Hello gents. Ive been having some very good and very bad shaves off this stone.(jns stone, nakayama asagi lv5+) Its lapped, I have an asano set of naguras. botan tenjou and mejiro. I also have a tomo. Now whats been working is a bevel set, b, t and m progression. And tomo light slurries, no heavy sets, lots of circles with pressure to break it down. I dilute when the slurry turn grayish. Continue a bit and wash off, wash the blade off and next progression. I cant get this to finish on water only. As soon as it starts, the edge somehow gets killed. Im reaching for straws as I am not satisfied with what has worked so far. I get much better shaves (best edge I ever got IMO) off my shuobodani 100 stone also from jns. Same naguras, etc. But i think this stone has more potential. So what should I do at this point. When I try to extend the session to try something over like refreshing the slurry with the naguras or extending the time spent, I get a dud edge. I mean it shaves, plenty sharp but not smooth. Ive been honing almost a year and have no issues setting bevels, I get great edges off my suehiro gokumyo 20k, my SRD coti and another I purchased somewhere else I have no issues with. As well as my nainiwa 12k. Great shaves, sharp and smooth. Ive honed about 300 blades so I know Im not a pro or close by any means. Im looking for that whisker squeegee. I also just got a kouzaki 4.5 and a ozuku asagi 5+from JNS but I want to try to settle this one up if I can. Any advice would be appreciated. Thanks.