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#BCL02 Miwotsukushi Hime Iyo Meito 'Sakura' Mid Hard Bright Hazy to Cloudy Nat Stone Tennen Toishi Ehime 1658 Grams

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Large Iyo Meito with a medium hard composition cutting a little coarser than other harder sakura that leave a low mirror finish, this stone leaves a bright hazy finish when used with just water and with a bit of slurry generated by a diamond stone or a medium coarse Iyo tomo nagura a cloudy finish with lots of contrast between hagane and jigane. 

A big thick stone here, there are a few small cracks at the pointed end that might crack off one day and form a tomo nagura. They seem stable now, but worth mentioning. This would be a great pre-polisher for finer finish stones (even synthetic) for a contrasty finish or as a toothy finisher at approximately 3k 

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 one thousand to four thousand + grit. We mostly stock harder, finer Iyo Meitos.

Fineness

3

Hardness

3.5+

Cutting Speed

Ease of Use

Finish

Sakura

A cascading group of small splotches that resemble a branch of cherry (sakura in Japanese) blossoms. Sakura pattern Iyo Meito stones are typically hard and fine making a bright sub mirror finish without 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: Other Natural Stones
Dimensions: working face (opposite mark) 215/120mmx95mmx 38mm thick
Weight: 1658 g