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Alex, I googled a bit and found that ''murasaki'' means purple in japanese. Not
sure what ''iki'' means, but since I read that ikimurasaki is the most desired colour
after kiita I am guessing that...

Nice looking stone Alex. I think that colour is actually not called kiita in Japan, but ikimurasaki.
It's close to kiita. I say this because I have seen that exact same colour on Maruoyama stones...

Those two stones look completely different colour?

Sharpman

Daniel nice stone indeed, but I am not seeing the kiita(yellow). The picture
looks quite dark, so it might be that. Could you post another picture
with better light?

Good luck with the stone.
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Here is my incredibly hard ozuku and very big(mizu)asagi:

http://i41.tinypic.com/2zoku36.jpg

Here with my good looking guangxi hone:

http://i41.tinypic.com/2vmybdg.jpg

Enjoy

Alex, not maxim, but I think Maxim means that the abrasive in jnats is the same size, but the hardness
determines how fine the end result is. Like with arkansas stones, the abrasive is the same...

Your question was a good one and no need to apologize for it. Sure it is true, that namito
BY ITSELF says very little, but the same is true for ''asagi'', ''tomae'', ''kiita'', ''kan'' etc......

That is a lot of stone! Which are your favourite finishers? Please
post some pics if you have them, always enjoy watching great
stones.

Sharpman

Nice stone. Stefan how big is the collection by now?

Sharpman

Stefan, when I was on vacation in Japan I saw so many natural stones, not
sure how much. Some shops had many hundreds. I always asked what stone
(mine,strata etc...) As for pictures, probably as...

Brilliand minds think alike:beer1: Thanks for the information about the difference between
nakayama and narutaki.

Alex I have the feeling that ( I ) one can see the difference between
nakayama...

I can't be certain of course, but I have seen so many(thousands) natural stones
and I always pay attention to their looks and what mine and strata they are from.

OP says the stone is very hard,...

Looks like a stone from the namito layer. Should be a hard and fine stone.

Sharpman

Very nice stone, hope you will enjoy it.

15-18K is plenty of sharp. I wonder how the seller
measured what finess it has.

Sharpman

Very nice suita sunashi my friend! Looks a bit kiita.

Sharpman

The second stone is a suita stone. Are you using nagura or tomonagura
stone for creating slurry? The slurry can get trapped in the the little
holes and scratch the bevel.

Yes, they are more rare than other stone because the layer they
are in is very thin AFAIK. Between aisa and namito layer.

After checking other pictures of asagi, I am convinced that my karasu
is...

I like the one with karasu better. It is a harder stone. Very beautiful
stone, but it quite thin. About 1 cm thick.

Sharpman


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Here are my two finishers and two naguras(tomo and lyo):

http://img819.imageshack.us/img819/218/p1010784j.jpg

One is a nakayama karasu, the other okudo nashiji(suita if I am correct). My camera...