Maruoyama Stone Haul

[Froztitanz]

Got a few new stones from Maruoyama. 2x Nakayama Maruka Kiita, 1 Shoubudani Asagi, 1 Maruoyama Shiro Suita, 1 Kizuyama Tomae.

Got too eager, so I tested the leftmost 2 stones earlier.

This is the phenomenonal finish from the Shoubudani Asagi:

 

[Corradobrit1]

Sweet stones. All from the same vendor in Japan?

 

[Froztitanz]

Sweet stones. All from the same vendor in Japan?

Yup.

 

[Xenif]

This is a fine haul!

 

[Froztitanz]

This is a fine haul!

Thank you. It's been my goal for awhile now.

 

[Knife2meatu]

This is the phenomenonal finish from the Shoubudani Asagi:

That's so nice. What progression did you go through before finishing? Does that stone take out scratches at all, or was it scratch free before using it?

 

[Froztitanz]

That's so nice. What progression did you go through before finishing? Does that stone take out scratches at all, or was it scratch free before using it?

It was relatively scratch free already. I do think there is 1 scratch in there somewhere though, caused from an earlier stone.

This stone removes scratches for sure. Hmm, progression wise... It came to me quite well done (flat and decently polished) at about 3k grit. I then went onto a natsuya, a jibiki, an unknown kiita, followed by the nakayama maruka kiita and the Shoubudani Asagi. At this point, you can see that the last 3 stones are overlapping. I wanted to see what minute differences, if any, existed. So far, the Shoubu is incredible. As originally described by the seller, it feels like the blade just melts away (with an atoma/nagura slurry generated). It is a super clean stone. No comets, no sandy particles.

I still have to learn it in a bit more detail, but the results already speak for themselves.

 

[GoodMagic]

Do you have any pics of before you polished?

 

[Froztitanz]

Do you have any pics of before you polished?

Unfortunately, no. Once the lacquer is done, I'm gonna do a few full progressions on the stones to get a better understanding of them.

 

[Robert Lavacca]

Niceeee. Sweet haul man. Been meaning to pick up a shiro suita for a little bit.

 

[Froztitanz]

Niceeee. Sweet haul man. Been meaning to pick up a shiro suita for a little bit.

Do it. It's a really sweet stone!

 

[Stewart122]

This is an amazing haul, definitely making me consider expanding my current natty stone numbers

 

[kayman67]

Not just amazing, actually makes me hate all my synthetics...

 

[Stewart122]

Not just amazing, actually makes me hate all my synthetics...

Too real!

 

[Midsummer]

Beautiful!!!!