I'm really getting into nagura progressions as a way of getting a quick read on a stone. This lime kiita san is hard but very abrasive. It seems to be finisher grade and gave a nice shave, but I have a vibe I left something on the table. Need to experiment with it some more.
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I'm really getting into nagura progressions as a way of getting a quick read on a stone. This lime kiita san is hard but very abrasive. It seems to be finisher grade and gave a nice shave, but I have a vibe I left something on the table. Need to experiment with it some more.
Sometimes it’s worth keeping a few so that you can remind yourself from time to time why you don’t need any more of them.I'm going to force myself to throw some other stones into the mix, if only to try and justify having them sit in my garage.
Rusty puma, tam, woa, dangerously small thuringian.
Nailed it this time. More botan, a lighter touch on the last stages. Gave an, "oh yeah, that's a good shave" shave.
This is the second of two I did this afternoon. The other was a Shumate. Still learning as I go here but it appears that using a full nagura progression really tames down blades that can tend to get aggressive while retaining keenness. I'll see over the next couple days if that trend continues with these two.
I also thought I'd mention, I got a cheap lighted loupe off amazon. I can't recommend because the light button is quite finicky. But it's got two light settings, a bright white LED and a "UV" setting. The UV setting, combined with indirect ambient light, is really, really useful for seeing deeper scratches that are hiding below the surface finish.
Was feeling Jnats yesterday. Most of my gear was in my shop so I kept it simple. 3k, 5k, Atoma slurry, then tomo. The shave was excellent.
I have had good edges with a Tsushima nagura in place of Botan, it cuts a quick Kasumi pattern on an 8-10k bevel.
I also keep several, clean ceramic Japanese soy/wasabi trays on my bench that I place each nagura on to contain slurry and prevent cross contamination when experimenting with different nagura.
At this granular level, everything counts.
I also keep several, clean ceramic Japanese soy/wasabi trays on my bench that I place each nagura on to contain slurry and prevent cross contamination when experimenting with different nagura.
At this granular level, everything counts.
Honed the new-to-me Ribbon 100. It was probably shave ready when it arrived, but I wanted to put a fresh Jnat edge on it. This blade is hard - I set the bevel with a Cerax 1k instead of starting at 3k. Followed the typical synth progression of 1k. 3k Ouka, 5K Rika, 9k Hishiboshi. Finished on Morihei Oozuku Suminagashi Asagi with chu nagura slurry then soapy water. HHT looks excellent, a shave in a little while will tell the tale.
After the atoma slurry I went to a coticule with slurry. Got me close but wanted a bit more refinement.
Today I was in jnat heaven, just with some tomo slurry. Really worked it down though and edge is looking really nice. New boss in the house is limiting my honing time.
Today I was in jnat heaven, just with some tomo slurry. Really worked it down though and edge is looking really nice. New boss in the house is limiting my honing time.
After a week of reducing my sandpaper face to silky smoothness. Even an excellent stroping session could no longer maintain my Krop's edge. Thus a visit to the stones was required. My honing progression was my usual one; Ohishi 3k x40, Ohishi 8k x40 & Welsh Slate x40. The only major difference being my decision to use my 3" Tony Miller strop instead of the 2" Invisible Edge strop. The results are the hht being passed with greater ease than normal.
Trying to work this one out. Hard, fast on slurry, very slow on water. Dilucot with no tape didn't yield a good edge. Added tape and did 60 laps on water and manage to get ok hair test. I hope it's a finisher.
Continuing working through my stones. This is a ghost karasu, it's about a 4 hardness. This tomo is not great with it, too hard and raises mostly base stone slurry. It's giving a perfectly nice edge but nothing to write home about. I will put this in a pile to look for a softer tomo match.
Natural bevel set to finish in a new razor. Coticule to Jnat.
I tried out my Songhua Sungari today. I don't recommend finishing on one of these. The 10k grit equivalent is overstated. The resulting edge couldn't push pa's SAS with around 6 passes.
positives are sharp enough for SAS, nice feedback, nice looks, and great price.
I think I will retire this one. Maybe I should give my Adaee a whirl.
positives are sharp enough for SAS, nice feedback, nice looks, and great price.
I think I will retire this one. Maybe I should give my Adaee a whirl.
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Jointed the edge then reset it with the Coe Bethesda Black. From there it’s was the Coe Dota Creek. At that point it was passing HHT pretty well.
To finish it was the vintage Butterscotch Ark. the resulting edge is very promising.
I suppose this could be called an Arkansas stone progression.
Jointed the edge then reset it with the Coe Bethesda Black. From there it’s was the Coe Dota Creek. At that point it was passing HHT pretty well.
To finish it was the vintage Butterscotch Ark. the resulting edge is very promising.
I suppose this could be called an Arkansas stone progression.
Now, this one is more like it:
Sides look hand cut, so probably old. It's a bit of an ugly duckling, but sure delivers the goods. It's around 5 hard but surprisingly absorbent. There is some texture to the feedback, not just glassy, which is my favourite. Easy to get locked into a honing rhythm and zone out. It's pretty fast, one round on each nagura left an excellent kasumi finish from the 1k, and shave was very nice as wel!
Sides look hand cut, so probably old. It's a bit of an ugly duckling, but sure delivers the goods. It's around 5 hard but surprisingly absorbent. There is some texture to the feedback, not just glassy, which is my favourite. Easy to get locked into a honing rhythm and zone out. It's pretty fast, one round on each nagura left an excellent kasumi finish from the 1k, and shave was very nice as wel!
Slightly different approach. Cut a bevel with a SG2k, and then diamond slurry → tomo on the tamagoiro awasedo. Finishing was botan → koma → shobu tomo on Ozuku asagai.
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