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Oh old_school, if you can send me extra free time in an envelope or as a download, I'll gladly fill up your Paypal account. At this point having almost no free time leaves me satisfied enough to...

Hey Kevin:

I opted for the irregular/natural shaped Asagi and another member purchased the rectangular one from So which I mailed to the member stateside. I have not had a chance to get down to...

:hmmm::hmmm: The rectangular Asagi would make two great narrow Asagi hones. I think it would be too hard for me to cut into it though. Not the stone being too hard, but the idea of it.

Chris L

IIRC, when I bought the first Asagi I returned I think all told it was like $230 including shipping. I guess it depends on the budget. It DID bust my razor budget for awhile, that's true.

I must...

I was going to say, the 3 Asagis I've held now all feel like glass. They even reflect light like a mirror representing color of objects and everything when you tilt the Asagi at an angle.

Chris...

Here's one:
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16737
And the uttha:
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Testing begins. Actually it began tonight on stone #1 with a DD Dwarf spike point. We'll see what happens tomorrow with the shave.
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Bart, that's what has always puzzled me about the Japanese Naturals the seem to be recommended honing with slurry. These would also be for the polishing stones that would produce wickedly sharp...

Jimbo:

Do you hone with wet slurry stopping prior to the slurry drying out or do you hone until you've basically got a dry stone with slurry powder?

Chris L

Thanks, Bruno. I agree, being that Asagi stones are so nice, it would be a shame to take a 325 grit diamond plate to it every time slurry was desired. My 1200 grit DMT worked well.

Chris L

I thought the same thing when Bruno said that, Kees. Bruno, aren't you effectively honing at the grit level of the Nagura stone whatever that may be?

Prior to returning the first Asagi to So, I...

So Yamas.h.i.t.a has sent me two Nakayama Asagi stones to work with. I will be selecting one of them and returning the other to him.

Long story short, I mentioned in another post that the...