I was reading the ToolsfromJapan blog the other day and thought I might like to try an Arashiyama 1000 stone, not that I need one, but who knows, maybe I do (haha).
These aren't very common on this side of the Pacific, so I looked on eBay and found not just the Arashiyama but a 100k Kitayama as well, which I bought, just for fun. Neither is very expensive, I'll pick up the Arashiyama next month probably.
Anyway, I've never heard of this particular stone. I have and love the 8k Kitayama. Has anyone used one of the 1k ones? Not that I won't try it out, but I'm assuming it's a semisynthetic like the 8K stone and should produce similar results at the 1k level.
Not that I need any more stones.....
Peter
These aren't very common on this side of the Pacific, so I looked on eBay and found not just the Arashiyama but a 100k Kitayama as well, which I bought, just for fun. Neither is very expensive, I'll pick up the Arashiyama next month probably.
Anyway, I've never heard of this particular stone. I have and love the 8k Kitayama. Has anyone used one of the 1k ones? Not that I won't try it out, but I'm assuming it's a semisynthetic like the 8K stone and should produce similar results at the 1k level.
Not that I need any more stones.....
Peter