Honing on a Japanese Natural

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02-12-2020, 05:14 PM
gssixgun

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Honing on a Japanese Natural

Japanese Natural Honing -
Which picture best shows your J-nat after you are done honing a SR ???

ie: Do you finish after diluting to clear water, or do you finish on the slurry ??

Clear Water

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Slurry

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02-12-2020, 05:35 PM
HungeJ0e

Trick question... depends on the stone and the razor...
02-12-2020, 05:40 PM
Gasman

Little of both. I don't finish with that much slurry but some.
02-13-2020, 02:43 AM
thebigspendur

Always with clear water. When I'm done I'm done and I want the minimum cutting action in the final stage so no slurry for me.
02-13-2020, 06:09 AM
JOB15

My Ozuku is great when finishing on water but I forgot until you just reminded me. I usually finish on slurry but not thick.
My Nakayama on the other hand, I cannot finish on water, it worsens the edge.
I could be completely wrong and deluded though :)
02-13-2020, 08:10 AM
HungeJ0e

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Originally Posted by JOB15

My Ozuku is great when finishing on water but I forgot until you just reminded me. I usually finish on slurry but not thick.
My Nakayama on the other hand, I cannot finish on water, it worsens the edge.
I could be completely wrong and deluded though :)

That matches my experience with my two respective stones... I finish my Shobu on light slurry...
02-13-2020, 08:30 AM
onimaru55

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All of the above. Depends on what the razor needs. Sometimes 3-5 strokes bone dry.

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02-13-2020, 09:23 AM
Steve56

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Originally Posted by onimaru55

All of the above. Depends on what the razor needs. Sometimes 3-5 strokes bone dry.

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Thin slurry for me. I do a few strokes dry after finishing, but I have a separate piece of uchigumori that I use for that. A few dry strokes seem to boost HHT.
02-13-2020, 08:12 PM
Kees

I do not dilute, just finish with water.
02-13-2020, 09:22 PM
Bill31521

Misty slurry. A lot less slurry at any stage than the first photo. I generally use for finishing a slurry that bunched up would be about the size of 2 quarters.
02-14-2020, 04:06 AM
bluesman7

I generally don't use naturals for razors, but when I have I finish with close to just water.
02-14-2020, 09:59 AM
markbignosekelly

I have two Jnats, and have only used them infrequently, so obviously I'm an authority and font of all knowledge regarding Japanese natural hones :p
I used to finish with water but found the edge would degrade so started finishing with a misty slurry. I have tried a few laps on a dry hone and dry slurry method but haven't tried it enough to conclude results.