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The first four is supposed to be x400 (or at least it says so on the microscope) and the last one is x20.

I remember reading somewhere that on the final tomonagura slurry I am to just keep going until the slurry breaks down.
When the slurry thickens and changes colour towards gray is supposedly when...

After visiting Birnando I finally managed to hone most of my razors. some of them really does not respond well with the J-nat at all, but I suppose that is how it is with these stones.
The trick was...

Thanks for all the good answers. I visited Birnando and found that I was spending to much time with the stone, cutting my routine in half did wonders for the razor. I was only trying to stick to the...

Like everyone else I´m only using the weight of the blade. :angel:
I suppose a lot of different factors have to be just right to make this work. I´ll have to take a look at lessening the pressure...

I'm having a great time, just wishing the day had more hours. I'm way to stubborn for this. I try to make the stone work the way I want to, not the way it actually does. This is why I crumble edge...

This is really interesting, if a wire edge will not under any circumstances develope while using slurry, I should be able to go on honing with the final tomo slurry until achieving the polished...

Thank you very much for your generous offer Birnando, I'll PM you, and we can arrange something :)
Looking forward to finally be able to understand someting of this Japanese mystery.

Having bought a Nakayama asagi maruka kamisori from a reputable vendor, I am confident that this is a great stone. My problem is that I am kind of new to honing with J- nats and this is probably the...