I really purchased a softer kiita tomo nagura for my maruichi asagi. It works way better than my ozuku tomo nagura. You may want to seek a kiita stone.
JNAT Hardness and Difficulty Getting An Edge
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I just went ahead and ordered a Kiita nagura from aframes...we'll see how that works...thx for the tip!!
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Thats where I got mine, hopefully yours is as effective! Ive purchased two stones from him, one being my very rare Maruichi asagi with nihonkamisori stamp.
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yeah he's great to do business with...I've gotten a bunch of stuff from him over the last year (including my kanayama strop & several naguras)...
The one I ordered was a Nakayama Kiita Tomo...hopefully it'll work a litte better than the Ozuku Tomo I got from him, which is SO hard I could not raise a slurry with it...
Maybe I'll order one of these also since I'm having trouble raising slurry with my tomo on the Shoubudani. I realize it takes more work than raising slurry on a coticule but I rubbed it with a tomo for a good 3 to 4 minutes and barely got a slurry at all....
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The Tomo that Maksim included with my Shoubu is also very hard. I found that cutting some grooves in it with a hacksaw helps (so does flattening it with a DMT), but you're right; it is hard to raise a slurry with the Shoubudani Tomo....
edit - sorry Shawn, I just saw your other thread where you said that you already cut grooves in it...Another technique I sometimes use is to lift one side of the tomo & rub it on one of the champfered edges...that may speed things up...
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Great thread! I've been trying to get my Ozuku off the ground and I would like to try a Shoubudani nagura - where do I get one?
I ordered a DMT 1200 card to try also. What kind of tomonagura would you recommend for a Shoubudani?
The name of the mine that the Awase or the Tomo is from is fairly uninportant when trying to find a match.
A matching Tomo for a Shobu could easily come from Ohira - and not all Shobu Tomos will be similar.
A matching Tomo for a Shobu could easily come from Ohira - and not all Shobu Tomos will be similar.
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