We source this stone from Takeda Hamono, and recommend it for straight razor honing or final edge on culinary blades.

*Please note, disclaimer: All natural Japanese water stones will vary in size, weight, and appearance.

Care instructions for your natural water stone:

• This is a water stone, only use clean room temp water. This is a splash and go stone, DO NOT SOAK!
• DO NOT USE oil, this will ruin your stone and render it useless, not good.

• I recommend purchasing a natural nagura like the Mikawa or Kuro you will need one to build a slurry.
• Keep this stone flat using a truing stone, or Atoma plate.
• Always wipe your stone dry when you are done sharpening/polishing.
• Store your stone in a cool dark place.

• The Cook's Edge ships worldwide.
• Free shipping for orders over $200 CAD anywhere in Canada or the US.*
• If your order is less than $200 CAD the shipping will be calculated by weight.
• We aim to ship your order within 24-48 hours from the time of purchase, with the exception of Sundays and holidays. All parcels we ship are insured and traceable. All parcels are shipped from our shop in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada.

*Please note that heavy orders such as cutting boards and whetstones are subject to additional shipping charges that will be calculated and quoted upon ordering.

INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING 

• When shipping to any country outside of Canada or the US we use DHL Express worldwide or UPS Expedited worldwide shipping with a weight based rate.

For further info on Shipping or Returns please check out our shipping and returns page.