Thread: naniwa

I found the corners took some shifting with my dmtc its not that old but did make me wonder so i used 600 wet and dry then used my dmtc to lap again and rounded corners of. i lay my hone on piece of glas and so long as it does rock around by pressing on corners it got to be flatt i must of lapped mine at least 4 times. I'm also use to the bbw/coti i love honing on those two i don't think you can beat the feeling and results they give great smoothness but yoy will find working on 5k/8k first will give sharpness then followed by 12 i tryed bbw s coti w and gives a great edge. When i used naniwas on tere own i did'nt get that wow even thought they are new. when i first touched a razor up with blue then yellow i thought these a exallant i think they take some beating.

Okay: did a test shave w/ the Wapi--honing on the 12k yesterday felt much better, probably because I gave it a quick lapping right before honing when it was wet. (I'm wondering about the dimensional stability of this thing.) It seems to be (slowly) calming down.

Very close. Not quite there yet. I think 3-5 light passes on the 12k followed by a little crox stropping should do it.

My problem-child-of-a-TI: nowhere near, despite having a bevel that looks like a mirror. Maybe the bevel is not thin enough @ the tip & it needs more "disciplining" on the D8E first?

I have just done 25 coti light slurry then 30 plain water no paste and very smooth this was after 12k i have to say i like my belgiums !

A little update to my 12k issues:

The 5 & 8k were great, but I was really confused why my 12k was acting up. I called SRD, ended up talking w/ both Don & Lynn (great guys, both of them), & Lynn confirmed that this was not normal behavior. A little water soaking in is normal (my 5,8k do this), but not eating water like my 12k was doing. (If I sprayed it like my others, instead of the water staying on the surface, it was gone instantly.) And it stayed wet for 18+ hours after honing because of all the water it soaked up. For comparison, my 5/8k are bone dry within 30 min after honing, which is normal behavior for these.

Long story short, they had me send it back & exchanged it for a new one (it's coming w/ more goodies I subsequently ordered ) And I even got a Naniwa honing tutorial from the man himself! You could say it worked out well...

I have to say i have found mine don't dry out that quik i will keep an eye on that

I've just soaked my 12k wiped it dry and 30 minutes later still not completly dry i also noticed the 8k and 5k i used two days ago including 12k felt fairly cold they must hold water for a while i'm not sure