Thread: tomonagura reproduction!

So I was just working up a little tomonagura slurry today, and I guess it felt a little lonely because all of a sudden I was holding two tomonagura in my hand instead of one. I ain't no geographist, but it seems they reproduce asexually.

Luckily the rock was big enough that I could clean up some surfaces and make them both usable.

The splitter (unknown stone) is sitting on my Wakasa, and a nearby Nakayama tomonagura came over on a Shobu to give its congratulations.

Such a nice little family. Have you given your new tomo a name yet? Perhaps if you're into nuclear science, you could call the parent uranium and the son/daughter neutron.

It happens, had a red Ohira split in two, was going to lift it when I got half of it in my hand.
The top part was a little thin but I made a wooden base for it.

The top one;

Originally Posted by Lemur

It happens, had a red Ohira split in two, was going to lift it when I got half of it in my hand.
The top part was a little thin but I made a wooden base for it.

I ought to make a base for my Wakasa.

I've seen and heard of other stones splitting, and honestly I'm glad it was just a tomonagura. It's the same one that was giving me problems with scratching for a while, but more recently I've been working pretty harmoniously with it, and I have an easier time getting a more refined result from it and the Wakasa slurry than with the Nakayama, which doesn't seem to break down as fine in a reasonable time for me.

I hope the smaller pieces don't continue their splitting ways...

This is why you see some of the more brittle or softer stones wrapped & coated in urushi on the sides.