This Ohira Tomae is one of the most popular natural finishing stones on our site. We get these stones from the Imanishi stone company in Kyoto and Mr. Imanishi evaluates these stones and grades them before putting his stamp on them. This stone is fine with an approximate grit rating of about 8-10K. This one will last a long time and is very thick. Cuts fast and has a nice hard feel to it. Leaves a great finish. Size is 205mm x 77mm x 43mm. Mr. Imanishi grades this stone as High Quality and it was mined in the early 1970s. It's been in his basement ever since. Each stone weighs about 4 pounds, 11 oz.
Reviews
7 review(s) WRITE A REVIEW (Reviews are subject to approval) If you get one stone, this is itPosted By: C
2 people found this review helpful
This was the first natural stone I ever got. I have two now. It quite fine and fast for its level of refinement. It leaves a refined edge with some nice bite and polishes, too. I have a bunch of other stones at this point, but still reach for this one often. I also think this is an uncommonly good value in the world of Japanese natural stones.
2 people found this review helpful
This was the first natural stone I ever got. I have two now. It quite fine and fast for its level of refinement. It leaves a refined edge with some nice bite and polishes, too. I have a bunch of other stones at this point, but still reach for this one often. I also think this is an uncommonly good value in the world of Japanese natural stones.
First Jnat and am extremely pleasedPosted By: Mike Hansen
2 people found this review helpful
I have wanted to get into Jnats for quite a while. I finally took the plunge and glad I did. This particular stone is a finishing stone. Preliminary work on synthetic stones should set the bevel and proceed up to 5-6K.
This stone is smooth, does not load up, gives great feedback and can refine the edge to 8-10K. What is remarkable to me, it that while it gives a mirror finish, it still leaves a nice toothiness to the knife. I loves how my knives respond to this stone an recommend it whole heartedly.
2 people found this review helpful
I have wanted to get into Jnats for quite a while. I finally took the plunge and glad I did. This particular stone is a finishing stone. Preliminary work on synthetic stones should set the bevel and proceed up to 5-6K.
This stone is smooth, does not load up, gives great feedback and can refine the edge to 8-10K. What is remarkable to me, it that while it gives a mirror finish, it still leaves a nice toothiness to the knife. I loves how my knives respond to this stone an recommend it whole heartedly.
Great FinisherPosted By: AL_W
3 people found this review helpful
This is my first JNAT. It's a fantastic stone and I was pleasantly surprised. It's buttery smooth yet hard, very fast, and has a lot of reach. I'll be going straight to the Ohira Tomae from a Naniwa Pro 1000. I have no doubt it'll be a fantastic finisher for years to come.
3 people found this review helpful
This is my first JNAT. It's a fantastic stone and I was pleasantly surprised. It's buttery smooth yet hard, very fast, and has a lot of reach. I'll be going straight to the Ohira Tomae from a Naniwa Pro 1000. I have no doubt it'll be a fantastic finisher for years to come.
First JNatPosted By: Klaus - verified customer
2 people found this review helpful
Havent used the stone yet its a heavy stone that im shure will do a good job on my knives--like i said in another review when shipping this heavy stone use a more solid box heavyer cardboard and maybe put fragile stickers on it the box was in bad shape when i got it !
2 people found this review helpful
Havent used the stone yet its a heavy stone that im shure will do a good job on my knives--like i said in another review when shipping this heavy stone use a more solid box heavyer cardboard and maybe put fragile stickers on it the box was in bad shape when i got it !
Outstanding! Ozuku Natural StonePosted By: Zul - verified customer
2 people found this review helpful
I have no chance to try it yet but one look at it I know and can feel that it's an excellent stone. Much better than all the stone sthat I have. The best part of it is that the shipping is very fast. I got it in less than a week! So no chance to try since it arrived earlier than expected. Once used I'll give more comments.
2 people found this review helpful
I have no chance to try it yet but one look at it I know and can feel that it's an excellent stone. Much better than all the stone sthat I have. The best part of it is that the shipping is very fast. I got it in less than a week! So no chance to try since it arrived earlier than expected. Once used I'll give more comments.
