goma) are fine finishers and often fast cutting, like other Iyo Meito cut differently with or without slurry generated by a nagura or fine diamond stone slurry which will be a hair darker and coarser but still fine.

Miwotsukushi Hime

Miwotsukushi Hime mine Iyo Meito from in the Ehime prefecture on Shikoku island, Iyo stones have been quarried for 1300 years and may well be the oldest stones used for sharpening on record in Japan. Volcanic Iyo stones are typically harder than most Japanese sedimentary stones (Iyo stones are fused volcanic ash) and range in coarseness from approximately 1000 to 4000+ grit, we mostly stock harder finer Iyo Meitos which are typically easy to use and work on a variety of steels.

Iyo Meito stones can be made to cut slightly with either a smaller Iyo Meito nagura stone or a fine diamond stone (400 grit) for a slightly coarser finish  and darker polish. Individual stones vary in how different these finishes will be but this is consistant with Iyo Meito stones.

 Do not soak Iyo Meito stones for longer than a few minutes, like other natural stones they can come apart with prolonged soaking.

Type/Size:
Dimensions: 150x92/60x26mm
Weight: 794 g