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Shobudani sold -- all alex gilmore stones I own, sold

Offers welcome

Price drop to $180. Point for me is to get it sold, so I don't mind dropping the price until someone buys it.

The stone may look gray and "slow and hard", but it's faster than the green stone I...

Okudo sold

Here's a loupe zoom of a really old kamisori honed on the two stones. The razor still has some deeper pitting marks though not related to the stone. I just use the razor to see finishes. There's...

I'm gonna be posting pre world war I Nakayama Kiita from Alex in the coming days if anyone wanted a heads-up, since I know people like softer stones too

The diagonal line on the shobudani is not an inclusion. It's part the stone matrix itself. It is the stone itself, therefore it isn't harder than the other parts of the stone.

Both are razor...

Maybe the green one. It's harder and slightly slower, and denser. I'll post more impressions later. Both stones are characteristic of Alex's stones. They have rolling grit that falls off and cuts...

Okudo #291

Bought for $300, selling for $200

This one is a smoother and denser than the shobudani, and slightly wider.

195 x 72 x 19mm
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Shobudani #1138 from Alex Gilmore.

I just put...