just use your mejiro/koma and finish with water you will be fine.
JNat - Okudo Suita
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Hmmm. Why didn't I think of that?....
I have no idea.
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OK, Due to the insistance of people, I will not cut the corner off just yet. I will see if a DMT extra fine will do the job first.
SO far, the slurry generated with the XF was milky gray to begin. After working a Japanese razor, the slurry seemed to turn dark olive green. Closer inspection makes it look black, but the yellow of the stones plays tricks. I did a lot of laps, the razor was previously honed, but it wasn't perfect yet.
So far, I got the edge to be about 15K under the scope with the slurry breakdown. Nice matte finish with a clean straight edge, but shave tests show it is not anywhere near shave ready yet at the moment. I want to go back and reset the bevels on synthetic to see if I can get better results.
SO far, the slurry generated with the XF was milky gray to begin. After working a Japanese razor, the slurry seemed to turn dark olive green. Closer inspection makes it look black, but the yellow of the stones plays tricks. I did a lot of laps, the razor was previously honed, but it wasn't perfect yet.
So far, I got the edge to be about 15K under the scope with the slurry breakdown. Nice matte finish with a clean straight edge, but shave tests show it is not anywhere near shave ready yet at the moment. I want to go back and reset the bevels on synthetic to see if I can get better results.
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OK -
So I tried the DMT coarse plate to generate a slurry, and spent some time with that until a matte finish formed. I swear this edge was shave ready, but it still felt awful when I tried to shave hair...
So I hit the razor on the DMT fine plate and then I noticed it.... there is a completely different bevel that was there, and I had spend a whole lot of time polishing the metal behind it!
The edge bevel had looked so shiny from the start that I never bothered to check it, since it never deteriorated, and the "flat" side was just as shiny....
So basically, I was essentially trying to shave with a burr
So now I need to start over...
So I tried the DMT coarse plate to generate a slurry, and spent some time with that until a matte finish formed. I swear this edge was shave ready, but it still felt awful when I tried to shave hair...
So I hit the razor on the DMT fine plate and then I noticed it.... there is a completely different bevel that was there, and I had spend a whole lot of time polishing the metal behind it!
The edge bevel had looked so shiny from the start that I never bothered to check it, since it never deteriorated, and the "flat" side was just as shiny.... So basically, I was essentially trying to shave with a burr
So now I need to start over...
OK -
So I tried the DMT coarse plate to generate a slurry, and spent some time with that until a matte finish formed. I swear this edge was shave ready, but it still felt awful when I tried to shave hair...
So I hit the razor on the DMT fine plate and then I noticed it.... there is a completely different bevel that was there, and I had spend a whole lot of time polishing the metal behind it!
So basically, I was essentially trying to shave with a burr
So now I need to start over...
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