Thread: Trouble finishing w quality J-nats

I try to explain with my poor English

First of naturals is not slow people just come of synthetic to soon, slow finisher means very fine finisher !

Nakayama Marukas come medium hardness or soft ! If you have very hard Nakayama Maruka it will cost you over 5k USD. They are to Rare and impossible to get ! I have one and still it is not as hard as Ozuku or Shoubu.

Softer stones need to be worked with mod and will be slower to achieve finer finish because they release bigger particles.

Flattening of hones is very very important !! And flattening them right ! The best method is flatten with another Natural !

Do not use Atoma or DMT to make slurry on your stone !!! That is confirmed by many stone sellers in Japan and Iwasaki him self !

Clean aria when you hone on super fine stones is very very important too make sure there is no dust or any other particles

When you get your hone to know 5 min of honing will be enough to get you razor sharp.

Naturals is very easy to overhone the razor and make it dull.


Hope it helps happy honing