brooksie967
No more Ashi
Here we go. Opening up my collection to members here.
These are the last 5 nakayama marukas I have in my posession. I will be keeping one of them and to be honest i'll be happy with whichever it is but it'll be the one that sells last.
Three asagi. Two are very hard: razor/kamisori stones or for polishing core steel to mirror. One is softer and more forgiving and can produce smooth cladding as well.
One is a kiita karasu. One of the hardest i've ever used. Needs to be used with slurry. Period. Ultra fine.
One has kiita tendencies. Filled with harmless lines and namazu. Double sided.
These are as good as it gets.
If someone needs to see slurry/polish pics I can absolutely do that but it may take me a little as i'm super busy with my three boys.
Please add shipping/paypal fees on top of the prices. Willing to ship worldwide but tracking is a must.
1. $700USD
208x73x24mm Dolphin grey mizu asagi. Faded stamp. Very old stone. Smooth as hell. Hard as hell but not too hard that you can't work up a slurry on it when freshly lapped. One of my favorite stones for insane mirror polishes on watetsu cladding. Incredible razor/kamisori stone. Fine enough to produce mirror on the ura of single bevel and works very well for microbevels on knives that you want the sharpest natural edge possible.
2. $650USD
208x73x22mm Mizu asagi. Faded stamp that explodes once water hits it. Similar attributes to number 1 but doesn't work up the same kind of slurry. Hard as hell. Razor/kamisori/ura/microbevel perfection.
3. $850USD
210x78x29mm. Kiita karasu. Faded stamp. Stupid hard. Same uses as the other two. Razors/kamisori/ura/microbevel perfection. Please use this with slurry. I can't emphasize this enough.
4. $950USD
210x77x35. True greenish/gray Asagi. Faded stamp. Totally sealed. The purest form of asagi you'll see. Hard but smooth. Freshly lapped works extremely well with cladding. Razors/kamisori/ura/microbevel are easy as pie. The softest of the maruka listed here but by no means soft. 1500grams and an urushi lacquered dai.
5. $650USD
204x77x25mm. Kiita goodness. Fast as hell. Dual sided. Bold obvious stamp. The lines cannot be felt. Nashiji is somewhat present. Namazu. The side with fewer lines is harder but both sides are useable hardness. Fantastic stone.
These are the last 5 nakayama marukas I have in my posession. I will be keeping one of them and to be honest i'll be happy with whichever it is but it'll be the one that sells last.
Three asagi. Two are very hard: razor/kamisori stones or for polishing core steel to mirror. One is softer and more forgiving and can produce smooth cladding as well.
One is a kiita karasu. One of the hardest i've ever used. Needs to be used with slurry. Period. Ultra fine.
One has kiita tendencies. Filled with harmless lines and namazu. Double sided.
These are as good as it gets.
If someone needs to see slurry/polish pics I can absolutely do that but it may take me a little as i'm super busy with my three boys.
Please add shipping/paypal fees on top of the prices. Willing to ship worldwide but tracking is a must.
1. $700USD
208x73x24mm Dolphin grey mizu asagi. Faded stamp. Very old stone. Smooth as hell. Hard as hell but not too hard that you can't work up a slurry on it when freshly lapped. One of my favorite stones for insane mirror polishes on watetsu cladding. Incredible razor/kamisori stone. Fine enough to produce mirror on the ura of single bevel and works very well for microbevels on knives that you want the sharpest natural edge possible.
2. $650USD
208x73x22mm Mizu asagi. Faded stamp that explodes once water hits it. Similar attributes to number 1 but doesn't work up the same kind of slurry. Hard as hell. Razor/kamisori/ura/microbevel perfection.
3. $850USD
210x78x29mm. Kiita karasu. Faded stamp. Stupid hard. Same uses as the other two. Razors/kamisori/ura/microbevel perfection. Please use this with slurry. I can't emphasize this enough.
4. $950USD
210x77x35. True greenish/gray Asagi. Faded stamp. Totally sealed. The purest form of asagi you'll see. Hard but smooth. Freshly lapped works extremely well with cladding. Razors/kamisori/ura/microbevel are easy as pie. The softest of the maruka listed here but by no means soft. 1500grams and an urushi lacquered dai.
5. $650USD
204x77x25mm. Kiita goodness. Fast as hell. Dual sided. Bold obvious stamp. The lines cannot be felt. Nashiji is somewhat present. Namazu. The side with fewer lines is harder but both sides are useable hardness. Fantastic stone.
