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Yeah, Aoto is looking like what I'll be wanting. I do worry that it might be a bit low grit. Will it really get me much further than a 1.2k DMT?

Yes, it's a good bit better with a DMT summoned slurry though. I took a smiling razor to it that was swaty finished and polished it for 50 passes flat. Then I checked it and the toe and heal still...

I made a light slurry with DMT and yes, it slid them out of there reasonably quick and halfed again the chips (in about 5 minutes). I'm very pleased so far. I'll put another 10 minutes in today and...

Ok, just polished up a blade on it (has two microchips I've gotten about 50% out so far in 45 mins on this stone. I also tested the tang of a razor on a corner I wont need for razors.


Tang: With...

Then you're not doing it incorrectly... just differently. :)

Holli, the sources I'm reading from suggest that the proper way to use a finishing japanese stone is to get a slurry, continue honing (grinding it down) and letting it concentrate so that you're...

It's a 4k king so it is 8k. I go back and forth with what to call it. I'm gonna just start saying 4k JIS or 8k mesh whenever I refer to it to avoid confusion.

I've got a 1200 DMT I'll use once...

My Karasu arrived and I'd did maybe 200-250 laps with just water on my Morris sculptor edge. Was interesting. Took about 100-150 laps before I got any noticeable "slurry" off it. Water just started...