Thread: Shoobie Doobie Asagi

Originally Posted by infamous

What's so special about asagi? To be honest I find it to be one of the less appealing colors, and this is coming from the guy who just dropped a couple hundred bucks on one. I really like some of the reds and purples that alex has.

yes but red and purple usually means soft, which is not for razors.

Hi Stefan, how are you doing mate.

Educate me please. I am thinking my next natural stone should
be very hard, very fine. I would like the hone to feel very smooth
you know, as if you are not doing anything on it, but in the meantime
the stone is really fine polishing the metal.

I would also like the stone to be very uniform, no lines. Which type
of stone(strata) and from which mine would be the most affordable?

I have never used an asagi, but from the comments it seems one of
the best to do this job.

I have an okudo nashiji that is also very fine. Very sharp and misty/haze
finish. But you know HAD better than I do.

Sharpman

Originally Posted by SharpMan

Hi Stefan, how are you doing mate.

Educate me please. I am thinking my next natural stone should
be very hard, very fine. I would like the hone to feel very smooth
you know, as if you are not doing anything on it, but in the meantime
the stone is really fine polishing the metal.

I would also like the stone to be very uniform, no lines. Which type
of stone(strata) and from which mine would be the most affordable?

I have never used an asagi, but from the comments it seems one of
the best to do this job.

I have an okudo nashiji that is also very fine. Very sharp and misty/haze
finish. But you know HAD better than I do.

Sharpman

hazy finish means that the stone is not that fine.
if you want good stone , contact Maksim
JNS
Rich, Lynn, I got our stones from him.

Originally Posted by mainaman

hazy finish means that the stone is not that fine.
if you want good stone , contact Maksim
JNS
Rich, Lynn, I got our stones from him.

That's strange. Because I get mirror like finish on naniwa ss
3000. It's quite sharp even then. Then I do naniwa 8000 SS
and it's almost perfect mirror and even sharper. Then I
finish on the okudo stone and the mirror polish disappears, but
the edge gets even sharper.

Sharpman