#20 Honyama asagi iromono bench stone The is a honyama awasedo probably from Narutaki or possibly Nakayama judging from the straight line namazuline of alternate grit. The green (iro)color has a yellow component. Super smooth this is a razor grade stone in all ways except that it is too large by most standards. In a bench stone format that will leave a knife razor like sharp, and it will hone a razor to shave ready HHT-5 levels. Glued to a wooden dai base, painted black, it does not sit perfectly flat on a table. Close but not perfect. The stone (toishi) has been lapped flat and the corners and edges beveled unless otherwise noted. All of my stones come with a tested and appropriately sized tomonaguara slurry stone, and a money back guarantee minus the return shipping.

Hardness                   8+++

Particle Size               9+++

Speed/Cutting           8+ to (++ with slurry