Thread: Naniwa Gouken Fuji 8000

And by the way, I used nothing but a Carborundum and a Swaty for at least 5 years and did not need to bother with a diamond plate.

My progression was soft ark, hard ark, no-name barber hone and plain leather for 30+ years before I found this site. But, my edges are much better now, it seems.

Just a small update if anyone is interested. The Fuji leaves a (to me) very nice shaving edge, not mirror polished under 60 times, but fine scratch marks. As sharp as my best coti probably but not as smooth. Takes some time to remove 3k pro scratches, but will experiment with a tad more pressure when beginning 8k next time, see if that speeds it up a bit without harm.

Huh? What? Did someone say Harbor Frieght sells a finisher?
No, they don't of course, but they do sell some diamond plates that are good for forming edges on jnats and such. They will also lap a stone down to wherever you want it but it will need to be made flat afterwards because the HF plates are pretty lopsided, bent and crooked.lol
They also sell a sawzall for 20 on sale that will allow you to pretty easily make cuts on your jnats. As long as you hold your stone tight against the black plate on the sawzall. I've been looking for an easy way to do this for some time now and didn't think a sawzall would be up for the task. Well it is, and then some. Very happy about it too. A made a bunch of nagura/slurry stones. Was also able to make a tomo out of a corner piece of a jnat that had no tomo nagura. What was the topic? Sorry about that.

Update two, fifty careful strokes on
and edge not as sharp and a few weepers. Back to Fuji and different coti for next shave.
Edge from this coti has mirror polished most of Fuji scratches but left more random deeper scratches.

dmnc thank you for the update on these stones, I like reading through here and seeing what others are trying. I appreciate the information.