#740 Shoubudani Asagi Goma EZ Fast Fine Buttery LV3.5 Hard LV3.5-4 Fine 787 Grams

Fast cutting easy to use self slurrying Shoubudani with a buttery feeling producing a smooth bright kasumi finish. Great for a beginner or an experienced sharpener for fine sub mirror finish. Excellent stone! A very tall but somewhat narrow koppa, 

Dimensions: 150x35/63x40mm 787 grams

No lacquer applied to sides

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.

Asagi: This aesthetic term refers to the general color of the stone. Typically, Asagi stones are grey, light blue, greyish-blue/green, and tan. They are usually quite clean stones that are on the harder side. However, softer Asagi stones are great for knife polishing

Goma:

This aesthetic quality looks like tiny black dots, or little sesame seeds in the stone. This quality typically translates to having a fast cutting speed.