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    Default The Japan Stone Pre WW1 Nakayama Kiita Koppa (80mm wide)

    Nakayama kiita koppa #23
    Pre WW1 (pre 1920s)


    Bought for $425, selling for $260

    80 x 135-160mm x 13-16mm
    460g


    Thinnish stone. During long storage and use, it seems I've cracked a corner, chipped an edge, and there are hairline surface cracks on the stone surface (around 1mm deep). Apparently, the chipped corner was there when I got it when I inspected Alex's pictures. Still there on the stone though.

    Because of this, I'm going to discount the stone a bit further than the other ones.

    The stone is faster than the other razor stones (the okudo and shobudani), and the second fastest of the 4 kiita I've gotten from him. It can give a mirror edge, but I have to be careful with the porosity of the stone -- it is easier to contaminate it with foreign grit because the surface is more 'porous' or accepting. The pores can be filled with its own grit to help achieve a mirror finish.

    The stone can be mounted to a base, but I do like to use it in hand. There are kawa on all four sides.


    Hoard kiita story:
    https://www.japanstones.com/hoard-story

    Link to sale page
    https://web.archive.org/web/20160621...ta_Korner.html

    Here's an imgur link to many of my pictures
    https://imgur.com/a/f6S6aXW


    The stone wet
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    Last edited by refcast; 09-04-2021 at 03:12 AM.
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    sold, along with my additional, last, and finest hoard kiita koppa

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