dwalker
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For your consideration is a large Shinden suita at approximately 190 x 90 x 30. 1560g with the base. I purchased this stone from MM as part if a large lot. This stone was raw and unflattened. I have got it almost completely flat except for a very small portion of one corner. You can see some remaining pencil marks in the pics where it is not quite there.
It is about a 3.5 in hardness and makes black slurry very quickly beginning with just water.
It provides a semi mirror finish on the hagane. With water only, the stone is not very muddy and is streaky on the cladding. Kicking up a little slurry solves this problem and leaves a nicely contrasting and even kasumi.
This stone does have some small inclusions. You can see the black spots on the stone, this is swarf that has settled into the inclusions. I can't feel them when polishing bevels and they probably aid in the stones speed. They do, however, occasionally release a crunchy. This is not very common and it seems a soft stainless cladding is affected more readily than iron. In any case, a quick rinse will remedy the problem. As I said before, I have just barely got the stone flat and have not used it much, but I just sharpened two knives on it for these pics and didn't experience any crunchies.
In short, this is a useful stone and would complement someone's collection. Because of the issue stated (which might disappear with a little more lapping) I can't feel good about asking what I have in it. As a result, this stone is a steal at $100 shipped CONUS.
It is about a 3.5 in hardness and makes black slurry very quickly beginning with just water.
It provides a semi mirror finish on the hagane. With water only, the stone is not very muddy and is streaky on the cladding. Kicking up a little slurry solves this problem and leaves a nicely contrasting and even kasumi.
This stone does have some small inclusions. You can see the black spots on the stone, this is swarf that has settled into the inclusions. I can't feel them when polishing bevels and they probably aid in the stones speed. They do, however, occasionally release a crunchy. This is not very common and it seems a soft stainless cladding is affected more readily than iron. In any case, a quick rinse will remedy the problem. As I said before, I have just barely got the stone flat and have not used it much, but I just sharpened two knives on it for these pics and didn't experience any crunchies.
In short, this is a useful stone and would complement someone's collection. Because of the issue stated (which might disappear with a little more lapping) I can't feel good about asking what I have in it. As a result, this stone is a steal at $100 shipped CONUS.
