Hello everybody,

This is my first post. Hope to learn from you
guys.

I use 800,3000,8000 synthetic stones to sharpen.
The end result is nice, but I want a better/sharper finish.

I have read about natural japanese stones. I read there
these are basically categorized as coarse, medium and fine stones.

I am in the market for a fine finishing stone. I read
on this forum that Nakayama Maruka stones are the best
natural stone for finishing. Then I remember reading
somewhere else that after sharpening on a Nakayama
stone, the final step is a Uchigumori stone.

Furthermore these natural stones are about 8000 grit, but the particles get smaller,finer which makes you
able to sharpen to a much higer grit on these stones.

Oops forgot to write that I want to buy the stone
for sharpening plane blades. My skin is too thin
for shaving with a really sharp razor.

Regards,

Haydar
Netherlands