Thread: Japanese Nagura - Honing Thought of the Day

I know I have read about some experiments done in the distant past but I was thinking as I unpacked a set of Nagura yesterday.

And having followed a couple of recent threads in the Hone/Honing forum

Why are we spending big money on Japanese naturals to only use them as base plates for making Nagura slurry ???
As I said I have seen this in the past, but was wondering if any "Experienced" J-nat honers have ever set aside convention and used say a Chinese PHIG (Another very hard very smooth stone) as a base for their Nagura..

Myself I finish on my Nakayama without Nagura slurry I enjoy using the different ones, and enjoy experimenting with them but haven't found any yet that can beat the stone's natural slurry finish (another discussion altogether)

So anyway I am going to play around with it on my test bed razor and see what happens, just going to substitute my PHIG in the mix using Nagura instead of my prized Nakayama..
Would love to hear if anyone else has seriously tried it, and would also welcome anyone to join in with experimenting with it..


Woooohoooo going to play with the Mud