Thread: Standard Nagura from JNS

I don't know anything about that nagura, but my advice is this on a stone where you're getting marginal performance:
* shave with your marginal edge
* 10 very light passes, slow, be sure to get the entire edge of both sides of the razor on each pass. By light, I mean the absolute lightest you can do.
* linen then leather and shave again

Do that until the edge is the way you want it. In really great stones, I don't notice anything doing that.

In marginal stones, or stones where I'm not getting what I expect, I always get a better edge after a couple of repetitions of that. You're essentially bringing the bevels in close to the edge but not working all of the way to it, same as the old barbers used to say about "not ruining an edge by overhoning".