First successful jnat finish

[Eastcoast30]

I'm relatively new to honing and have been working with an Oozuku stone. It took me a while to learn the stone. I had been working with beaters and success was not a given because of the condition of those razors. I had some success with them, but not great. But I have a vintage Le Grelot P. Hospital that has a very nice blade. The grind is good and the bevel is nice and even. I rewatched the videos and went through a nagura progression. After the first session, I was treetopping okay but no HHT. I went back and honed some more, using only toma slurry. I kept diluting and added a touch of soap lather to act as a honing solution. After that last session, with many very light strokes at hardly any pressure, I was passing the HHT. It depended on which hair I used and how I held the hair. I did not get them all, but I got enough hairs clipped to be satisfied the blade was sharp. Final test; I shaved. It went well with no irritation or rash. There was no sting from the aftershave.

It was a long haul but worth it. I feel that I learned something. Now I need to develop some preferences, as the balsa/diamond strop also works quite well and passes the HHT. And again, thanks to all for your help.

 

[R7photo]

I just got one these stones, learning and testing myself
Just conducted first hone, stone slurry only using nagara then slowly dilute
Slurry porn , stone feel amazing, blade loved this stone
Will test my rookie mini hone job tonight
Razor was only on 4th shave from 12k naiawa which too me provides nice edge, polsiver like too me

Gonna try same razor off ozuku as razor was sharp smooth to begin with
Testing to see if my mini first try off stone is better or more improved

Can you share more about your balsa diamond paste methods

I have a piece of balsa wood that I have 0.5 diamond spray on

Have not tested yet as was told I need 0.1 and .25 ,

Photo of newly flattened stone
[emoji3062]stamp now gone

 

[Basil]

Great job. I have a. Ozuku stone that I use to hone my le grelot blades. Always a spectacular shave when you get the stone dialled in.

 

[Eastcoast30]

I just got one these stones, learning and testing myself
Just conducted first hone, stone slurry only using nagara then slowly dilute
Slurry porn , stone feel amazing, blade loved this stone
Will test my rookie mini hone job tonight
Razor was only on 4th shave from 12k naiawa which too me provides nice edge, polsiver like too me

Gonna try same razor off ozuku as razor was sharp smooth to begin with
Testing to see if my mini first try off stone is better or more improved

Can you share more about your balsa diamond paste methods

I have a piece of balsa wood that I have 0.5 diamond spray on

Have not tested yet as was told I need 0.1 and .25 ,

Photo of newly flattened stone
[emoji3062]stamp now gone

Go to this link:
Newbie Honing Compendium | Badger & Blade
The balsa/diamond paste progression is fully explaoned by Slash McC.

 

[Frank Shaves]

Final test; I shaved. It went well with no irritation or rash. There was no sting from the aftershave.

Nice - especially the bit about completing your shave with no irritation!

 

[MasterOfPups]

If you get a chance to pick up a koma nagura, that will help prep the bevel for your A meirjo nagura is cheaper and may bridge the gap as well, but I really like using koma right before the tomo..

 

[Eastcoast30]

If you get a chance to pick up a koma nagura, that will help prep the bevel for your A meirjo nagura is cheaper and may bridge the gap as well, but I really like using koma right before the tomo..

Congrats on owning a koma!

 

[MasterOfPups]

I tried to get another one last week, but it was sold out from under me before I could finish submitting the paypall stuff.

 

[Eastcoast30]

I tried to get another one last week, but it was sold out from under me before I could finish submitting the paypall stuff.

Where can they be found?

 

[MasterOfPups]

JNS, Watanabe blade, buyee.com, ikyu-japanavenue among others. There is a Koma on buyee right now, but it is nearly $1 per gram already, then you will need another $30 bucks or so to ship from Japan. The Asano stamp guy sells on Buyee.com, by name of 'togiten'. I've bought several naguras from him, and they are the real deal, since he is the guy who owns the stamps and does the grading.

 

[Steve56]

Koma on yahoo Japan seems high right now, as @MasterOfPups said. Not too long ago it was under 50 cents/g. Just shop around at the sources mentioned above. Alex G had some really nice koma though it was not stamped, but I don’t know if he has any left.

 

[Eastcoast30]

Good info, I will keep a lookout.

 

[Gravity]

Anybody have a tile or stone saw?

 

[MasterOfPups]

Anybody have a tile or stone saw?

I bought one of the cheap Skil tile saws from Lowe's for a bathroom project, it has a diamond blade, about 70 bucks on sale one day.
It works well on jnats - I have straightened up a few koppa edges on it, and used it to make tomos from a barber hone that I thought was a tad bit too soft for a toishi. I have found that you need to be really careful with layered stones - one Wakasa koppa separated at the seams and ended up being tomos and fingerstones. I would hesitate to use one on a stone that you are fond of, but if it is a solid stone with no lines or cracks you should be ok.

 

[Gravity]

I bought one of the cheap Skil tile saws from Lowe's for a bathroom project, it has a diamond blade, about 70 bucks on sale one day.
It works well on jnats - I have straightened up a few koppa edges on it, and used it to make tomos from a barber hone that I thought was a tad bit too soft for a toishi. I have found that you need to be really careful with layered stones - one Wakasa koppa separated at the seams and ended up being tomos and fingerstones. I would hesitate to use one on a stone that you are fond of, but if it is a solid stone with no lines or cracks you should be ok.

I'll check it out. Saw your post about a koma, I've got a 437g chunk I'll never use up. I bookmarked you, if I can cut it you can have a piece.