Slurry, good/bad...murray carter going backwards.
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Originally Posted by
onimaru55
The hard stone thing comes from using one Jnat with various nagura . Imagine doing all your honing on the Ice Bear it would lose shape quickly.
With the pressures we use on razors a soft stone is no disadvantage at end game & only an issue at 1k - 4k if you are honing several razors at a time. Even then you will be using your diamond plate for slurry so it will get trued anyway, just will take more lapping than a hard stone.
I've only used the Nani 12k & would not call it hard . Maybe the 10k is harder for some reason.
Good morning oz, sorry to bother you over some fairly trivial issues. I have gotten smooth, shaveable results from finishing with the Ice Bear 10k, using the nagura stone to create a slurry. I am a fairly avid student of the art and I keep my eyes open to every bodies techniques, so come in Murray Carter, who swears by his backward honing style seems happy with his results. Your opinion mate?
I have a fairly average Robert Klaas solingen 5/8 that is Ok to shave with. I was considering breadknifing it and using Carters techniques only. I'm scared that it may work! If I am on the wrong path please tell me so. He also disagrees with slurry, your opinion? I tried to get a 12k nani but none were out there in the retail sense, and I figure that a nani 10k and an Ice Bear 10k get the job done well enough for me. (Until HAD returns), next on my bucket list is a fine natural....dream on. Cheers Bob