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The proof of the pudding is in eating it :)
I can get a perfect HHT after the 8K.
If I then finish on the coticule, the HHT fails miserably. But the shave off the coticule is better than off the...

Mine is a Maruichi Maruka.
I think it is also an asagi stone.

Nakayama is the mine
Maruichi specifies grit / fineness
Maruka is like a stamp of quality approval, but ones without it are not...

Yes and no.
So told me that this was a good way if I didn't want to use a diamong plate. His opinion is that a B8C is too coarse, and will cause you to waste a lot of good stone. An 1K diamond plate...

I got mine from So as well, and +1 on the best service and information I ever had when purchasing anything over the internet.

Now, I start by raising a slurry with my nagura stone and water.
I do...