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Very sound advice! Makes perfect sense. I'm going to start making a few slurries with my big ol' Nakayama tomo nagura prior to honing when it's fresh off the atoma 1200. Thank you sir!

Amen brother!! It's been a blast so far, and I'm looking forward to further learning and improvement. :beer1:

Does anyone have recommendations regarding the optimal lapping frequency for my Jnat? I wasn't aware that lapping the stone after honing 2-3 razors starting at the bevel set for each was deemed...

Sounds good. Thanks for the info!

I appreciate your insight Euclid. I used synthetics for quite a while prior to purchasing my first Jnat, and would get very consistent results with them using simple x-strokes. I am now just climbing...

Not sure I understand, but I have lapped the stone after every 2-3 razors on average so far. I didn't think that was particularly excessive. Is there a generally accepted lapping frequency that...

This particular stone does not seem very hard. It is easy to lap, and slurry is easily generated with my extra fine DMT card. Maksim rated it at lv 4. It is nowhere near as hard as my Imperia La...

I used the stone to take the edges from bevel set to final polish starting with my botan, and working my way down. I did a lot of playing around with the edges, going up and down the naguras trying...

Hmmm, I guess anything's possible. :hmmm: I started using more small circles at the end polishing stages, as I feel like I can keep the pressure (or lack thereof) more consistent.

I'm actually...

I have been getting to know my relatively new Nakayama Maruichi Lv 4, and have honed ~8-10 razors on it so far.
Initially, I noticed that no matter how much I finessed the nearly finished blade on...