Thread: nakayama asagi slurry help !

Slurry use (or not) totally depends on the stone. Some work great w/ none or barely any & may have negative effects if overused; others like my Kiita absolutely must have milky slurry to work or the edge will be harsh. Mine also left significantly less sharp edges when I used a thin slurry/water only. Definitely there are Jnats out there that work better on water, but not all of them do. This is one case where the "rules" of slurry vary greatly from stone to stone.

Basically, you have to do all kinds of testing when you get yours to see how it behaves on razors. Try just water or super-light slurry & see how you like the edge. Then try JimR's method exactly as he outlines it & just see what happens. You might set your edge back; you might improve it drastically. Might work better or worse, but you'll never know until you try.

I've found it's better to not go in w/ any objective in mind when 1st testing a stone--just play around & see what you get until you figure out its properties. This usually takes me weeks when I get a new stone.