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For sale, two legendary stones: Ohira Suita Ao Renge

1)HS45
170mm*84mm*23mm
$850 shipped worldwide with tracking number

Wonderful Ao Renge with magenta dots.
Awesome stone, very useful hardness, great shaping power, extremely clean.
The feeling is extraordinary! It is fine , fast and will never be sticky.
Very clean close to mirror surface with best contrast, very uncomplicated, very clean.
On sale by Watanabe for JPY120,000 but I got it for slightly less.


























2)HS72
3,04 μm
205mm*65mm*28mm for the stone
+wooden base, all with japanese black urushi lacquered.
$850 shipped worldwide with tracking number


Usual hard Ao Renge.
Quick mirror with extreme contrast. Some of the greatest polishing on kitchen knives have been done with an Ao.









Both are quite fast stones so you can use them without nagura.

I'll be able to ship on May 2nd.
 
For now only the AO. 2)HS72 available.

You can get an idea of the effect on a blade:
[video=youtube;tMXAG0B5mr8]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tMXAG0B5mr8[/video]
 
Ohira Ao renge
$690 shipped worldwide


dry:


wet:


Ao Renge are extremely dense stones, they don't soak any water like you can imagine on a piece of marble.
I used to have 10 pieces of Ao and enjoyed any of them without nagura with great results.
But sometimes on a single bevel, when the grind is too perfect and would stick to the stone I used the Ao with a nagura and much water. This gives a huge quantity of top black slurry.


the effect:
 
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