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    Quote Originally Posted by Slartibartfast View Post
    bah.. i have a bad habit of buying new hones then selling them after a brief time.
    should frustration prevail I'd be happy to take the naniwa 1k off your shoulders.

    I've heard nothing but great things, especially about the 1k, so stick with it if you can, and re calibrate your detection tests.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Leighton View Post
    until I learned how to use the Nani 1k.
    IME sometimes I start with an unfamiliar stone and it fits like a glove. Other times I have to get to know the stone. My guess is that you will like the naniwa once you get the feel of it.
    Be careful how you treat people on your way up, you may meet them again on your way back down.

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    I have just used my naniwas once again and i'm getting use to them i keep contradicting my self. Once lapped properly they are very smooth with plenty of nice feed back.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Leighton View Post
    Bart,

    When the 1k shaves my arm hairs in a certain way is when I know I'm done with the nani 1k.

    Could you elaborate on the "certain way"? I've been moving off the 1k when, holding the blade at a 30+ degree angle against the skin, it starts taking hair off the arm or leg.

    Is that what you're referring to? Or are you referring to popping or tree-topping the hairs?

    Just trying to figure this out. . . .

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    I shave with a spoon on a stick. Slartibartfast's Avatar
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    O.K. i think i know what my entire problem was....

    Aside from being a novice honer..


    I lapped the stone one more time and it was like magic.

    This thing load of swarf in a hurry now.

    Still calibrating my thumb... I'm guessing i will be able to cut hair, but not "pop" hair like i could off the DMT>

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    Quote Originally Posted by Basset View Post
    Could you elaborate on the "certain way"? I've been moving off the 1k when, holding the blade at a 30+ degree angle against the skin, it starts taking hair off the arm or leg.

    Is that what you're referring to? Or are you referring to popping or tree-topping the hairs?

    Just trying to figure this out. . . .
    Exactly. When I test on my arm hairs I use different angles at each grit. At the 1k level I use a 30-35 degree angle. Any shallower and I don't think it will cut at all. Maybe ATG after 2 tries or so. At 12k, I drop the angle to the spine barely off the skin.

    This is just my test and how I do it. I've been honing for a while and it just lets me know if the stone is truly done or not. The true test is still the shave test. I also do the suspended leg hair test sometimes. ie, does the razor pop hairs off my legs?

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    One thing that has got to be considered with the hair popping tests is the differences in individuals hair. I know that at the Minnesota meet Randy honed a razor and was popping hairs off of his arm like rain while another member tried the same razor immediately after Randy and his hair was too fine to pop. Same with the HHT. Everyones hair is different. That is why Lynn stresses that the shave is the true test.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Slartibartfast View Post
    O.K. i think i know what my entire problem was....

    Aside from being a novice honer..


    I lapped the stone one more time and it was like magic.

    This thing load of swarf in a hurry now.
    no no

    novice honer was the entire problem

    a pro would have really lapped the hell out of it instead of babying the new stone

    I made the same mistake with 2 different Shapton glasses.

    yes, that means twice

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    Quote Originally Posted by gratewhitehuntr View Post
    no no

    novice honer was the entire problem

    a pro would have really lapped the hell out of it instead of babying the new stone

    I made the same mistake with 2 different Shapton glasses.

    yes, that means twice
    arrgh!

    i'm about to throw all these stones on the classifieds right now

    Should have never messed with what worked....

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    Quote Originally Posted by Slartibartfast View Post
    arrgh!
    i'm about to throw all these stones on the classifieds right now
    Like I said, let me know...

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