Quote Originally Posted by Disburden View Post
Very cool. Thanks!

What do you mean by not expecting the slurry to break down?
I remember reading somewhere that on the final tomonagura slurry I am to just keep going until the slurry breaks down.
When the slurry thickens and changes colour towards gray is supposedly when the slurry starts polishing.
This is true when polishing the edge of a kamisori, or at least it seems to work on my Iwasaki.
The problem is. For this to happen when trying to hone my trusty Dovo, I have to keep on going for more than 60-80 strokes (probably due to lighter hone pressure).
The only thing breaking down has been the Dovo.
If I stop at about 20-30 strokes, I'm usually ok, even without the slurry breaking down