Thread: Nagura Honing - Video tutorial

Stefan,
What a fantastic video . Thank you. This is exactly what was missing from SRP. A lot of posts/sites described the process of working with the naguras, but none (that I am aware of) had a visual tutorial. Kudos for doing this and thank you

Originally Posted by onimaru55

Thanx guys. That's well worth knowing.
Always happy to learn from others experiences Jim Geez 3-4 hours is taking a hit for the team mate.

Twas a lesson from my teacher. Though I think I learned something other than his intended point; namely that, though it is POSSIBLE, it is far from REASONABLE.

Originally Posted by mainaman

The final step of the honing process is optional, but I choose to use Tomonagura, a piece of polishing stone that creates very fine slurry for final polishing of the edge.
The Tomonagura routine is again same as with Nagura.
At the end I like to finish with water only.
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My personal tomonagura is in the 20-30k, it is a soft Nakayama Tojiro that I got from So.

Tomonagura can be any piece of fine finishing stone as long as it is softer than the base stone, one can also use tmonagura cut from the base stone itself.

Well done and Bravo, Stefan.

Question: I gather from your description that you're not using slurry from the honzan in the final (pre-water) step, but rather you're creating the last slurry from a (tomo)nagura that may or may not be related to the honzan - in this case, not. Is there a reason that you didn't raise this last slurry directly from the honzan? In other words, why use a tomonagura softer than the base stone in the last slurry step?

Again - great job!

EDIT - Another thought: Any thoughts on why you chose to not use the koma? Thx.

Originally Posted by Woodash

Well done and Bravo, Stefan.

Question: I gather from your description that you're not using slurry from the honzan in the final (pre-water) step, but rather you're creating the last slurry from a (tomo)nagura that may or may not be related to the honzan - in this case, not. Is there a reason that you didn't raise this last slurry directly from the honzan? In other words, why use a tomonagura softer than the base stone in the last slurry step?

Again - great job!

Steve,
my only reason to use tomonagura is my honzan is similar in hadness to my bease stone, and takes forever to raise a good slurry.

That was in incredibly educational post/videos. Huge thanks!

nice videos, but why the water is running all the time?

others would be lucky to drink it.

Does anyone have any idea where to currently get some good Nagura stones online? Everyone I see that sells the stamped ones are not listing them on their sites right now.

Originally Posted by Disburden

Does anyone have any idea where to currently get some good Nagura stones online? Everyone I see that sells the stamped ones are not listing them on their sites right now.

I poisted links in the initial post just send e-mails and ask.

Originally Posted by Disburden

Does anyone have any idea where to currently get some good Nagura stones online? Everyone I see that sells the stamped ones are not listing them on their sites right now.

Check with Maxim. I just ordered mine from him and I think he's got his new shipment in.

Great videos and and an awesome tutorial. Thanks!