Thread: Looking for a few Naniwa users !!!!!

I know you asked for Naniwa Super Stone users for this, Glen, but I just ordered a few Choseras, and plan on giving your method a try with them on a few razors. 1k, 3k, 5k, 10k.

Originally Posted by FloorPizza

I know you asked for Naniwa Super Stone users for this, Glen, but I just ordered a few Choseras, and plan on giving your method a try with them on a few razors. 1k, 3k, 5k, 10k.

Lucky man... Choseras are top notch.

The only problem is that if you suffer from HAD you
may never find a finer set of hones... you will search
and search and search.....

Glen,

This method was made for the Choseras. I just got done taking five practice blades through, sticking exactly to your "recipe".

The results were fantastic.

Initially, I made the mistake of making the slurry to thick. Big mistake. The slurry took the sharpness down a bunch. Remaking the slurry very thin made all the difference. I made the slurry with just a couple very light figure 8's with a DMT 8C.

I only got five laps out of the 10k on the last step... rinsing, removing excess water with a finger, then doing light laps until the stone was just damp. The 10k dries out rather quickly, so it only made it through five of my rather slow laps. I was expecting the edge to be not quite as keen, since the number of final laps on the 10k was so minimal, but they certainly appear to be just as sharp as far as I can tell without actually shaving with one yet.

The edges all feel great. They all have the velvet squeegee feeling on arm hair. I'll shave with one of them in a bit.

This system is *easy*. I really think that the newest of newbs could get good results quickly.

If the results off the other stones (Super Stones, Nortons, etc.) are this good, this system should probably go in the WIKI as a great way for new guys to start off with good results.

The only potential hangup I could see new guys getting in trouble with this system is making the slurry to thick. It's gotta be thin, at least on these stones. Maybe the other stone types aren't as sensitive to slurry thickness?

Edit: Thumbs up on the shave test. All three passes nice and smooth.

So this kinda sounds like "one stone honing." Or, am I imagining things? I have a set of Nortons, 220/1k, 4k/8k, and a ChiCom 12K. It oughta work on those, shouldn't it?

Originally Posted by GeauxLSU

So this kinda sounds like "one stone honing." Or, am I imagining things? I have a set of Nortons, 220/1k, 4k/8k, and a ChiCom 12K. It oughta work on those, shouldn't it?

Yes it will, and No not quite the same as the one stone hone...

There are a few vids on youtube of the naniwas and the shaptons just search gssixgun

I am so trying this out when I get my Naniwa set. Thank you so much for sharing this gssixgun and to everyone who participated in testing it, why I love this site so much.

An older thread, but I feel it is pertinent I share my experience with this system, or I should say, part of this system. I have 3 razors I had set the bevel on and run through a pyramid starting at 15 on the Norton 4k/8k last night. I was planning on finishing them with 100 laps or so on a Chinese 12k, but a search for 12k slurry brought me to this thread. So instead of a couple hours of honing, I built a light slurry on the 12k, with about 5-7 rounds of the slurry stone that comes with the Chosera, and went through the dilution progressions/slow-light strokes at the end. I can't say for sure whether it's having a better bevel set with my new Chosera, or if it was the finishing process, but these are the smoothest, most keen edges I have ever gotten. I really think the slow-light laps on an essentially dry stone are where this happens.

I have a good 20 razors that need better bevels set (the norton 1k was too slow for my attention span a year ago), so I have a nice amount of honing coming up. I will try the full system with only the Naniwa 1k, Norton 4k/8k, and PHIG 12k and see what happens. Thank you so much for shaving (pun intended...) my honing times down Glen!

Originally Posted by FloorPizza

Glen,

This method was made for the Choseras. I just got done taking five practice blades through, sticking exactly to your "recipe".

The results were fantastic.

I concur.
Over the past month or so I have tried this system out now and then.
I would say about 8 razors went thru this system.

I agree With FloorPizza, this seems made for the Chosera stones.
Very easy, and very reliable, good results.
Thanks a lot Glen for posting this.