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If I may suggest, also try undiluted slurry, just keep it wet and working it well and also somewhere in between undiluted and thin.
I have stones that give the best edge somewhere in between and...

Already shave ready, some sort of a Jnat edge but it needed a touch up. Went to koma then tomo. This Jnat breaks down the slurry fairly quickly. Shave was pretty good.
The razor is an old kamijo...

Dorko on kiita. Finished on trace slurry. Sharp and comfortable.
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Mid to upper range work on the suita with DN. Then to the little kiita with DN. No dilutions just slurry reduction. Very sharp and super comfy.


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Yes, damaged but luckily still plenty of room to hone on.

Agree Tom. I have been laminating about this one.
I was talking to So few years ago and he told me his biggest concern and area he sees them being damaged are the corners.
I have had one that...

Hard kiita that I initially tried with an asagi tomo. Results were so so. I went back to koma and then as a tomo I used the piece that broke off. Finished on slurry without much dilution, kept it...

Thank you Randy.
Yeah once we have a vaccine we have to get together. It will be fun.

I was testing a jnat that seems so far to be a prefinisher, shave could have been smoother. So I decided to finish the test razor on this koppa. Class A razor finisher. It has that perfect for me...

It would be interesting to see where GD's are in 2020. The above thread is 10 years old. Maybe the manufacturer evolved and improved.
Like others have said they take an edge, honed few on a Jnat...

I always thought it was since it's only 5cm wide.
Yeah I gave it a good stropping and the HHT looked pretty good but the shave honestly surprised me. I only did half face since on the other half I...

I have not done much kamisori honing, this one was honed and used once and put away. Coming home from work Saturday night with the family gone to visit friends I had nothing much to do. I took out...

Friodur 72 1/2. I was reading the above posts regarding stainless and I have seen a similar thing. They dont seem to like the very hard slower Jnats, the grey stones. So I thought maybe test it on a...

I had few rough days at work so needed some therapeutic honing. Tested a Tanifuji Maxfli 100 on the kiita, softer stone but very fine and leaves a nice polish. Yellow Japanese rocks man. Mystery of...

Took back the Dr. Balfanz to the hones. Did, 3k, 5K, 8K but didn't like the edge. Pulled out the Jnats. Went from left to right, Tenjyou with DN followed by Koma(middle stone) with DN and then kiita...

Aha. I do have a 12k Naniwa sitting in a box. I will try that next.
Thank you for the suggestion.

Yes Tom, that was my understanding as well, made for the Japanese market.
So after the shave I tried to touch it up on a hard Jnat and again, it got chippy. Softer jnat fixed the issue. Will shave...

Just shaved with it, Escher edge. Came out pretty good. Not Jnat good but pretty good.

The one that gave me trouble was this one.
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Basil I have the same experience. Some of the inox razors dont play well with my hard Jnats. I was honing a Dr. Balfanz and the edge wasn't coming out right, switched to a softer jnat and it worked....

The Friodur 72 1/2 had a softer jnat edge so thought I could push it further. I started with DN slurry since I had to lap the stone and then finished on hard tomo slurry. We were talking about...

First, Iwasaki Boso. Hard tempered razor. I thought that just going to a midrange stone with slurry and finish will do it on this one. Nope, edge was underdeveloped and the shave wasn't good.
Had...

That's a good question. I always use koma so hard to tell. I would have to test an edge shave with mejiro and then followed by koma. Of course a fair comparison would require another round of mejiro...

Well I decided to get myself another coticule. It was stamped extra extra so I thought 2 extras better than 1 :)
Tried it with slurry and without. Without my results were better. Did 3,5,8K then...

This one got me interested so I sent the pic to a friend of mine from who speaks Chinese. She said Chinese characters. It's the name of a cosmetology school, something like International culture and...