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#BCM04 Miwotsukushi Hime Iyo Meito 'Koume Sakura' Hard Smooth Bright Nat Stone Tennen Toishi Ehime 738 Grams

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Hard smooth feeling Iyo Meito that creates a bright finish with a sizzly feel. A pretty stone with a swath of mokume with light sakura on a white surface on the working side. 

Fineness

4

Hardness

4

Cutting Speed

Ease of Use

Finish

Shiro

Shiro; white is a less poetic description of the Iyo Meito stones and generally denotes a very hard stone that makes a nice fine finish approximately analogous to a 4000 or greater synthetic stone. Shiro 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.

Shiro Iyo stones have also been used in the production of pottery locally.

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.

Mokume

Mokume translates to wood grain and can vary from a partial pattern of concentric rings or as a full pattern that strongly resembles wood. Mokume can be found on a variety of hardnesses of Iyo meito stones.

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: 158x85/45x30mm
Weight: 738 g