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Steve,

I have a similar stone with the Nashiji patterning and it produces amazing edges with the most amazing mixture of smooth and keen. Congrats on a great stone! I have really enjoyed working...

Yea I believe the stamps will be gone as soon as they're properly lapped. I know some sellers only use very small portions of the stone to test for hardness, fineness, speed etc. That could be a way...

This is my contribution to the club. A Hatanaka stamped Nakayama Maruka Kiita from Alex Gilmore, the incredibly helpful and knowledgeable proprietor of thejapanstone.com. I'm very excited to try it...