Natural Japanese Ocean Blue Tsushima Sharpening newest Honing Stone Whetstone

Natural "Ocean Blue" Tsushima Japanese sharpening honing waterstone/whetstone

- size/weight: 8.0"x3.5"x1.0" (200x90x25mm), 2.8 lb (1250g) +/- 5% (extra wide)

- version: regular or H (hard version, 4-4.5/5 hardness)
e.g., XXL denotes a regular version, XXL(H) - hard version

- grit range: #10K-12K JIS (approximate; it is a natural stone, gritness can vary; it also varies with applied pressure and slurry density)

- use: final stage sharpening and honing (polishing/edge mirroring) of knives, razors, chisels, and other blades; used with water only (a small amount is sufficient), no pre-soaking required; do not use with oil

- origin: quarried from a closed (1980s) underwater mine near Tsushima Island, Nagasaki prefecture, Japan

- brand: Avachi, Kyoto, Japan

- hardness: medium (3-3.5/5, regular version) or hard (4-4.5/5, H version); hardness can vary from stone to stone and surface to surface

- cutting speed: medium/slow to medium

- feedback: excellent

- layer: very newest dense, uniform (imo-ishi)

- dish resistance: high (long lifetime)

- picture: generic (your stone will look different but similar)

- shipped from Tampa, FL (2-3 days to most US destinations)