Thread: Shuobudani type Jnat?

I would stick to using the lapped & chamfered side of your tomo or you run the risk of introducing larger particles to the slurry which will give you poor results.
In some cases slurry of any kind is detrimental to finishing. Try finishing on an 'invisible' slurry as well as plain water. Just to give you an e.g. the slurry you have pictured would be detrimental on my particular finisher to an already sharp edge tho it may be a good starting point for removing microchips without resorting to a coarser stone. Maybe after 8k it might be an approprite density but only experimentation will tell you. Jnats can vary a lot & you need to learn how yours works best. If it was sold as a finisher maybe the seller can give you a few hints on its use but his progression to that stone may be different to yours so it won't be written in stone, just a guide.

The honorable Oz has forgotten more than I'll ever know about jnats, but I had the same impression of the slurry - way, way too much. 'would dull my blades. I did the same thing when I first got mine. I'm apparently a slow learner, but my jnat is the star of my rockpile. I use an Atoma 1200 to raise slurry. 3 figure 8s probably gives 1/10th the slurry you show there, and that's what I use - if I use slurry.

BTW. When Oz talks about using a Jnat. I listen carefully.

Take the lapped surface, and file a few recesses in it with a file or a saw blade. It will reduce the stiction, and it will be easier to raise a slurry with it. And also +1 to the above statements.

I don't trust Jnats, but I think the seller is a member here, and everyone is happy with his stones. It looks like a shobudani asagi, they usually are fast and fine hones. Good luck. Btw don't make grooves on the hone but on the slurry stone. Although I think it's unnecessary. 15" more or less of your time is nothing.