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This Red Ohira is very cool and beautiful looking stone ! Very clean with Red and Green colors ! Makes very nice haze kasumi finish and quite fast stone ! Very clean stone no toxic lines or inclusions at all ! Good beginner stone for knives or tools...

Very nice stone for beginners in Japanese Natural stones.Super easy to use on tools and knives ! Produce mud quickly without using Nagura and quite fast stone too ! Makes very nice hazy kasumi finish, and very nice stone for Honyakis or laminated blades...

Very nice stone for beginners in Japanese Natural stones.Super easy to use on tools and knives ! Produce mud quickly without using Nagura and quite fast stone too ! Makes very nice hazy kasumi finish, and very nice stone for Honyakis or laminated blades...

Very nice stone for beginners in Japanese Natural stones.Super easy to use on tools and knives ! Produce mud quickly without using Nagura and quite fast stone too ! Makes very nice hazy kasumi finish, and very nice stone for Honyakis or laminated blades...

Aiiwatani is not something i get often. Located north for Kyoto along with Takashima  Now i know why so many confused Aiiwatani with Nakayama stones, they act pretty much the same and feel super smooth  Produce some of Harder and...

Aiiwatani is not something i get often. Located north for Kyoto along with Takashima  Now i know why so many confused Aiiwatani with Nakayama stones, they act pretty much the same and feel super smooth  Produce some of Harder and...

Kunikei another great blacksmith from Sanjo Niigata, Specialized mostly in Chisels and a very well known maker in Japan  Here is one super cool Single beveled Damascus clad White steel Kiridashi total length: 220mm  edge length:...

Mr. Tokifusa Iizuka and his two sons work diligently each day in their small workshop to produce their master pieces…Shigefusa knives. They take every care in each step of the process to ensure total perfection in every knife they make. They only...

This is super Unique Yanagiba is made only by Mr. Tokifusa Iizuka for 40+ years ago !!!  I had this super rare opportunity to by all old stock Kitaeji knives from old Store that had them for over 40 years  :)  So thats why...

Shoubudani is mine super close to Nakayama and produced similar stones as Nakayam usually super fine and hard  Sometimes in Japan shoubudani stones have been sold as Nakayamas  This shoubudanis however is very soft and feel super smooth !...

Shoubudani is mine super close to Nakayama and produced similar stones as Nakayam usually super fine and hard  Sometimes in Japan shoubudani stones have been sold as Nakayamas  This shoubudanis however is very soft and feel super smooth !...

Hideriyama is a mine that produce more softer stones then other mines. It is very good stones for Kitchen knifes or for beginners in tool sharpening! This one is super smooth and feels a lot like Hakka maybe even bit finer !! , very good deal for such...

Hideriyama is a mine that produce more softer stones then other mines. It is very good stones for Kitchen knifes or for beginners in tool sharpening! This one is super smooth and feels a lot like Hakka maybe even bit finer !! , very good deal for such...

Hideriyama is a mine that produce more softer stones then other mines. It is very good stones for Kitchen knifes or for beginners in tool sharpening! This one is super smooth and feels a lot like Hakka maybe even bit finer !! , very good deal for such...

Mr. Tokifusa Iizuka and his two sons work diligently each day in their small workshop to produce their master pieces…Shigefusa knives. They take every care in each step of the process to ensure total perfection in every knife they make. They only...

Mr. Tokifusa Iizuka and his two sons work diligently each day in their small workshop to produce their master pieces…Shigefusa knives. They take every care in each step of the process to ensure total perfection in every knife they make. They only...

Mr. Tokifusa Iizuka and his two sons work diligently each day in their small workshop to produce their master pieces…Shigefusa knives. They take every care in each step of the process to ensure total perfection in every knife they make. They only...

Mr. Tokifusa Iizuka and his two sons work diligently each day in their small workshop to produce their master pieces…Shigefusa knives. They take every care in each step of the process to ensure total perfection in every knife they make. They only...

Mr. Tokifusa Iizuka and his two sons work diligently each day in their small workshop to produce their master pieces…Shigefusa knives. They take every care in each step of the process to ensure total perfection in every knife they make. They only...

Mr. Tokifusa Iizuka and his two sons work diligently each day in their small workshop to produce their master pieces…Shigefusa knives. They take every care in each step of the process to ensure total perfection in every knife they make. They only...