Thread: japanese grit scale clarification...

howdy friends....
im currently looking at some natural whetstones on the " bay " and was curious as to the differences 'tween the japanese grit scale vs. the western...the stone in particular im looking at is an Aoto whet stone and rated from 2k to 3k on the japanese scale....??
i live in nevada in the u.s. , so how does that compare to what im used to ??
thanks fer yer help !! ~cheers !!

this is the most confusing topic in straight razor shaving i have. there is should be couple thread about this . look it up you should find it. You may figure it out. gl check this

Conversion Chart Abrasives - Grit Sizes

http://straightrazorpalace.com/basic...an-grit-2.html

yes it is confusing but this I will tell you the stone you are looking at the Aoto is a pretty coarse stone. It's no finisher.

The aoto I got from ebay was better than the one I got from hida tool fwiw

that could change at every toss; with these you just never know.

What are you used too?

I bought these so I could play with a natural middle stone. If you are not looking for play time i suggest you get a 4k (or thereabouts) synthetic

well, for the time being, i have an appx. 130 year old VERY soft coticule combo that i use for bevel setting and varying degrees of sharpening and a pretty hard coti-combo for varying degrees of polishing and a chinese 12k as a finisher.
i just thought the japanese stone on the bay was beautiful and i was wondering if i could fit in in somewhere....plus i just kinda wanted to play with it.
i guess im looking for just a ballpark,...perhaps it would compare to a bbw with heavy slurry ?? 1200 grit?? less??....thanks everyone !!

I haven't used bbw much. The aoto is generally/probably coarser; softer.
Very easy to make thick slurry.

It fits into the middle-you can shave off it, and set a bevel if you really needed to, but it its better bridging the gap between the two

thanks , my friends !!