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I too thought that Koma wasn't necessary until I tried it, IMO, it does add a marked level of refinement to the edge. Can you go without it, of course, but if you get the chance to get one, do it.
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My apologies, OK, it was stamped afterward, it is a beautiful stone.

We can get into what the stamps mean later, that would be useful information, but you'd figure that a professional Japanese barber would lap the stone before he used it, therefore removing the stamps.

All the time, my pleasure.

No, thank you Alx. The link I posted I sourced from your site which I consider a primary source of information on Japanese natural stones. Thank you for the information on this thread as well, very...

That's not what I said but have no interest in jousting, plus I have 7 razors I need to get out by Monday. Have fun.

The vintage market has completely different considerations, provenance is not only key in that circumstance, it's paramount.

As far as Nakayama if you really think about it, any stone not having any stamp listed in the link below is technically false.

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What I find interesting about the whole 330mate/Nakaoka-san thing is that with all the bad press and commentary he has a 99.2 positive feedback rating in 7913 transactions. Every seller has issues,...

You won't know what really matters with regard to this stone until you lap it a bit more and learn its capabilities.