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I like the way that the initial bevel from the nakayama kiita contrasts with the second coticule bevel. The coticule scratch pattern shows up nicely. I would be curious to understand the interplay...

That's a really good point. I hadn't thought of that. I have enough stones of similar sizes to do that. - Thanks!!

Great photos by the way! - I am still trying to digest them. So many questions...

In Grinding and Honing part 4 Bos warns against lapping with diamond because he says the sharper / harder diamonds shred the garnets in the coticule making them less effective for polishing. That...

Glen - I am sure you are right. The weird thing though is for the two Les Latneuses and the Nouvelle Veine, in my mind that's what I would expect the scratch pattern to look like. - Of course that...

Fascinating post and very very interesting.

I've read elsewhere that the larger garnets in the La Nouvelle Veine work better with a Unicot approach. It would be interesting to compare edges from...