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You are correct. Result of posting with an acute coffee deficiency early a.m. Apologies for the incorrect info.

Cheers, Steve

So Yamashita, toolsfromjapan.com. He's a stone supplier in Oz, he and his father are a significant source of info on Japanese stones.

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Yes, I seem to remember this was somewhere on his site at one time, maybe still is. Your memory is the second thing to go when you get old, I can't remember what the first is...

Thanks for the...

Again true in general. The stone I used was bought from Takeshi-San as a nagura even though it is 210mm long. I paid $35 for it. I did pick out an ugly iron line, and I take it is actually an edge...

This is true IME if you limit yourself to looking at naturals with a grit equivalence of around 1k to 2k synthetic or so. There are stones that will work, but they are not common, and tend to be very...

O.K., dta116 made me dig out a small Okuda suita and put it to the test as a bevel setter. The razor is an old Joseph Rodgers hollow that is a failed eBay purchase, well-worn but still shaves really...

I think what you're getting is that in the typical grit range for bevel setters, synthetics are easier, faster, and cheaper. You can set a bevel with a coticule and heavy slurry, but it might well...

Honestly I'd use the edge of the Chosera. But if you want a natural bevel setter, I'd ask Alex Gilmore at thejapanstone.com to cut me a 1" wide piece of fast suita and I'd use a diamond plate to...