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These next two are Nakayama Karasu. The figure is very similar to those above, looking at photos alone. But when honing in hand, the differences are very noticeable. Both are very hard, and very...

it's very very hard to tell a good Karasu from a photo alone. They're all pretty, but not all hone the same.

I have several Japanese naturals with Karasu figuring, because I'm a sucker for it and...