Originally Posted by
Gasman
I did 3 passes on the 20K as Oz said. The keenness level jumped up like a rocket! 3 laps. I would never have thought it would take such a little amount to make such a big difference.
Hate to say I toldja so :D You can get there with a Jnat, maybe not with yours but your further testing will show you what it can or can't do.
Now, I feel its not a true Jnat edge but I learn something new.
With all the razors I've honed I've come to the conclusion that if you have the edge at it's optimum it doesn't matter how you got there. I really can't tell any difference in the sharpness or comfort. I know a lot of guys will say their coticule or Jnat edge is super comfortable compared to a synthetic but another guy using the same razor could say it's not as sharp as he likes. So one hones to one's liking but if you take an edge to it's smallest usable width the micron size is the same however you got there.
With this razor being my first real attempt to learn the Jnat it most likely wasn't as far as I could have gone to start with. So I think this was a great learning experience with only 3 laps. Hoping I will get some time in the next two days to do more testing and get more time on the Nagura/Jnat to take another step closer to understanding.