Thread: had a mind blowing experience today

so i have been honing for a while now on synthetics(finishing on the naniwa 12k) and only recently got on the jnat wagon.
well anyway today i was honing some razors in the morning and finished on an ozuko .
went out of the house did some errants , came back home and prepared to test shave one of the razors .
what completely blew my mind is that i had realised only after starting XTG pass that i had completely forgotten to strop the razor and still had a very keen and smooth edge .
this would never be possible for me on the synthetics, at least not from my experience, so i was very impressed and am now officially a jnat fanboy

I'd be willing to bet if a honemeister honed the same razors with synthetics and naturals and you didn't know which were which you couldn't tell the difference.

I know many will disagree with that but I'm just saying....

Yup. Your skills are improving, and a year from now your shave will be infinitely better, there are no magic stones… Yea some are better than others…

Tiger Woods could probably still win a match with the old clubs sitting in my garage…

If you read Glens sig line it says a lot. You can have an amazing hone, but the hand has to be good too...
I think the reader digest version is atta boy.

For those who have the talent to hone then they could probably hone a blade on a river rock. Then there are folks like me that need all the help they can get. I believe that there are some stones that are easier for some folks to use than others. For the masters it doesn't make any difference.

Glad you found one that works for you, if they shave without stropping you did good, if dove right you can, your 12k Nani would do that too, never underestimate that stone. Tc

Happy honing, I'm just getting started.

I get a clean shave straight off the Naniwa 12k without stropping. The stone is capable of it. Maybe the jnat better suites your honing style?

Originally Posted by rhensley

For those who have the talent to hone then they could probably hone a blade on a river rock. Then there are folks like me that need all the help they can get. I believe that there are some stones that are easier for some folks to use than others. For the masters it doesn't make any difference.

That comment made me smile.

A friend from North Carolina who now lives in Canada is a sculptor/artist/woodcarver/woodturner/furniture maker (list goes on) and while discussing sharpening with him one time, he stated he really didn't care what type of hone/stone he used, and if he didn't have what he has, he'd sit down and pull of a slab of side-walk and start honing his carving knives on that.

Glen has it right in his sig line. Well..... at least when I'm not faced with a hone I haven't got!

Regards

Kaptain "IF ONLY I had this one [insert choice of mega expensive rock here] hone, I'd have the best edges ever" Zero

Originally Posted by rhensley

For those who have the talent to hone then they could probably hone a blade on a river rock. Then there are folks like me that need all the help they can get. I believe that there are some stones that are easier for some folks to use than others. For the masters it doesn't make any difference.

Just like 'ol mate on youtube that put an edge on a spoon and shaved with it! I forget his name...