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    Got my Glass Stones. Wow, those feel a LOT different. I'll need to keep a spray bottle handy since they need more water added to them.
    Started one razor at 4k and it did seem to cut faster than I was used to.
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    Quote Originally Posted by JP5 View Post
    Got my Glass Stones. Wow, those feel a LOT different. I'll need to keep a spray bottle handy since they need more water added to them.
    Started one razor at 4k and it did seem to cut faster than I was used to.
    You’ll like them I believe, more when you get used to them. That speed is a big plus if you hone a lot.
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    After the balsa, you really can't tell the difference between the film and the Naniwas, or naturals, for that matter.
    I would disagree with that WRT to naturals. If you’re a noob maybe you can’t tell the difference. I would agree that the difference is subtle, but it’s there, and proven.

    Go to the ‘badger’ forum and look up the ‘Thrilla in Manilla (envelope)’ showdown between Seraphim and Doc226, film vs JNat.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Steve56 View Post
    I would disagree with that WRT to naturals. If you’re a noob maybe you can’t tell the difference. I would agree that the difference is subtle, but it’s there, and proven.

    Go to the ‘badger’ forum and look up the ‘Thrilla in Manilla (envelope)’ showdown between Seraphim and Doc226, film vs JNat.
    So say you hone and strop a razor to its optimal edge width of x nanomicrons & you can achieve that with x number of different sharpening mediums.
    You reckon you can tell a difference ?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Steve56 View Post
    You’ll like them I believe, more when you get used to them. That speed is a big plus if you hone a lot.
    Yeah, and it may be better once they are actually broken in some.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Steve56 View Post
    I would disagree with that WRT to naturals. If you’re a noob maybe you can’t tell the difference. I would agree that the difference is subtle, but it’s there, and proven.

    Go to the ‘badger’ forum and look up the ‘Thrilla in Manilla (envelope)’ showdown between Seraphim and Doc226, film vs JNat.
    Before the balsa progression, sure there is a difference, enough of a difference that the average shaver can tell that there is something different between them. After the balsa, it is a diamond edge, whatever it might have been earlier.

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    Well, the Shapton 1k certainly seems faster than my Norton. Had to rehone a razor that I dinged the edge on and got the bevel reset quicker than I expected.
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    My progression is all naniwa super stones S1

    1k 3K 8k 12k
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    Everything, everything gets 1.5 Kuramaku, 3,5 and 8k Naniwa before going to naturals regardless of what natural is used.
    It is the perfect jumping off point IMO.
    The only synthetic I have to finish on now is a Gokumyo but rarely gets used. Some great Barber hones as well if I feel the urge.

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    I agree that the 8k is a nice jumping-off point. I will go to the 10k sometimes just to be sure I've worked all the stria down to a very minimum.
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