My JNAT

I just got my JNAT today, an Ozuku Asagi lv 5+






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It has beautiful pattern resembles clouds. The stone is very hard, I lapped it with my DMT 8C and it barely brought up a slurry, I then polished it to a mirror with a Coticule.

I gave it a quick run tonight with a shave ready razor. I made a light slurry with a Tomonagura and honed until almost dry, I then diluted and honed with x-strokes. I finished with about 100 strokes on just water. I tested the edge and barely passed the HHT,I stropped and improved a bit not not much.

Looks like I will need some serious trial and error

Doc that is a very beautiful stone. Congrats.

Very nice. Enjoy.

Very nice sir, glad to see it came. Did you shave with it or just test the HHT? I found that by using this technique on the last 20 or so strokes I get the lighter touch like paco664 was talking about in another thread and it pushes the HHT up one point: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BnlXb4Om9to&context=C386cfffADOEgsToPDskLbuZLFzKCJ4C5daC8jTvoV

How many dilutions did you do? After that did you do any half strokes before the 100 x strokes?

Gorgeous stone. Please keep us posted as to your progress/experience with it.

Jnats are certainly a different animal. I can get kamisori and wedges lasersharp on them, but hollows still only get to "ho-hum" sharpness .

hig789 said:

Doc that is a very beautiful stone. Congrats.

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Thank you

CyiDev said:

Very nice sir, glad to see it came. Did you shave with it or just test the HHT? I found that by using this technique on the last 20 or so strokes I get the lighter touch like paco664 was talking about in another thread and it pushes the HHT up one point: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BnlXb4Om9to&context=C386cfffADOEgsToPDskLbuZLFzKCJ4C5daC8jTvoV

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Just tried the HHT, no shave yet.

Wid said:

How many dilutions did you do? After that did you do any half strokes before the 100 x strokes?

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Just 2, i probably need more. I just wanted to get the feel last night.

Obiwan said:

Very nice. Enjoy.

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Thank you, I will eventually enjoy.

litespeedone said:

Gorgeous stone. Please keep us posted as to your progress/experience with it.

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Thank you, will definitely keep posted

Kentos said:

Jnats are certainly a different animal. I can get kamisori and wedges lasersharp on them, but hollows still only get to "ho-hum" sharpness .

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ho-hum? can you shave with that?

Kentos said:

Jnats are certainly a different animal. I can get kamisori and wedges lasersharp on them, but hollows still only get to "ho-hum" sharpness .

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ZERO pressure with 'perfect' strokes on the finisher is what works for me.

Doc226 said:

ho-hum? can you shave with that?

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Lol. After your first great edge off the Jnat you will understand. It is like a taco without the hot sauce...

Woodash said:

ZERO pressure with 'perfect' strokes on the finisher is what works for me.

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Thanks! It must be my lack of finesse on the no pressure laps. The wedges don't flex so I can get away with it on them.

Try x strokes under running water.

Kentos said:

Lol. After your first great edge off the Jnat you will understand. It is like a taco without the hot sauce...

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Kentos, you keep trying to enlighten me with metaphors but I am just as dense as population of trees within a forest (right back at you)

Wid said:

Try x strokes under running water.

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Today I tried again, I brought up a thinnish slurry, did about 50 laps until the slurry was almost dry, then diluted it down serially in 5 dilutions until I finished with about 100 laps in plain water, it passes the HHT right off the stone (2-3), I stopped on just leather and will shave tomorrow.