Zulu Grey Question
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I haven't tried it, but the Zulu should be hard enough for this to work. Only way to know for sure is to try it out.
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As opposed to what?
Even the hardest stone will contribute some amount of particles to a surface slurry. If the stone's both harder and finer than your slurry stones, that would be ideal for what it sounds like you want to do. Practically; I would expect a zulu grey would work; though a CNat may work just as well for cheaper... or a Yellow Lake... or heck, a piece of paving slate may work.
Generally the reason a base stone is chosen is not to function just as a surface for slurry, but rather so that on water (or its own slurry), it produces the end result edge. There are a handful of systems out there that use ONLY slurry for abrasion; but they are typically using a glass surface, not a stone and are much more common as a polishing apparatus, rather than for sharpening tools.
Even the hardest stone will contribute some amount of particles to a surface slurry. If the stone's both harder and finer than your slurry stones, that would be ideal for what it sounds like you want to do. Practically; I would expect a zulu grey would work; though a CNat may work just as well for cheaper... or a Yellow Lake... or heck, a piece of paving slate may work.
Generally the reason a base stone is chosen is not to function just as a surface for slurry, but rather so that on water (or its own slurry), it produces the end result edge. There are a handful of systems out there that use ONLY slurry for abrasion; but they are typically using a glass surface, not a stone and are much more common as a polishing apparatus, rather than for sharpening tools.
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Coticule slurry will behave like coticule slurry. Probably range from a slow 1k to a moderate 5k or so depending on how thick it is, finer if it's a very fine coticule. Jnat slurry will depend on the Jnat. A Botan doesn't perform like a Tenjou or a Tomo. One Tomo doesn't perform like another. Strictly speaking, Jnat slurry shouldn't vary as widely based on how thick it's raised.
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A base stone and a tomo. Mikawa Nagura stones are in my experience not going to help with progression past 5k JIS, at least not enough to justify the time raising and rinsing a slurry.
