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Removing scratches with stones is not an easy task. What kind of scratches do you have there? Could you post a closeup and estimate the size (as in, what kind of grit may have caused them)?

上級 - jōkyū is the grade apparently...meaning...Advanced?? Feels almost like there's a Kanji missing there.

I never really paid attention to it, but it sure is uncommon. This is not some magical...

Huge thanks to Cotiga, for sending me this (rather large) piece of Koma nagura. It will greatly help the polishing project, I'm sure.

So far I've jumped from 1K to Suita, which is too much of a...

Those Iwasakis look stunning @mainaman. Maybe I'll polish a bit more to see if I missed something... I doubt it, but it doesn't hurt trying. Not like I'm gonna make them hollow with Uchigumori in...

This is exactly the type of response I was looking for, with lots of pictures and explanations. Thank you, Cotiga!

I actually started polishing with stones to reveal the quenching line, because I...

Getting somewhere. 1K face polished close to calling it done.

https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170722/03774345f38f5f0b4ef531aea1c351c9.jpg...

Now finished the other side with my Chosera 1K. This time, I started with Chosera 600 to remove as much pitting as I'm comfortable with. You'll notice this side looks a lot cleaner and makes me wanna...

So there was a tiny inclusion in the piece of Uchigumori. Talk about a bad stone ruining your day! I needed to remove the scratches running lengthwise on the blade.

I've lapped through the Uchi...

There's some good info about Mr Yukio Kamijo here (thanks Fikira)

https://historyrazors.wordpress.com/2016/12/08/iwasaki/

Now I have a few of these razors on the bench at the moment. I'll say,...