Not what I expected
"I bought the two amakusa stones from this site and am really pleased with the results. I have many stones and started to dip into the natural sphere because of their excellent finish on bevels. I bought these looking for a coarser stone in the natural stone progression. But I found that the finish is actually very pretty. Sure it’s a little scratchy but for an everyday finish, it’s just right. It won’t be replacing my uchigumori nor my ohira. But it still has that natural stone charm that you just don’t get with synthetics. I almost want to buy more of these just to have."
