Thread: Finding the perfect edge. Yeah right.

Originally Posted by Gasman

Can you take this edge (mine being 20k) and go to a natural, very hard stone like an arkie or slate of some kind and get a touch more comfort on the edge without loosing any of that keenness that i like so much? Or is it by doing this, you will loose some of the keen and thats what makes for the comfort?.

Ok. I decided to try a few laps on a Jnat after a known shave ready 20k edge. I looked at the bevel and it didn't have a Kasumi finish that you would expect. I didn't try any more laps because it would just be a Jnat edge. The shave was definitely a few steps back. Without trying a bunch of stones and ways I feel going to a natural after the 20k is pointless as to get the edge where you want it to be would just make the 20k irrelevant.