Also that diamond is sweet, I just picked up a nos one a few weeks ago. Not as colorful as yours though.
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What an amazing stone!!!!!!!!!
That's a beauty!!! I have a strange question.. I know this stone went from Germany (originally from thejapanstone but this yellow beauty have traveled). Is the same seller who sold you the amazing okudo shiro suita#296 (which was poorly packaged if I remember well)?
Otherwise, I have this cherished one from the Hoard (this thread is like an elegy (or an eulogy) about the famous Hoard!), it is a shobudani sunashi, so pure and super hard, like ozuku hard.
I often wonder: from which stratum this stone came? It is so a peculiar stone.. tenjyou? Hon? shiro?
I often wonder: from which stratum this stone came? It is so a peculiar stone.. tenjyou? Hon? shiro?
I find that pic better... Do you think that stone could come from shiro stratum? Because it so hard and fine..
Shiro means 'white'. I don't think it's a stratum
Shiro is the last stratum of the Hon Kuch Naori and not every stone from shiro stratum is white. Shiro is also the name of one the 4 veins in the tenjyou stratum
It is just something I read, I am absolutely not an expert nor a geologist! But I wonder if a knoweldgeable person could guess what stratum a stone came from... particularly about suita!
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According to Takeshi at AFrames, subject to my memory, sunashi (suita without su) was a layer between the upper layers and the ‘floor’ or lower suita, and it is not always there in every mine/formation. All of them that I have that have a decent provenance are relatively hard which agrees with the lower strata description.
I have had a few from reputable sellers, including NOS stones. Sunashi suita do not always look like suita, many times they look like a tomae. No su, no suji, not white or pale color. Appearance can apparently be anything.
I’ll try to post some images later.
I have had a few from reputable sellers, including NOS stones. Sunashi suita do not always look like suita, many times they look like a tomae. No su, no suji, not white or pale color. Appearance can apparently be anything.
I’ll try to post some images later.
Stunning!
My body hurts from lapping. Working on this one now.
Had to go back and lap some more to get her right. Seem really hard and fast so far. Here are some more pics inside/outside and some of the kawa.
Nice one, Tom. Steve is wearing off on you I see.
I think it is a mutually destructive wearing off on each other. I also have an overt addiction to iromono.
Tom
I like the looks of that crusty black kawa on the back of that iromono, does it sparkle in the sunlight?
Alex
I like the looks of that crusty black kawa on the back of that iromono, does it sparkle in the sunlight?
Alex
Alex,
Yes it does sparkle in the sunlight. My guess on the stone was either the Narutaki or Nakayama mine from the colors and feel of the stone. The middle is interesting as it is Ikimurasaki with an Iromono Kan pattern. She seems really fast and super hard. Doesn't slurry easily and a drop of water sat for 2 hrs and still not absorbed.
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