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This entire thread feels like it's documenting a rapidly progressing brain disease.....
I specifically picked up the Kitayama as most report it behaving as an 8k when clean and a 10-14k with a heavy slurry, I've seen some excellent mirror polishes achieved with it.
CrOx/AlOx on balsa is one of the first on my list of experiments to try. One day I will try a 0.1 micron paste or spray, but there is SEM imaging demonstrating that anything smaller than 0.5 micron may actually cause more harm than good. Of course there are so many factors, hence why I want to try myself, but I've seen enough to make me sceptical.
I have to at least try and keep myself a little restrained, 90% of the time I only use a Norton India and CrOx loaded leather strop for knife sharpening, and that is enough to whittle hair. I understand a true razor edge needs a completely different profile to a knife edge, but at the end of the day, Granddad did it with a dirty rock and motor oil.
I specifically picked up the Kitayama as most report it behaving as an 8k when clean and a 10-14k with a heavy slurry, I've seen some excellent mirror polishes achieved with it.
CrOx/AlOx on balsa is one of the first on my list of experiments to try. One day I will try a 0.1 micron paste or spray, but there is SEM imaging demonstrating that anything smaller than 0.5 micron may actually cause more harm than good. Of course there are so many factors, hence why I want to try myself, but I've seen enough to make me sceptical.
I have to at least try and keep myself a little restrained, 90% of the time I only use a Norton India and CrOx loaded leather strop for knife sharpening, and that is enough to whittle hair. I understand a true razor edge needs a completely different profile to a knife edge, but at the end of the day, Granddad did it with a dirty rock and motor oil.