{"product_id":"999-vintage-aoto-japanese-natural-sharpening-stone-1904g-4lb-3-2oz","title":"Vintage AOTO Japanese Natural Sharpening Stone 1904g (4lb. 3.2oz.)","description":"\u003cp\u003eVintage AOTO Japanese Natural Sharpening Stone 1904g (4lb. 3.2oz.)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e215mmX63mmX59mm\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt still comes with an original box and a tag by Asahitoro, Matsunaga Stone Co. Ltd.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn general speaking, Aoto is medium to medium high grit stone.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt is heavy condensed stone, and it looks what it is medium-high grit to entry class fine grit stone.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt is an old days Aoto whetstone.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr style=\"mso-special-character: line-break;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLineBreakNewLine]--\u003e\u003cbr style=\"mso-special-character: line-break;\"\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLineBreakNewLine]--\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLineBreakNewLine]--\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHardness-------------8.2\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt raises very good enough amount of slurry for sharpening quickly, and it is not too soft.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eit is middle range hardness Aoto.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e(Scale; 1 to 10, 1-3 is very soft muddy rough grit whetstone 3-6 is soft medium grit whetstone, 6-8 is hard medium grit whetstone, 8-10 is fine grit whetstone)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eParticle Size---------7.6\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e(Scale; 1 to 10, 1-3 give deep scratch marks to the steel, 3-5 is delete the 1-3 scratches, 5-8 makes the steel cloudy, 8-10 makes the steel semi-mirror finish or mirror finish)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMy white I steel blade knife Jigane became dark frosted silver color, and Hagane became from bright silver color finish.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt was from used market here in Hawaii.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Yu Gothic'; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: JA; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;\"\u003eHawaii has a long immigrant history from Japan (I guess it has been about 160 years), so Carpenter, barber, cook, fish cutter, butcher, etc. needed good sharpening stones, especially carpenter and barber needed high-quality fine grit stones in old days.\u003cbr style=\"mso-special-character: line-break;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLineBreakNewLine]--\u003e\u003cbr style=\"mso-special-character: line-break;\"\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Aframes Tokyo","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48313189400765,"sku":null,"price":340.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0544\/0775\/8013\/files\/VintageAOTO1904g-1_8ea317a1-8cea-475d-b68c-bcc27389439d.jpg?v=1787616549","url":"https:\/\/aframestokyo.com\/products\/999-vintage-aoto-japanese-natural-sharpening-stone-1904g-4lb-3-2oz","provider":"Aframes Tokyo","version":"1.0","type":"link"}