Thread: My first hone result with pictures

The Nagura or the 1200 diamond should both raise a slurry. I use my 850 diamond hone for this all the time

Originally Posted by sunsweet

how can I make a slurry on the 2000 ? I have a brick color nagura stone that came with the chocera 2000 and the 1200 diamond atoma that I use for lapping my stones.

IMO the most likely explanation is that your honing strokes are a little uneven from lack of practice. Uneven strokes will stop an edge from forming properly, or knock the edge off of a blade in one shot.

In any case, the razor should be cutting hair at skin level effortlessly after your 2k stone. Moving up in grit before that happens is an exercise in frustration.

From what I can see in the pics, it looks like you have some pretty deep and chaotic scratches. Also the blade looks like it was polished more in some of the spots than others. The very edge looks like it's reflecting some light, as mentioned already.

My advice would be to send this one out. Honing takes a Lot of practice before success. Practice on a cheaper razor.

Michael