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Shobudani Asagi Tamamoku Awasedo ( Razor Size)
It is very hard Shobudani Asagi Tamamoku whetstone, and it raises very little amount of slurry (Almost nothing I mean it is hard stone at least 4.5). It will need Tomo Nagura or diamond plate to produces slurry, at same time it is very fine stone (Lv 5.0) you can use it with just water and will glide very smooth . You can finish you razor with just water and light strokes or with soup/glycerin whatever you prefer and your razor will cut just like butter. This stone is capable to produce baby butt smooth shave time after time. Dimensions are: 180 mm x 65 mm x 15 mm . This is very old stone from Showa era or before , please check the back pics for the chisel marks. Asking $325.00 or $300.00 plus shipping. Thanks for watching.
This is from Japan-Tool about Shobudani :
Shoubudani and Nakayama stones were patronized by the Imperial household, for its superior quality used for polishing swords. These stones have never been traded among the commonality between Kamakura period(1185~1333) to mid Muromachi period (1336~1573). It was at the end of Muromachi when these stones appered within the general market, although the better stones were still monopolised by the royalities, the stones with lines and odd shapes were used by the craftsmen and carpenters, and this contributed to the drastic improvement in quality of their works.
If you are familiar with Japanese natural finishing stones, I suppose you have heard of the name Hon-yama. The name Hon-yama is used by any finishing stones nowadays so it mearly means "finishing stone" now, but this name originally was the nick name for Shoubudani mountain. Nakayama is also one of the quarry from this mountian. Honma Tou-zaemon Toki-nari has been appointed as the leader of mining by the famous Shogun of Kamakura period Minamotono Yoritomo in 1190. Thus the mountain was called Honma's mountain = Hon-yama. "Yama" means mountain. Shoubu-dani and Nakayama stones are the only genuine Hon-yama stone.
