Thread: Iwasaki Razor honing method with pics

Very cool. It came up on my computer with a very interesting translation. Check this out:

Then eight 3 behind the two paintings to write a letter to also called on the surface of the grindstone and look at.

If you break it down into stanzas it is poetic:

Then eight 3 behind the two
Paintings to write a letter to
Also called on the surface
Of the grindstone and look at.

Originally Posted by thebigspendur

Well, I have an iwasaki and I can tell you, having initially started using a 12K then falling back to the blue belgian and pyramiding back and forth between the two and a Japanese natural finishing hone it reminded me of when I honed my TI damascus. The iwasaki just laughs at the hone. I found the diamond strops tamed it real quick. Good luck with the hones! reminds me of that funny cartoon of a skeleton at a computer and a guying passing buy saying "system been down long". We can change that to a guy holding a razor on a hone and the guy passing by saying "been honing long"

Could you tell us what your technique with the diamond strop was to tame the iwasak? I am curious because I am thinking of getting an iwasaki myself.

.5 amplex and .25 amplex. Same ratio of strokes as with standard hone and same type of strokes as with any other pasted strop. Simple really.

Thanks for the info.