Hey everyone! I just wanted to pick your brain and hopefully learn something from you guys. I will go over my grit progression when honing my blade and ask my question at the end.
To set a bevel I use a 1500 shapton.
If not setting a bevel it goes like this:
Shapton 5,000 - Shapton 8,000 - Naniwa Gouken 12,000 to finish.
Now for my question:
The Naniwa Gouken would theoretically give my straight razor a micron finish of about 1.0 but after I use my Naniwa I strop my blade on clean leather but I wonder if I can use my green compound on the leather and if this would help but the green compound I have I believe is about a 3.0 micron finish. In this case is it better to finish on raw leather or is touching it up on the green compound ok and if so what benefits does it have?
Thank you very much.
To set a bevel I use a 1500 shapton.
If not setting a bevel it goes like this:
Shapton 5,000 - Shapton 8,000 - Naniwa Gouken 12,000 to finish.
Now for my question:
The Naniwa Gouken would theoretically give my straight razor a micron finish of about 1.0 but after I use my Naniwa I strop my blade on clean leather but I wonder if I can use my green compound on the leather and if this would help but the green compound I have I believe is about a 3.0 micron finish. In this case is it better to finish on raw leather or is touching it up on the green compound ok and if so what benefits does it have?
Thank you very much.