(A near) future experiment
Thank you guys,
Great feedback. There seems to be a lot of interest on judging performance of edges from various stones and regimen.
Here's what I have decided to do:
My friend Rene will send me 3 identical razors (same grind, steel, size, etc...), which over the next several weeks, I will test (visual and shave-test) as follows:
Series 1:
- Coti polish/Finish
- Coti polish, Escher (Y/G) finish
- Coti polish, JNat finish (Botan/Mejiro/Koma nagura + tomae nagura progression)
I will take pictures (as best as I can) and test shave and post results
Series 2:
- J-series Shapton* (1k, 2k, 5k, 12k)
- J-series Shapton* (1k, 2k, 5k, 12k) + JNat finish (Botan/Mejiro/Koma nagura + tomae nagura progression)
- J-series Shapton* (1k, 2k, 5k, 12k) + JNat finish (with Atoma slurry) - as per So's recommendation
I may not need to do 1k and 2k in series 2 and could possibly get away with just 5k, 12k, but we'll see how the edges looks after my test shaves from series 1.
#2 & #3 (in Series 2) will give me on how different the Atoma and Nagura progressions are, both visually and practically (i.e., shave test).
At some point, if time (and people's interest) permits, I will include more complex regimen (as per Diburden's observation/recommendation in post #38) like doing an [Escher followed by Asagi) and [Asagi followed by Escher] and comparing those edges and test shaves.
*Note: I will hopefully get these Shaptons when So's dad in Japan (situation is not clear yet) is ready or can ship them. I heard from So and he and family are OK, but don't know when he may be able to ship these out to me (His family's safety in Japan is more important right now that these stones). Series 2 experiment will depend on when I get the stones from So...stay tuned.