Hey @cotedupy have you ever used turkey stone as a nagura on a fine India? I've had a few and this thought stick me and is imagine you might have tested the waters half(or whole) pissed, in all usages in the Anglophone world. I thought I was going to smooth a new surface prep on a Grecian stone(minor scratches) and rubbed my new Turkish stone on it to buff the tiny scratches but it stayed leaving dust like I was running Mikawa naguras on novaculite. This stone for all practical purposes is hard af but this thing made mud in 2 seconds. Here's the weird part, and what I'm trying to figure out, it doesn't really kick grit when I'm sharpening knives on it, and the Grecian certainly doesn't. I was flattening hideaway stones earlier and that Grecian gave up slurry the way a trans ark does(220# diamond plate worn completely out) would. I had a couple charnwoods go easily but either that turkey hit that specific Grecian right(dry), or something. T'was like rubbing coticules together dry. Just tons of dust instantly. It stuck because they are oil stones but the turkey(I guess it's what was shedding) "mud"(not really what'd I call it) built up insanely fast, way faster than my slowest coticule. Ever experienced this? Anyone? What is the cause? That turkey doesn't really slurry even with heavy knife pressure. I didn't rub steel on it but by jove I will. The natural world in amazing. This insanity is why I love naturals. There is no answer. Figure out your rock or don't, that's it. I enjoy simple things. Chaos is simple, pure, and honest. Gotta love that.
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