Thread: Hone ID help needed- Nakayama Asagi?

Originally Posted by alx

Hi Nicolay

Yes you are on the right track. Awasedo is a general term that means Sharpening Stone or Finishing Stone. Tennen Toishi is another but slightly more specific term meaning Finishing Stone and either of these terms can refer to any of the finishing stones from any of the strata, beit Tomae, Suita, Namito, Aisa.

Alx

As far as I can understand the word Awasedo ( 合砥 ) is derived from the japanese verb awaseru ( 合せる ) and the word toisi ( 砥石 ).
awaseru ( 合せる ) is japanese for what we call "to strop" or "to hone" ( Of course there are also many other meanings for awaseru, for example to tune, to match and so on )
toisi ( 砥石 ) is for sharpening/grinding stone in general.

Here it is the example when japanese use such a classification:
http://www2.odn.ne.jp/mandaraya/4-ttk-28.html