Dude, I had a feeling you bought that stone, lol, turns out my
feeling is correct.
How has your experience been with this stone?
Sharpman
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A short while back I bought a Shoubudani Aisa from JimR. I bought it from him because he had tested and used this very stone. I fell in love with it after I used it. It will reflect light (mirror) at 10° and is a very hard stone. He furnished it with a Tenjou Nagura as well as a Tomonagura. This stone was sourced from Bo-ohku hones in Kyoto and its purchase is one of the smartest things I've done in the last year. I hope you enjoy your Shoubudani as much as I enjoy mine.
Very happy for you! Hopefully this will take away or reduce your HAD
before you go broke!
I asked Maxim for flawless(no lines,cracks etc) super fine, very hard stone, but
at the same time being not very expensive. I think he could not find me one for
a reasonable price,lol can't blame him.
offtopic:
How do you flatten your natural stones, those that are very hard? I read some
can kill a diamond plate even. I tried flattening one with sic paper, but noticed
the some of the sick grit that came loose from the paper would get stuck in the natural stone. I could see little black dots in my natural stone.
Sharpman
DMT XXC, then worn off DMT 325, another fine but softer jnat that about makes it almost as smooth as it can be.
It is hard to find a really top notch stone that is perfect aesthetically for little money, they are too rare to be cheap.
A cheaper alternative would be koppa size.