{"product_id":"260901-ohiratomae4","title":"OHIRA TOMAE","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eINTERPRETATION OF THE STONE\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis Ohira is the type of stone I like to polish with, having a very silky smooth feel across the entire stone, a dark grey to almost black slurry is easily produced after a few strokes, with very a even clean and finish, perfect for further polishing techniques on the blade. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA medium hard stone with very fine grain, with good ease of use this stone is well suited to both single and double bevel kitchen knife polishing. On soft cladding such as Damascus and folded wrought iron I found it brought nice separation in the cladding layers and fine detail in standard carbon cladding like you may find on knives from Sakai. Tested on both single and double bevel knives, i really liked it for double bevel full blade polishing due to its smooth grain that allowed for easy consistent strokes. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTested on Tamahagane Honyaki, Genkai white 1 Honyaki, standard soft sanmai white 1 from Sakai, nantetsu and Kato sanmai. The stone performed well across all steel but i felt pairs well with single and double bevel carbon clad knives, wrought iron and similar iron as well as Honyaki. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBest used with little water for both polishing and edge sharpening. I tend to start most of my stones with a surface texture from a worn 600 grit atoma. With little water a thick mud can be made, using more water in your slurry will make a darker mirror finish on the core steel, when taken further the core steel lost its hazy look and becomes darker. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOver all an excellent stone for both polishing and edge sharpening but I found it excels in polishing, best suited for those with some natural stone experience. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Komon","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50120564703474,"sku":"260901-OHIRATOMAE4","price":130000.0,"currency_code":"JPY","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0651\/4956\/7218\/files\/260901-OHIRATOMAE4.jpg?v=1789823782","url":"https:\/\/komonjapan.com\/products\/260901-ohiratomae4","provider":"Komon","version":"1.0","type":"link"}