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Well, the SR's and Kamisori have the same edge finish wise under the Loupe, much less pulling with the SR, so it may be the slight angle difference between the kamisori and SR's.

I was just talking about the stones I had in the 3-5K range! One of the guys said that a softer Aoto may not work as well, so I listed the stones I have in the Aoto range! After the 3-5K, I went to...

LOL...I have HAD. I have several 2K ish stones. Green Brick of Joy from Naniwa, Shapton Pro 2K, Synthetic Blue Aoto, 1-3K Aoto from Metal Master in Japan. My San Aoto is more of a 3-5K and is very...

Yeah, the Bester set the bevel well, but with the J Nats, some weren't fully flat, so the actual edge area wasn't always getting cleaned up by the next stone. I went Bester 1200, Hard San Aoto...

I have a large tool box, 2 cardboard boxes, plus a water tub/soaking bin and another stack of stones on the counter :) I decided to go with a set just for the straight razors and use the others for...

Yeah, the Synthetics are much easier for me to keep an eye on the bevel set at the 1K stage and as I go up, make sure I am still hitting the actual edge with each stone and the bevel remains "set". ...

The edges I get off the 8K can sometimes tree top arm hair and as I go up, they tree top the arm hair better and better. I can shave arm hair starting much lower grit wise with contact with the...

Added Naniwa Super Stone 1K and 12K to the mix with the 2 Nortons so I have a full set up for my razors and a different set of stones for the kitchen knives. The Naniwa 12K is sweet! Also got a...

I finally got a chance to use my Norton 4K/8K that I bought back in early August. I had been using a Bester 1200 to set the bevel and then J nats (Aoto, Yaginoshima Asagi and Ozuka Asagi) and then...