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Thanks to the OP for a very enjoyable thread. BTW, you are about 25 miles from me, I'm in Knoxville.

Cheers, Steve

Congratulations on that Nakayama. I actually tried out that very stone and it is a sweet one!

Cheers, Steve

O.K., sounds like a fun thread.

The first image is a vintage Nakayama Maruka kiita, my most expensive hone that is BTW, not that expensive as things go in Japan but would be considered exhorbitant...