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11-03-2016, 06:05 PM #1Senior Member
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Been playing with my new toys; question to experienced Jnat honers
Tonight I have been playing with these babies:
Took out my TI Silverwing that I never seem to get a satisfactory edge on.
I did a full Nagura progression: 50 roundtrips with Botan slurry, followed by 50 roundtrips with Mejiro slurry, then 50 more with Koma slurry, 50 with tomonagura slurry and 50 without slurry.
Edge feels very good doing the arm hair test. Shave test will follow soon.
My question to experienced Jnat honers: how many roundrips do you guys do in a Nagura progression?Last edited by Kees; 11-03-2016 at 06:10 PM.
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11-03-2016, 06:20 PM #2Senior Member
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There's no set number. Different steels will break down the slurry at different speeds. Once the slurry is broken down and I don't feel like I'm gaining anything, I go to the next.
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11-04-2016, 02:50 AM #3Senior Member
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Same for me. I do whatever needs to be done to get the edge I want - counting laps isn't really helpful. If not using a diamond plate generated slurry I will usually go to at least 5k synthetic before moving to the nagura stones. Then I will usually do a couple iterations of each nagura slurry - generate the slurry, hone on it until it doesn't feel like it's doing much cutting then repeat the whole cycle again before moving on to the next nagura. If using a "diamond nagura" slurry I usually go 1k bevel set then one or two "diamond nagura" cycles, then two or three tomonagura cycles.
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11-04-2016, 09:35 AM #4Senior Member
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Had a supershave last nigth with the Silverwing
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11-04-2016, 09:55 AM #5www.edge-dynamics.com
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Your stones are making me drool
What's that hone?
I go from 1k to the naguras. I start with circles then I do strokes.
At first I started with thin slurries but Nower days I like the medium to thick slurries...
Enjoy...
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11-05-2016, 07:36 PM #6Senior Member
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An Oozuku.
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11-05-2016, 11:00 PM #7The Great & Powerful Oz
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More than you did but my stone may be slower than yours . Nothing is set in stone
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11-05-2016, 11:51 PM #8KN4HJP
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You cannot hone by stroke count.
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11-05-2016, 11:57 PM #9KN4HJP
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Oozuku is a mine, several different types of stone are quarried there. Yours appears to be an Oozuku Asagi. Originally Posted by Kees
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11-06-2016, 08:31 AM #10Senior Member
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Sorry I gave half an answer. Keith calls it mizu.
Last edited by Kees; 11-06-2016 at 08:34 AM.
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