Mikawa Nagura small Natural whetstone With Asano Seal

Japanese Natural Whetstone Asano Mikawa Small Nagura Assort 211g Aichi Pref. F/S

The price is for one piece, indicate the number when ordering.

These small Nagura are sold by Asano as a whetstone for removing clogging of inkstones. Mainly contains Mejiro, Tenjo, Botan, and Yae Botan. Although the size is small, there is no problem in using them as a Nagura, slurry stone. Recommended as a trial set or finger-sized Nagura. Unfortunately, the stamp of the names of each stone (Mejiro, Tenjyo, Botan, Yae Botan)  are not stamped. Please check this point before purchasing. The size, Please refer to the size of the red paper below (250mm x165mm)  and use it as a guide for the size of each stone.

-Hardness: 3.0-3.5 Medium Soft / #3000 - 10000

- Excellent stone for razors, knives, chisel, carpenter's tools

**How to use Mikawa Nagura as a whetstone for direct sharpening

The abrasive material contained in Nagura is quartz like the Kyoto Jnat finisher, and the reason why Nagura is white is that most of it is made of quartz powder. You can see the performance as a whetstone for direct sharpening and the high abrasive power. Nowadays, there are few products that have the size of a whetstone for direct sharpening, and it is rare to get them. Many of the natural whetstones produced in Kyoto are superior in terms of fineness of particles.

**How to get the slurry in Nagura

When using it for finishing a hard natural whetstone, water the natural finishing whetstone and rub Nagura on the surface of the whetstone to get the slurryof Nagura containing the abrasive. If you sharpen with this slurry, you can quickly get a good blade.

- Also good to use as Tomo Nagura for eliminating the clogging of whetstone, creating slurry will definitely speed up your sharpening process.