Japanese Knives symbol on Takashima Awasedo?
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it pretty much just says natural stone from kyoto in the flower symbol
the kanji on the lower left hand corner of the stone (bottom right in the picture) says shohonzan
the kanji on the lower left hand corner of the stone (bottom right in the picture) says shohonzan
its kind of vague... just like honyama
its just something seen on a lot of finishing stones. Sho means true, so its just there to add emphasis to the "honyama". Kind of like junhonyama (or pure honyama).
its just something seen on a lot of finishing stones. Sho means true, so its just there to add emphasis to the "honyama". Kind of like junhonyama (or pure honyama).
So pretty much means true finishing stone? Can the term honyama be used in the sense of finishing stone ?
can... can not... honestly, a lot of things with natural stones are so ambiguous its crazy. Thats why anyone worthwhile will just tell you to find someone you trust and test everything. In general, honyama should refer to the series of mines running east from atagoyama mountain... narutaki, shobudani, etc.
