Thread: Jnats

My tomo slurry breaks down much faster than what I get off the dmt. That is irrelevant to you as every stone is different. I need to apply reasonable pressure or even the tomo slurry can take a while as well. My ozuku asagi also. I have an ohira kiita lv 4 and nakayama koppa asagi on the way from JNS.

Originally Posted by bill3152

Hello, Ive been fooling around with my Jnats a bit. My most recent discovery(im sure I didn't discover it) is honing on chosera 1, 5k. Then hitting my nakayama asagi using only a very light tomo slurry 2x finishing on water only for 20 laps. less than 5 minutes. Very fast and a great edge. I used to go through all the naguras. I started eliminating some and this is what I have come up with. I get the same result from my shuobodani as well as my ozuku asagi. Fast sharp and smooth. Why did I get all those naguras and koma? Anybody?

I've been experimenting with a 3 stone progression lately. Results are equal or better than incremental honing.

After a bevel set on a synthetic I use a Yaginoshima Asagi with Tsushima slurry & then a Nakayama or Shobudani Asagi with a Namito slurry to finish, diluting to water, & sometimes not. Sometimes using an Atoma to slurry the finisher. Sometimes 4 dry strokes on the finisher afterwards.
Not using any Nagura at all. Not sure if this is easily re-created with other stones but i think the Coarse,Medium, Fine progression is nothing new .

So far this is only for razors so I wouldn't worry about having an excess of stones or Nagura . They'll be useful at some point. If a stone lies dormant on my bench for a few years then I might consider selling it.