Thread: Nagura Honing - Video tutorial

Great job , now I have another reason (and no more excuses) to try out the three nagura I got from Maksim with my Oozuko.

Do you think Atoma plates could fit in the progression either after the Tomonagura or perhaps even instead of it??

Originally Posted by Muscles

Great job , now I have another reason (and no more excuses) to try out the three nagura I got from Maksim with my Oozuko.

Do you think Atoma plates could fit in the progression either after the Tomonagura or perhaps even instead of it??

Atoma is not good for honing razors, I personally use mine only for lapping.

Originally Posted by mainaman

Atoma is not good for honing razors, I personally use mine only for lapping.

I think he meant for raising slurry, not honing directly on the Atoma. Do you have any experience with using the Atoma to raise slurry?

Originally Posted by heirkb

I think he meant for raising slurry, not honing directly on the Atoma. Do you have any experience with using the Atoma to raise slurry?

I used to use it a lot but recently I've been using tomonaguras exclusively.

I can't thank you enough for these videos and this thread. I will watch and read everything over and over again. So much to learn!

Originally Posted by bassguy

I can't thank you enough for these videos and this thread. I will watch and read everything over and over again. So much to learn!

Ditto!

I just ordered an oozuku asagi from Maxim, can't wait for it.

Nice job Stefan & nothing wrong with honing in socks . It helps soak up the slurry you might drop. I speak from experience

Serious question tho. I may have missed the info somewhere but what is the starting point here ? Razor with bevel already set on 1k or similar ?

Originally Posted by mainaman

I used to use it a lot but recently I've been using tomonaguras exclusively.

I read someone suggesting slurry created with tomonagura vs DMT plate (pick yer flavor) was like espresso vs lemonade. I didn't entirely understand this at first but now I get it.
FWIW I'm a musician so I count rhythms when doing laps. One set of three, two sets of three, three sets of three, etc. I also think of pressure in terms of volume: pianissimo is lightest pressure, fortissimo is full arm weight pressure. While creating slurry this last honing session, I did 25 sets of 4 light circles (piano eighth notes) and found that to be a good amount to Pause and Observe how the slurry was coming along. The tomonagura slurry on my hone is very subtle in color, but it's there none the less. The DMT creates a noticeable paler slurry in far fewer strokes but the mud is thin. I don't think it cuts any better, just wears the stone faster. No need to go crazy doing millions of circles with lots of pressure to make the nagura magic. Water too, I'm using 1/4 of a spritz of water to keep the stone wet enough. Mud: it's what we're really after. I think.

Great videos and and an awesome tutorial. Thanks!

Excellent videos and thx. for sharing them.
I have two questions:

1. How to perform just touch ups (water only or on slurry raised with tomonagura and follow described procedure)
2. How many shaves until touch up (my razors until now was honed on Coticule so I perform touch ups on water only every 7-10 shaves) but what is with razors honed way like on videos....

Thx