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The Shohonyama Nakayama was a cheap local find. It was unsealed, but glued to a wood base. Lapping it revealed a crack down almost the entire length of the stone (possibly why it was so cheap), but I can't feel it with my fingertips. I just finished sealing it with nail polish, but haven't used it yet. You can't see in the photo, but it's an odd shape, and I might remove the nail polish and seal it properly with urushi to make sure it doesn't fall apart. I'll test it out first, to make sure it's worth the effort. I kind of want to take it off the wooden base, but I haven't looked into how to do that yet.