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    Tumbling down the rabbit hole... Atchbo's Avatar
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    And the edge, with the brown tomo nagura (I can feel the metallic flecks but can't see any obvious scratches).
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    I think my pressure is still much too high, but it's hard not to when guiding this wonky edge into contact with the stone.

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    Tumbling down the rabbit hole... Atchbo's Avatar
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    And on my big wedgy O1 blade:
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    These stones somehow are not what I expected in terms of feel and the polish they leave (not worse, just different), but I can see why people get so absorbed by them. It's such an organic experience. It's also a commitment; you need to work through each batch of slurry to break it down enough to achieve the fineness.

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    Great images.
    The commitment is still a learning process for me to know when the slurry is providing that fineness to really polish the edge.

    Thanks for the details - Myron

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    Your edges look fine. Damage would look back at you, and sometimes even that is superficial in a shave, or strops off without materially thickening an edge. I've got a microscope that shines light directly at the scratches, and I've got no natural stone that doesn't leave some scratch looking on the edge, but after a trip to the linen (or two) these days, I can't tell much difference between keenness on the natural stones vs. chrome ox, despite chrome ox looking much more polished under the scope - that's a matter of what we can see on the bevel vs. what really is in the shave.

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    Just love the colours in this tomo nagura!

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