Thread: Slurry

Hi, i recently bought my first Jnat and i'm loving it but im having trouble making a slurry.
My Nagura is quite big and flat. With my hone being flat also it forms a bond that is shockingly strong.
Its a real physical effort to even get the Nagura off the hone yet alone move it about to make a slurry.
Should i break the Nagura up into smaller pieces or am i missing some thing obvious...
Pics : Hone , Nagura and my latest edge

Lap a corner of the stone so that it doesn't have any sharp points, and hold the slurry stone at 45 degrees angle on the base stone when making slurry. This way it also takes a fraction of time to make slurry, and I very much prefer it.

Edit; when I'm talking about corner, I have in mind the line between the two sides of the stone, up and left for example, not the literal corner where the three sides meet, the line two of them meet.

An other way, somewhat more traditional is, take another stone and lap a cross on the surface of your slurry stone. Some grooves. This was there will be lighter suction. The more you make, the easier it will feel. Just be careful not to leave any sharp corners in there, because they might brake.

You could break the nagura in two and sell the other part. Half should last long enough.

Originally Posted by Laurens

You could break the nagura in two and sell the other part. Half should last long enough.

Break a stone? You'll go to hone Hell. There, you'll be eating in every meal rare steak with knives that can't cut. And no hones!

Originally Posted by Vasilis

Break a stone? You'll go to hone Hell. There, you'll be eating in every meal rare steak with knives that can't cut. And no hones!

Heh, if you scratch the hone when raising a slurry with the side of the nagura, you can sit next to me and we'll be sorry together


Come to think of it, lapping and using the side of the nagura may be a pretty good solution, given that the OP can chamfer the edges.

Of course, cut lines out of the stone.
I prefer the using of the edge technique but that might take some serious lapping on the Nagura.
I'll mull it over.
Cheers guys.

I see you have a softer nagura, soak it for a few minutes.

I have the same one (from Maksim) and that should work nicely.

I flattened a corner on my diamond plate..Job done..

Originally Posted by buffel101

I see you have a softer nagura, soak it for a few minutes.

I have the same one (from Maksim) and that should work nicely.

Originally Posted by JOB15

I flattened a corner on my diamond plate..Job done..

Looks good, and I bet it didn't take as long as you thought. But you didn't have to remove so much stone. Some light chamfer-ing would be enough. The smaller the surface of the slurry stone that comes in contact with the base stone, the faster the process. I always choose the thinnest side for it, some of my slurry stones ended up ball shaped.

Originally Posted by Vasilis

Looks good, and I bet it didn't take as long as you thought. But you didn't have to remove so much stone. Some light chamfer-ing would be enough. The smaller the surface of the slurry stone that comes in contact with the base stone, the faster the process. I always choose the thinnest side for it, some of my slurry stones ended up ball shaped.

I was shocked at how soft it was, i might try and cut the stone in half.Maybe saw it with a little hack saw.