Thread: Tried Some Thing New

Normally I hone with synthetics and finish on my Nakayama Maruka and I get excellent results.
Recently I bought the Chosera 10k so I went from Shapton's to Chosera 1/5/10k/Nakayama.
I also have a full range of Naguras which I've been experimenting with.

The other day I thought lets try to set the bevel on the 1k then go straight to the Nakayama and progress through the full set of Naguras .
It took a long time and after a strop it was popping hairs, tree top style, which shocked me because when I hit the 4/5k synthetic I remove quite a bit of metal but on the natural I cant see any metal being removed, unless that what darkens the slurry?

Today I had a shave with blade in question. It was jaw droppingly amazing. It removed every trace of hair ATG without stuttering but what was noticeable was how the blade didn't feel sharp at all. It was like dragging a smooth piece of plastic over my face.

Maybe going 1k to Jnat is nothing new to some, I don't know, but it was a shot in the dark for me that paid off.