Quote Originally Posted by JimmyHAD View Post

Thanks Stefan, reading So's stuff on his website I have the impression that he thinks it is advantageous to use the diamond plate for generating the slurry. For now I'm going to keep it simple and stick with that. I've noted various posts describing the naguras but I've never really studied the differences or which nagura might be suited to which hone. Something to look forward to in the future.
Jimmy,
I have experimented a lot with diamond plate and nagura and they are not mutually exclusive when we are talking about very hard and fine stones.
The naguras pretty much are used as a progression after bevel set to bring the edge to the last polishing step done on the polishing stone.

I was pretty skeptical of naguras initially but ever since I tried them I find them very very useful.