Thread: Feedback

I mentioned this in another post but maybe here is the better place. This will have to be limited to synthetic hones as my experience with naturals is limited, or I should say more limited than with synthetics. It seems logical to me that as you go up in grit size that you would experience less and less feedback but I have found the reverse in 2 hones: the 12K Naniwa and the suehiro gokumyo 20k. Not only is there more feedback on the SG but it seems to remove metal more quickly which I guess sort of fits. I'm kind of stumped here and could use some feedback....so to speak.

My 2 cents;

I don't think that moving up or down grit levels lessens or increases "Feedback". I think that each individual stone gives it's own feedback.

The fact that you see, what appears to you as more swarf/metal on that G-20K, does not mean that more metal was removed than what was removed by the 12k of even an 8K.

The feedback on my Shapton 16K is much different than the feedback on my Norton 8K & my Shapton appears to remove more metal, but I know this is not true. The swarf that is showing up on that hard white surface of the G-20K is not as thick/large as the swarf of an 8 or 12K.

Just my thoughts,,,,,

Feedback can be interpeted in a negative way, IMO. I feel what some perceive to be feedback is an oncoming wire edge. The razor should have moved finer, or called done, earlier. As a razor is run on a particular hone, it will eventually produce this feeling. Given exceptions are sometimes, but not always, lower grit stones.
Good feedback is the sensation you are actually on the edge. Really polishing. It makes me lighten up for a few more!