Thread: Oozuku tomae

Alex is a great guy !!!

That is the benefit of going to a dealer like Alex. I could go straight to Japanese auctions and buy 5 stones like that and only one of them would really be a good stone, and the sellers would all say "barber, nakayama" or something like that because they bring the most money even when buyers know that the claim is probably false (sort of like the fake stamps - you can know the stamps are fake, but people will still bid more for them, anyway - I hope that changes soon).

One of my favorite things is very good cutting Japanese stones that have physical flaws, because those flaws will never make a difference to you. Even if they do, you can work around them by mounting the stone in or on plaster of paris or something. Finding a stone that pretty much makes a shaver out of any razor that you rub on it, no matter which way you rub it (and getting something bigger than a small $300-$600 y/g thuri at the same time and for less) is really the cat's pucker. A flawless capable stone is nice, too, but you pay a lot for that physical flawlessness.

Yea he is very nice and I like the tomo nagura he sent with it. I will say it is not the prettiest of hones but it is extremely fun to hone on it. I have not yet tried nagura progression on it but will be trying it out soon. I also have a large tomo that is on softer side and I think I could just go from 1k to botan to tomo and it be good to go but I will have to test that out later.
Also the hone sits flat but I usually hold it in one hand and hone with the other when I am using it.

Link to original posting of stone
http://www.thejapanstone.com/591_Ooz...apanSTone.html

Christian,

That top corner is not going to matter as the rest of the stones real estate looks very good and their is a fair amount of it, looks very nice indeed..