Awasedo, likely Shobudani tomae

€190.00
sold out

137 × 82 × 22 mm · on wooden base

The Maruka stamp is fake; the performance is real (see pictures). Priced as the stone — the ink is free. My strong bet: Shobudani tomae.

Iron clad and wrought iron are where it shines — the haze perfectly even and very bright against a semi-mirror core, in tone and in texture. It works on honyaki, but I'd keep it for clad: a large hard-steel surface needs a stone that breaks the light, and this one is finer than that.

Hard and dense: it rarely needs flattening, it lets you work the geometry precisely, and it will last. KREAM Detail or fine finger stones can follow directly.

137 × 82 × 22 mm · on wooden base

The Maruka stamp is fake; the performance is real (see pictures). Priced as the stone — the ink is free. My strong bet: Shobudani tomae.

Iron clad and wrought iron are where it shines — the haze perfectly even and very bright against a semi-mirror core, in tone and in texture. It works on honyaki, but I'd keep it for clad: a large hard-steel surface needs a stone that breaks the light, and this one is finer than that.

Hard and dense: it rarely needs flattening, it lets you work the geometry precisely, and it will last. KREAM Detail or fine finger stones can follow directly.

Notes from use — The slurry runs almost black and arrives with surprise in seconds. The feel is a touch glassy and with no stickiness and no jump: the blade simply slides.

Video of the stone in use and slurry building with Blue #2 - carbon clad Damascus and on carbon monosteel.

Examine the stone and its effect in high resolution.

The shop is a sample of what I keep. If the finish you want isn't listed — a different size, a different character, something between two swatches — tell me your blade and your budget. There's no finish in this space I can't reach: I'll match it, or I'll make it.

Nothing quite right? I'll check my drawers.