Thread: Henkotsu bevels

Works well.

next up its on to this 13k SigmaPower .. nice texture ehthink the light dried up the edge of the pool there

thats interesting .. after this stone im seeing grain in the iron

quite fine foldings, under my loupe

pics to follow

next up is the Nakayama + Asanos etc

which ive had a couple of years actually without much more than briefly testing

i just couldnt bring myself to lap the stamps off

OK got my "Maruichi" brand Nakayama Suita out .. the back is flat! i dont HAVE to lose the stamps!

ok, so flatted it for a bit looked ok, but the kamisori felt a bit odd so i 'pencilled' the Nakayama .. flatted it

major dip in the middle

pencilled it again, flatted it again

teatime i think

watetsu folds

current state of the toe after Nakayama + several nagura

current state of my arm = baldpatches
more toe ... sharp still aint reached the corner-curve

im still undecided about the rounded-frontend issue

whatever, i dont think ive ruined this piece, but im waiting on some strops to arrive

SO so [so] far this project has accomplished several goals:

ive got a working technique for lapping artificials with the new iWood diamond plate .. at
#300 its ok

but on Jnats i feel i want to go finer

i recently acquired a mint Fallkniven DC521, which has a finer and quite large

enough diamond side .. and the ceramic side works well as a bevel-setter

ive played with various type honing strokes, theres a few of those about + i have my own + some togishi tricks

but most importantly i got the unstamped side of my beautiful Nakayama lapped and put a old Henkotsu to it

that was the endgame

neither of em minded a bit

right then .. traded a bit of fingerstone-material for 2 strops, one is a Roma no 46, says FINISH + SHELL HORSEHIDE on one side

the other side seems shiny, is it used?

the other one is a smaller German Diamond Edge No 4 which had been treated with a Thiers compound, he says it was too
coarse, to remove it

treating em both to Effax, which smells delightful

and then a touch of camellia oil

followed by glycerine, following advice on here:

previously loved, but totally fine for my purpose [as a learner, im sure ill add to its scars]

its 55mm wide .. wonder why its a No46

current StateOfTheEdge

perhaps time to excavate a shaving brush .. it does arm-hairs fine