Thread: Does anyone NOT like Nakayama Edges?

Ooops, sorry. Wasn't trying to be funny. But then I guess I was diverting the thread topic somewhat.

eh. Not like this is the first thread in the history of SRP to suffer topic drift.

Originally Posted by mparker762

eh. Not like this is the first thread in the history of SRP to suffer topic drift.

Drift is being kind. We usually overshoot the turn, roll a few times and end up upside down in a ditch!

But I digress....

James.

Originally Posted by mparker762

Part of the reason for my ambivalence between the Nakayama and the alternatives is that if I really want to get a really superb edge I'll finish with newspaper. But at that point the choice of nakayama/coticule/escher/shapton/spyderco really has very little to do with the resulting edge, no more than which 4k or 8k hone to use. And if I do skip the newspaper then it still doesn't matter a whole lot, since within a week whatever edge was on the razor has been replaced by the edge the linen/cotton/jute/seatbelt has put on the razor, so even then the choice of finishing stone only matters for those first few shaves, and not at all for the next hundred or so.

Could you please tell me where I can get some of this "newspaper" of which you speak?

Originally Posted by richmondesi

Could you please tell me where I can get some of this "newspaper" of which you speak?

I must be missing something. What's the joke?

I buy mine from the local coin-op newspaper box. Houston Chronicle. The classified or some page with lots of b/w photos works best.

Originally Posted by richmondesi

Could you please tell me where I can get some of this "newspaper" of which you speak?

You can buy the newspaper at any news stand. The skill to use it for getting your razor sharper is earned.

Originally Posted by mparker762

I must be missing something. What's the joke?

I buy mine from the local coin-op newspaper box. Houston Chronicle. The classified or some page with lots of b/w photos works best.

The joke is that most people don't read newspapers anymore...

I don't read them either, actually.

If I had the choice between the Nakayama and the s30k strictly for razors I would choose the Nak all day.

It works much different. Under the scope the edge is much finer. A much more even finishing, which ironically is due to the randomness of particle size.

I also do not strop on paste after I use it. A couple passes on the felt/diamond spray combo and it's good.

I don't end up using it like a regular stone, I do a fast crayon coloring type motion which would equal a lot of passes. But my particular stone is very hard and slow cutting. Is it "magical"?..well, at the very least it's pretty damn special and considering a shapton 30k is in the $250 range, if you were only using it for razors I would spring for the Nakayama instead.

JimR, I would let you borrow my Nak if I wasn't using it all the time cuz I love it so much

Originally Posted by mparker762

I don't read them either, actually.

See... It was funny