Thread: I declare this: Ozuku madness!

BBW is a natural too, and coarser than the coticule side

hihi, how sweet a misunderstanding.
Of course the BBW and Coticule are both naturals. I think what he referred to was his Coticule slurry stone is actually a natural combination stone of a Coticule and a BBW.
In short his slurry stone is a natural.

The difference in grit with BBW and Coticule is actually really, really small.
I doubt somebody could actually feel a difference and I propose that
in an experiment the variance produced within the test subjects of the same finishing stone (different sharpening techniques etc.) will easily overpower the occurring variances produced by differences between the two finishing stones.

In short: the natural variation produced by technique and slight differences in the edge and skin condition will be greater
than the actual differences between a Coticule and BBW finished edge. I believe Bart had a small research team working on something like that.
They applied a type of analysis of variance and I believe they came to the same conclusion.


@the flaking J-Nat:
Maybe you should post a picture of the spot. Typically these flakes, as long as they can´t be felt do not diminish the edge of a razor.
I don´t think it´s something to worry about

Originally Posted by PA23-250

Got a little aggressive chamfering an edge & removed a thin flack from the very edge. Very tiny spot in a corner (pretty much on the corner) & the razor doesn't touch it at all . Should I be concerned @ all or not? At worst, I'd just have to do a lot of lapping, it seems.

Sealing the stone will help prevent that from happening, if its not already sealed.

Originally Posted by mainaman

I think you are fine

+1

Originally Posted by Lesslemming

The difference in grit with BBW and Coticule is actually really, really small.

I agree, i cant feel any difference in the final after effect between the two when polishing with them. The only reason why i use the BBW side is my Coticule seems to stick to my stone too much. The BBW seems to stick less, if that makes sense lol

Originally Posted by mainaman

BBW is a natural too, and coarser than the coticule side. I think you are fine

I meant it's a combo slurry stone w/ a BBW side.

Good to hear about that edge. For my own piece of mind, what about a small drop of superglue there? I think DrNaka was saying something about it being OK on Jnats.

How big is the chip?

Maybe start a new thread about this stone with pics of the chip and the stone in general?

Argh ... So I worked late tonight and find a little DHL notice that they dropped my package off to my nieghbor lol
Ill get some pics up of my JNS stones tomorrow.... have to be back at 6am so its probably best I cant get my hands on them right now...

Chip is tiny & fixed--no factor. Stone feels loads nicer now that it's been lapped--shave test awaits.

Good to hear, are you going to seal it to help prevent that from happening again or was it just bad luck?

Bad luck (& impatience) chamfering is all. Stone is an absolute delight to use! Probably won't do lacquer on the sides as it's extremely dense. Max says you can actually leave them submerged (the super hard ones) & it won't do anything. Won't do that, but I don't worry about a few drops of water running down the sides @ all.

Ohhh yea... heres my babyand some little un's too

Ozuku Lv 5 ~ size: 145mm 85mm 12mm

Nagura set ~ Botan, Tenjyou & Mejiro



FYI ... I ordered on Sept. 14 & recieved my stones on the Sept 20 !!! Now thats some seriously good service to the states!

Test shaved w/ my barber's W&B--hard steel that really needs a superfine finish to come alive--mowed through a 2 day beard w/ no pulling on the chin (a perfectly shave-ready edge normally pulls just a tiny bit there w/ lots of beard growth). Pretty much zero resistance everywhere else--I could hear the cutting, but couldn't feel it!

Very close shave going WTG like Gary says--nothing left after a 3 pass shave. Just for fun, I took a Randall Hall (not finished on this stone) & did a sideburn WTG, then relathered & hit it w/ the W&B--beard stubble in the lather!

Wonderful feeling stone (I'm probably still using too much water, but even then, it feels good) that hones as good as it looks--& it is beautiful! (I'll post a pic in a bit). Big thanks to Max @ JNS!