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BCS09 Miwotsukushi Hime Iyo Meito 'Shiro Mokume' Hard Bright Fine Nat Stone Tennen Toishi Ehime 520Grams

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Hard with a bright finish with nice contrast, finish can be adjusted with or without tomonagura, has more contrast and slightly less fine with iyo meito tomonagura. For a smaller stone it has a good length and is easy to work on. 

Fineness

3.5+

Hardness

4+

Cutting Speed

Ease of Use

Finish

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.

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.

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: 173x30/55x25mm
Weight: 520 g