Thread: Synthetic progression recommendation.

Originally Posted by RezDog

Well Paul’s finest ships for free and if I was going to get something to replace my Chosera, I’d look at the tradition series. You drop them an email and see if the traditional is the the same as the traditional.

They are soakers not splash and go. Why they didn't make a 3 or 4k is beyond me. I don't know if I'd want to jump 1-6k ?

I jump 1 to 5 easily enough.
I still think you should call or email Paul. There is also a knife sharpening guy that has a review on Paul’s site. I know it’s not the same thing but it will give you a hands on review.

Originally Posted by RezDog

I jump 1 to 5 easily enough.
I still think you should call or email Paul. There is also a knife sharpening guy that has a review on Paul’s site. I know it’s not the same thing but it will give you a hands on review.

I have a king 1/6k and I do not like the time it takes to polish out the 1k scratches with a 6k. I want a fast progression.

I see the traditional has a 2k, what about that 2-6k, seems more easily doable. Good suggestion!

I have chosera 1k, 5kSS and 12k SS. I have an 8k shapton water stone or something but I dont like it, probably going to get the naniwa 8k SS. I always finish on a natural though and rarely use the 12k

I used the naniwa 3k ss before and it was a real pleasure as well.

Not that I have used the king, but the naniwas are suppose to be very fast. All I know is them and the Norton’s, and comparing those two the Naniwas are blindingly fast.

I use Shapton GS stones and they cut and polish very quickly,I used Naniwa’s early on and found they clogged easily but they were the older ones that were glued to plastic bases but now I find I can just do a quick bevel reset on a 4k and then a nagura progression on a JNAT and be done

I have that same King 1k/6k. I use the 6k between the Norton 4k and 8k. Just started using it that way but it seems to work well so far. The King is the only kind of synth. I have besides a Sharpton 12k. It has some cracks also but they don't seem to effect it. Although, in fairness I don't really use it that much so far. I have been trying to reset (been stuck on the 4k/8k pyramid and got in a rut) on honing and didn't use it really. Then recently had someone (Twistedoak) give me some Nats so I'm kind of stoked on those for a while.
Sort of rambled there but maybe try the 6k in between 4&8.

Shapton Glass for me too. 1k, 2k, 4k, 10k, 20k GOK, works really well for me. But I'm finding I can set the bevel on most anything with 2k. 1k isnt needed much.

I use the shapton glass too - I have 1,2,4,8,16 but I rarely use the 2 and less so the 1. I also have a shapton 12k (not glass but kuromaku stone) which i find is smoother on my skin than the glass 16k.
I would recommend starting with 2,4,8 glass stones and the 12k. For me - quick, easy and foolproof. From these i go to naturals and this is where i like to play around with stones.

Originally Posted by Gasman

Shapton Glass for me too. 1k, 2k, 4k, 10k, 20k GOK, works really well for me. But I'm finding I can set the bevel on most anything with 2k. 1k isnt needed much.

Almost the same for me.

I started adding Naniwa SS stones from my initial 12 000 grit stone downwards and over the years ended up with a 1 000, 5 000, 8 000 and 12 000 Naniwa SS progression and later bought a Suehiro Gokumyo 20 000 as final polisher.
Once I had realized that for many cases where the 5 000 was not aggressive enough the 1 000 was more aggressive than needed be, I finally included a Naniwa SS 3 000 as my last addition.

I rarely use the 1 000 nowadays, except to remove larger chips when I restore a razor, for lesser damage the 3 000 works quite nicely for me. The keyword here is “damage”. if I merely want to renew the edge I have no need for either of them and either start with the 5 000 or 8 000.


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