Brand: Hitohira
Producing Area: Iwate Prefecture - Japan
Mine: Natsuya
Size: L250mm - W66mm - H77mm
Weight: 2,573g
Est. Grit Range: 1500-3000
STRATA GRADING
1-5 Scale: 1 = Less, 5 = More
Hardness: 3.5
Scratch Depth: 3
Speed: 3.5
Wear Rate: 2
Self Slurry: 2
Thirst: 2.5
Consistency: 5
Feedback: 3
Ease of Use: 4
Recommended Usage: Fairly-refined edges, darker/hazier kasumi, early in chisel/plane progression
Notes: Similar to Aizu. Firmer and slightly coarser than standard (orange/white) natsuya, but faster and providing a darker, textured kasumi. Quickly brought out banding our our blue 2 tester kiridashi with some very nice gun metal gray kasumi. Really awesome.
Please Note: These are an non-serialized series, meaning that we restock these without testing each one as they are all extremely similar to the previous batch. Size, weight, appearance, and characters were measured and tested on a random example.
