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Teshiba-san has very likely had a corporate contract with EMS for a long while now, so he would have had no problems.

There are no grades of nagura. There are either the red-stamped Asano nagura (which Maxim sells), or junk stones not worth selling, or buying. Seriously, I got a huge Koma nagura for free, because...

I've honed close to 100 razors using the same three nagura and haven't noticed an appreciable decrease in size.

Sounds like a solid plan, Stan.

Not far at all.

Coming off a 1K, I routinely hone razors on Botan-Tenjou-Koma-Tomonagura (finsiher) slurry. I have tried a similar route on other hard hones, and had reasonably good results,...

In regards to color, yes and no. I think there are generalizations that can be drawn, but they are not nearly as helpful as having the stone in your hand. As I was told a few times in Kyoto, the...