Aiwatani Kiita Koppa - Japanese Natural Razor Hone Sharpening/Finishing Stones
Aiwatani Kiita Koppa - Japanese Natural Razor Hone Sharpening/Finishing Stones
Aiwatani Kiita Koppa - Japanese Natural Razor Hone Sharpening/Finishing Stones

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Aiwatani Kiita Koppa - Japanese Natural Razor Hone Sharpening/Finishing Stones

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Stone Number:A1


Choose your stone from the numbered photos. Each hone will include a matching tomonagura slurry stone pictured. Additionally, each stone has been stamped on side and back and sides sealed in cashew lacquer.
These are all excellent kamisori (razor) grade koppa, selected for their fineness, hardness necessary for finishing honing razors and mined in the Aiwatani mine in Kyoto, Japan, these are all stones which are uniform and free from any inclusions or defects and intended for finishing razors and other fine instruments or tools.
Guide to stone stamps: Black characters along the left indicate Aiwatani mine. The black marking at top is the stamp of Kyoto natural stone association.

Individual Stone Details:

Stone A1 - Aiwatani Kiita measures at its max dimensions 60mm wide x 105mm long x 35mm thick (2.4 inches wide x 4.1 inches long x 1.4 inches thick), 492g.

Stone A2 - Aiwatani Kiita measures at its max dimensions 100mm wide x 145mm long x 16mm thick (3.9 inches wide x 5.7 inches long x 0.6 inches thick), 485g.

Stone A3 - Aiwatani Kiita measures at its max dimensions 85mm wide x 138mm long x 21mm thick (3.3 inches wide x 5.4 inches long x 0.8 inches thick), 573g.

Stone A4 - Aiwatani Kiita measures at its max dimensions 80mm wide x 125mm long x 30mm thick (3.1 inches wide x 4.9 inches long x 1.2 inches thick), 700g.

Stone A5 - Aiwatani Kiita measures at its max dimensions 70mm wide x 150mm long x 25mm thick (2.8 inches wide x 5.9 inches long x 1.0 inch thick), 718g.

Stone A6 - Aiwatani Tomae Kiita (vintage).
This hone is an older mined piece, found in the warehouse wrapped in newspaper from the 1970s (the newspaper wrapping is included). It measures at its max dimensions 100mm wide x 140mm long x 21mm thick (3.9 inches wide x 5.5 inches long x 0.8 inches thick), 755g.