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Hacksaw blade? You mean microchipped? Sounds like these stones have a huge range of properties! On my Kiita, the only real danger is my wrist starting to hurt from holding the stone for too long! ...

What negatives have you guys found using thick slurry on the quick ones? Not as sharp? Removes excessive amounts of metal? Or something else I haven't yet thought of? This is all still a tiny bit...

Tried 10 light strokes on just plain water, following the Iwasaki method--felt slightly duller & less forgiving. Definitely thick slurry for this stone.

Time to really stir the pot here: I...

Was stranded away from razors for several days, so shaved a 5-day beard w/ the same extra hollow. Did a touchup w/ thick slurry to bring it back to a known state (thickest slurry I've used yet &...

Update: Just for fun, I tried diluting after the original method. The stone still had dried slurry on it, so I just re-wetted it & diluted down to water. Same razor to eliminate other variables. ...

Update: tried thick slurry on a 5/8 extra hollow that previously test-shaved great off the Norton--the shave was excellent and very smooth. Just for fun, I'm going to try this 3 ways:

Jim's way...

Not the ones in DMTs--only the "bling" diamonds are natural! :D

How thick is your slurry? Is it like 2% milk or coffee creamer? Or is it thinner than that?

The reason I ask is I read a very interesting post on B&B yesterday--basically said that for the...