Tajima

Size (mm) / Weight

212x82x65 / 2,697g

Performance

Hardness / Fineness: 4+ / 3

Tajima is lesser known than other midgrits - Aizu, Natsuya, etc. - but is no less stellar. These stones are hard yet fast finishing as fine or finer than Aizu. For polishing this means a visible, but consistent, bright mirror core with detailed cladding. The edges these stones give kitchen knives is ideal for most kitchen use - toothy and aggressive without feeling like a saw. These stones are also great for early in a progression with razors or carpentry tools. 

Aesthetics & Other Notes

This stone displays classic Tajima characteristics such as pale blue / grey coloring with green and black speckling throughout. 

Tajima ( 但馬砥)

This mine was not located in the Kyoto area. It was mined frequently prior to the early 1940s when a mining accident caused the original mine to close. Though a small vein was mined in a nearby location after WWII, it was not active for long with production stopping fully by the 1960s.