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#BS10 Miwotsukushi Hime Iyo Meito 'Murakamo' Hard Fine Bright Nat Stone Tennen Toishi Ehime 548 Grams

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Hard and fine "Murakamo" stone that finishes finer than most other hard Iyo Meito stones offering a little more contrast with cladding if used in conjunction with a nagura or diamond stone to make a light slurry. 

Tall with just enough face for working with short strokes, this stone is a fabulous fine finisher on the high end of fine-ness for Iyo Meito.

Fineness

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Hardness

Hard Iyo Meito stones have the hardness of a 4 to 5 LV Honyama but are easier to use and a bit less fine. A LV5 Honyama would be approximately 10,000 grit or more in fineness and be difficult to use, however a hard Iyo Meito is approximately equivalent to 4000 grit and is easier to use on a variety of steels.

Hard Iyo Meito stones leave a smooth surface on wide bevels with nice food release as well as a pretty contrast between core and cladding steel. Hard Iyo Meito are a great choice for double bevel knives that need both refinement and bite or as pre-polishers on single bevel knives that want a very fine edge or for others that do best at a medium fine polish.

Hard Iyo Meito stones leave a refined but bitey edge approximately equivalent to 4000 or finer synthetic grit. Iyo Meito eges will have more bite and more refinement at the same time unline synthetic which tend to have either refinement or bite.

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Ease of Use

Finish

Murakamo

Murakamo (cloud masses) stones are dense and hard with a moody appearance with dark patches, they are hard and finer finishing than most other hard Iyo Meito

Murakamo pattern Iyo Meito stones are 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 very 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: 120x67/55x31mm
Weight: 548 g