Thread: Jnat "grit" question

It doesn't work the same way if you try to use a piece of glass. The slurry also pulls particles from the stone as you hone and the stone itself is actually textured on a microscopic scale, which lets the slurry do is work better too - the slight texture on the stone helps the slurry particles to roll and catch a bit so that the edge actually drags across them rather than just pulling the slurry along with.

I use nagura both from the base stone as well as from other stones - each stone seems to work best with a certain nagura - or a certain few. You find which by trying the various ones you have.

Eric is right, and I asked Alex Gilmore about slurry a couple of years ago and he also said that skurry transferred to plate glass broke down within a minute or two and became useless.

You can put it on a piece of cloth or lint free paper towel and use it to polish even delicate items like razor gold wash, fointain pen nibs and barrels, jewelry, or just about any metal. Over time my Gold Dollar test razors get shinier and don't look half bad for a Gold Dollar.

Cheers, Steve

Originally Posted by Steve56

Eric is right, and I asked Alex Gilmore about slurry a couple of years ago and he also said that skurry transferred to plate glass broke down within a minute or two and became useless.

You can put it on a piece of cloth or lint free paper towel and use it to polish even delicate items like razor gold wash, fointain pen nibs and barrels, jewelry, or just about any metal. Over time my Gold Dollar test razors get shinier and don't look half bad for a Gold Dollar.

Cheers, Steve

Polished my wedding ring this way, I tried to give it kasumi finish using some suita dust. Didn't really work as I expected, but it sure fixed up minor scratches nicely!