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$180 shipped conus
209 mm x 68m x 32-37mm
1192g
Both sides flattened
Aizu with spots are coarser. Aizu that are blue or look like pale ikarashi are finer. This is a coarser aizu. It's like an coarser aoto but doesn't dish as fast and is much harder, but always cuts. It does need a minimal amount of water to cut fast. Too much and it slows down and cuts finer.
Aizu are also denser but slower than my ikarashi.
After 10 seconds of wide bevel sharpening on blue one, no nagura no diamond plate. Previous stone was coarse natural aoto
Grit is around 1k-3k, depending on how much water is used, and how well the stone is cleaned. Aizu have visible pores, so the edges of those pores can break off a little and release slightly coarse or faster grit. When the pores are filled with slurry after use, then the stone becomes finer
209 mm x 68m x 32-37mm
1192g
Both sides flattened
Aizu with spots are coarser. Aizu that are blue or look like pale ikarashi are finer. This is a coarser aizu. It's like an coarser aoto but doesn't dish as fast and is much harder, but always cuts. It does need a minimal amount of water to cut fast. Too much and it slows down and cuts finer.
Aizu are also denser but slower than my ikarashi.
After 10 seconds of wide bevel sharpening on blue one, no nagura no diamond plate. Previous stone was coarse natural aoto
Grit is around 1k-3k, depending on how much water is used, and how well the stone is cleaned. Aizu have visible pores, so the edges of those pores can break off a little and release slightly coarse or faster grit. When the pores are filled with slurry after use, then the stone becomes finer
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