Thread: Nakayama Maruichi tomo cuts

So I bought a Nakayama Maruichi Iromono koppa with some issues. Apparently it had more than could be saved so I cut her up into some tomo. This is a hard kiita iromono which aren't usually this hard. This does go to show stamps mean nothing of quality. This thing was riddled with pockets of crap. The green one is something completely different I am testing right now.

Sorry to read about your misfortune.

Originally Posted by Kees

Sorry to read about your misfortune.

Thanks. I did buy it with known issues from a real site that many use. It wasn't even listed on the site. I saw it on his social media and asked about it since it never made it to the site. He said it had some shallow inclusions and offered it to me at a good price. Unfortunately it had a bunch more hidden that showed as I lapped through the first ones so I had to just keep going. I took the gamble and ended with tomo. Can't win them all.

Good razor tomo are often much more difficult to source than the finishing hones. You almost can’t buy them. Ending up with razor-grade tomos is a ‘loss’ that I can live with once in a while.

Is that a Glanrafon? I have a very similar one. This and my Charnley are pretty much neck and neck.

Originally Posted by cman670

Is that a Glanrafon? I have a very similar one. This and my Charnley are pretty much neck and neck.

Yes maybe. Could also be a Fiddich. They seem very much the same. If a Glanrafon would make sense to be similar to a Charnley Forest stone as they were labeled as Charley Forest stone from the mine. This one does give a similar edge to a CF and super smooth like a coti. Testing out these three now.