Thread: First Jnat ... absolutely amazing!!

Congratulations! I hope the stone works out better and better for you.

And you are right Alex is a gentleman to deal with and has some amazing stones in his inventory.

I have been working with my Narutaki which was his number 127. I feel like I can and want to get to the point where it will be all I will use for my personal razors. The rest of my hones can look after my restorations. I have specifically
been using a Japanese 777 and the smaller Kanayama razor Jim R. made available to the lucky few who got there early.

I am getting it but not the results I want as yet. I raise just a touch of slurry
with a 1k diamond plate and work from there to just pure distilled water. Everything feels right but I am getting edges that are just brutally sharp, admittedly not following with a strop because I think ultimately I can get a perfect blade with hone only. First try raised blood seeping across my cheek so I took a step back with that blade and used CrOx balsa and horsehide. next attempt looks and feel more promising but I am stropping on horsehide. Under a 30 loupe I see a perfectly smooth edge, almost zero striations but a uniform non-reflective finish.