IMightBeWrong
Loves a smelly brush
I’ll have to qualify “sure thing.” Let’s say a friend wants to learn to shave with a straight and has a simple Boker or Dovo from a mall cutlery shop and needs a quality edge to learn with. He asks you for help. You know that a new straight shaver needs an edge that’s going to do the job well so they can just focus on shaving technique, so you reach for your “sure thing” progression that you know will give you a fantastic edge without a hassle and without having to redo the job. What do you reach for?
I had a similar dilemma, hence the example. My progression was a 1K Shapton Pro to set the bevel with no tape, then a JNAT (Ozuku Asagi) with a slurry from a fast yet fine Kiita Tomo Nagura, then - just to be absolutely sure the JNAT edge wouldn’t be a hit or miss preference for my friend - finished with a Suehiro Gokumyo 20,000 for a few quick strokes. I use this system for my “sure thing” almost every time I hone now, although I’ll often vary the finisher based on what I feel like playing with. I love that a JNAT with a slurry keeps me from having to worry about a burr forming and keeps my edge nice and straight before whatever I feel like finishing on (often nothing after a light slurry).
What are you so confident in that you know you can get a great edge with it without even having to give it a test shave after stropping?
I had a similar dilemma, hence the example. My progression was a 1K Shapton Pro to set the bevel with no tape, then a JNAT (Ozuku Asagi) with a slurry from a fast yet fine Kiita Tomo Nagura, then - just to be absolutely sure the JNAT edge wouldn’t be a hit or miss preference for my friend - finished with a Suehiro Gokumyo 20,000 for a few quick strokes. I use this system for my “sure thing” almost every time I hone now, although I’ll often vary the finisher based on what I feel like playing with. I love that a JNAT with a slurry keeps me from having to worry about a burr forming and keeps my edge nice and straight before whatever I feel like finishing on (often nothing after a light slurry).
What are you so confident in that you know you can get a great edge with it without even having to give it a test shave after stropping?