The Aoto Thread

[Pyment]

I tried to get the pics of the edge at about the same magnification (200X), same part of the blade and the same lighting.

1)I took a few swipes on the DMT1200 to try and get some scratches from that grit stone without removing the chip.

2) this is after about 200 strokes on the Aoto. I think the chip has decreased in size. There is still some water on the edge that makes evaluating the scratches hard. Maybe they are a little smaller?

3) I then went to the Ohira Tomae (the set up man in this rotation) the TPT showed this got significanly sharper

4) I tried out one of my new finshers Nakayama Kiita Najishi it also has some red veining and some interesting purple spots. This looks like a good cutter and a fine grained finisher.