Thread: Gokumyo #10 000

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How about your adventures in the Jnat dept.?

Originally Posted by Kees

How about your adventures in the Jnat dept.?

I am still very interested in J-nats. I just wanted to have a set level on a razor before I went to Morihei to try out a hone or two. I can't do a long Nagura progression while there so I thought this standard would be a good starting point to testing different hones.

Originally Posted by ZethLent

to try out a hone or two

I can't wait to read about that part

I just finished two razors on the new hones. One razor went from nothing to shave ready (a Mappin and Webb full hollow). The other razor was already shave ready off of my Japanese Ohira (Japanese full hollow). So I honed it 'down' so to speak.

The Gokumyo has a lot of feedback. More than the #3000 or #5000 Choseras. The #2000 had more of a gritty feel than the #1000 too.

The honing was super easy. I did about 20 laps on the 10K and stropped on Cordovan only. Both razors felt the same. It was like coming off of a coticule. There was no scratchy feeling, and no pulling. Just a good sharp/shave ready razor. A great shave. I could shave off of this level and never complain. I did one side of my face with one and the other side of my face with the other. Both were sting free with both the Bay Rum splash and the Lucido splash. Neither razor had any trouble plowing through my chin area either.


The Gokumyo comes attached to a rubber mount. The size of the stone is about the same surface area as the Chosera, but less a few mm in thickness. I think if I had got the Chosera 10K it would have been a full 1cm thicker. We will have to see how it wears to decide if it was a good deal for a hone 1cm less in thickness, for the same price.

I am happy so far with the results. Because the two razors felt so similar in the test shave I am sure that the razors I bring to Morihei will have the benchmark I was aiming for, so that I can compare finishes off of different natural finishing hones.


And a couple of pics from the honing session: