Thread: Hone of the Day

Yep, I've used a diamond plate to slurry very hard naguras - I have a piece of koma that's so hard it will make your eyes water. Diamond sluury is about the only way its grit is uasable. On softer stones, it's just a tomo, on harder stones it takes 30 minutes to raise a weak slurry.

Cheers, Steve

Originally Posted by eddy79

Just received my first Jnat from Garret. A Narutaki Mizu Asagi with asano nagura. Started the learning process tonight with one of my favorite razors that i found a couple small micro chips in the edge (only visible with loupe 60x). Just with botan for tonight as it's all I had time for.

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Nice one!

I've been playing with my Kiita from Garret. I don't get much time to spend honing but am enjoying the time spent when I do.

Keep us updated.

Originally Posted by gssixgun

Oh Yay !!!! Oh Joy !!!!! Oh Rapture !!!!!


Yep these were fun

You have a strange idea of fun Glen

Originally Posted by onimaru55

You have a strange idea of fun Glen

The tougher the mountain, the more beautiful the summit...

Originally Posted by onimaru55

You have a strange idea of fun Glen

If you're not having fun honing, you're doing it wrong.

Originally Posted by eddy79

Just received my first Jnat from Garret. A Narutaki Mizu Asagi with asano nagura. Started the learning process tonight with one of my favorite razors that i found a couple small micro chips in the edge (only visible with loupe 60x). Just with botan for tonight as it's all I had time for.

Ahah... YOU are the one that bought the hone I so carefully selected, but didn't pull the trigger on in time! You have gotten yourself a darn nice hone there.... I'm envious!

I have been playing with my little Nakayama Maruka Maruichi and Nagura, and I'm shocked at how quickly and easily I went right off a 1K bevel set, to a full hazy finish like only Jnats appear to give.

I ended up with one of Garret's diamond nagura jobs, as I don't have the koma stone. Yes, I could use one of my Atoma plates, but the little DN is so darn handy.

Regards

Christian

Put an edge back on a pair of Feon's tonight. A nicely etched 888 and a smaller but quite serviceable 8800 tonight. Went with the chosera to restore the bevels, than up through the norton4/8, a coti, from slurry to clear, and finished on my rapidly becoming favorite finisher, the ZG.

Took my time cleaning these two up and now that I have put an edge back in them, I wonder what took me so long. Both seem excitingly sharp, tree topping hair with ease..

Originally Posted by kaptain_zero

Ahah... YOU are the one that bought the hone I so carefully selected, but didn't pull the trigger on in time! You have gotten yourself a darn nice hone there.... I'm envious!

I have been playing with my little Nakayama Maruka Maruichi and Nagura, and I'm shocked at how quickly and easily I went right off a 1K bevel set, to a full hazy finish like only Jnats appear to give.

I ended up with one of Garret's diamond nagura jobs, as I don't have the koma stone. Yes, I could use one of my Atoma plates, but the little DN is so darn handy.

Regards

Christian

It was one of about 5 he suggested when I contacted him for advice. I actually would have pulled the trigger quicker but needed to sway the wife to let me spend more than I had.

Got it yesterday and used the botan to remove a tiny chip which it did quicker than my coti was on the weekend and by the end was all hazy. Have been using the next two nagura tonight and all seems to be going well although I think it is going to take some time to tell between this level of hazy and the next.

Should get back to it soon using slurry from the atoma and then clear water so hopefully a shave of it tonight.

I finally pulled the trigger on the much lauded Suehiro Gokumyo 20K. It arrived in the mail today. A restore Sheffield 7/8 wedge will be its first victim. I've been finishing with a Naniwa 12K and Chromium Oxide on felt with great success. A very consistent finish. Really curious to see how it differs. My initial plan is to set the bevel on a Chosera 1k, Naniwa 3k, 5k, 8K, 12k, Gokumyo 20K and skip the Chromium Oxide. I'll use just clear water with the 20K.
I've been using the Chosera 1K vice my 1K Norton at Glen's recommendation now for a few months. What a fantastic stone. I haven't touched Norton since.
Does the 20K need to be flattened as I assume all hones do? I plan on using a worn 325 DMT.

Yes, you should flatten it as they can be way off. It is pretty hard so it may be a challenge for a worn DMT 325.