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There are definitely too many black spots to remove.

Just to update, I moved on to a different side of the tomo and worked it into a kind of pillow shape. I practiced making slurries with it for a...

The thought crossed my mind. I rounded the edge and tried just with that, both with the whole edge (across the small crack) and just the corner area (see the extra wear on the bottom left). Still...

I’m not quite able to visualize some of this… can you send pictures of 1, 2, and 3?

It’s a new set. I did an edge with a tenjyo/mejiro/water orogression and the edge was good but not quite how it should be. So I went back and did the same progression but with the tomo (where I got...

I’m kind of confused by the “or” here. I used soft nagura first, but the tomo between them and the water. With the diamond plate, are you suggesting skip the tomo, rub the base stone and use the...

I rounded the corners and beveled the edges. Would raising one side just reduce the surface area and thus the chances of it sticking/catching?

I’ve read both that the scratches can be left and...

Didn’t have my glasses on, thought you said “pate” for a second, thought “well yeah I’d better keep that secret if I try it…” :p

Makes well enough sense. I’m using sandpaper, not a plate, but...

Sorry to revive an old thread here… but I’m having some problems with my tomonagura scratching my stone (lvl 5+, came from maxsim as a pair). I lapped both up to 400 grit sandpaper, but when I use...