Naniwa 1K bevel setter to Naniwas 5K-8K and finish on a JNAT.
Frank
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Naniwa 1K bevel setter to Naniwas 5K-8K and finish on a JNAT.
Frank
For me the Norton 1K for the bevel/repair then the Norton 4K or Nagura Botan then either the Norton 8K or Coticule then the Naniwa 12K and then either my Escher or Suehiro 20K.
King 1k/6k followed by either my phig or my jnat. Then pasted strop if I feel the edge is lacking.
Naniwa/Norton 1k, Norton 4/8, Naniwa 12k, Escher.
A few coti/natural hones which work better with old stuff. Sometimes! ;)
I use what I have. 1k King, 6k King, 8k Norton red 8 inch DMT to flatten. A TM 4 sided paddle strop with 3, 1, and 0.5 u diamonds. TM Latigo and linen 2.5 inch barber end strop. I would not call this combo best but it works for me.
Chosera 1k for the bevel set
Shapton 1,2,4,8,16
Either a Zulu or Dark Blue Escher for finishing.
Only thing that changes is the finisher depending on my mood of the day. Seriously considering ditching all the shaptons and getting a chosera 5 and 10 instead to simplify things. I feel like a chosera 1,5,10 followed with a finisher would be just fine Instead of all the shaptons in the mix.
1k Chosera
3k Super Stone
5k Shapton Pro
8k Shapton Pro
10k Super Stone
20k Sueahiro Gokumyo
If I want to go naturals then after the 5k Pro, Jnats