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Thats alright. Not a lot of pressure is necessary in the mid-range, but I dont go as light as weight of the blade either. Hard to say how much is enough.. I never bothered to measure it, but some...

By the way, are your stone surfaces clear? Some Naniwas will clog with metal swarf and that will slow them down, or even stop the cutting action almost completely. Just asking cos it seems like...

Yeah, coticule slurry can be quite aggressive. Good for certain situations, but generally probably not necessary and I find I can achieve the end result faster if I used an alternative. That said, on...

My mid range usually consists of 3 slurry types on a fine&hard base. For example:

1. botan, tsushima, then tomo nagura

2. tsushima, yellow lake, then tomo, or

3. dragons tongue, yellow...

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