I have tried over the last three razors naniwa progressions, ,4,8,10k with a 1k-6/k king in bewtween I'm finding at the 6k level I've a good bevel. No matter how light the stroke on the 8K naniwa & the 10K naniwa I have to reach back into the bucket and get the 6k to get a hair cutter. I must be doing something wrong no doubt. But why does this king combo almost on it's own defeat all the rest? How can my 6k honing be so smooth and then at the 8k go dull? I can't find a logical reason for why I cant get a decent result from the naniwa. I'm considering swapping completely to the clay based kings, so smooth and precise. Yet no one talks of them. I'll go to the classifieds and flog the 8 & 10K if someone can not come up with a valid reason. Here in Newcastle/Sydney, an 8k 10K King are bloody expensive, but I don't give a stuff if they work.
Issues, 1. My poor technique 2. Maybe the Kings are a good stone?
Attack gents....Rob:beer1: