To get the keenest edge with a Jnat, do you suggest final strokes to be on water only? I have a Wakasa and will test that out.
I love my Wakasa. There is always more than one way to skin a cat but I finish with water after the slurry has mostly broken down and that has worked for me for the last 6 years or so. Experiment and you'll find what works best for you.To get the keenest edge with a Jnat, do you suggest final strokes to be on water only? I have a Wakasa and will test that out.
I love my Wakasa. There is always more than one way to skin a cat but I finish with water after the slurry has mostly broken down and that has worked for me for the last 6 years or so. Experiment and you'll find what works best for you.
Well said and it holds true with any stoneThere is no magic recipe for JNATS like X number of strokes, water only, this much or that much slurry but there is a formula that my Mentor Doc preached to me long, long ago and that is “ Hone, Shave, Repeat” and that’s the only way because even stones mined from the same vein by the same person will yield totally different results by the person using them so no two ppl will get the same result using the same stone
I agree with JNAT CAT, there is no magic number, especially for natural stones. I don't hone under running water but do know a lot of wet shavers that do who know what they are doing. I use a spray bottle with water. As for number of strokes that depends on the blade and how fast the stone is. My Wakasa is a fairly fast cutter. So, once I get to that finisher about 20 laps with slurry and about 15 with just water. It doesn't take much. Once I realized that there is also a discipline in refining the edge with a good strop my stone work became a lot less difficult and time consuming. Once you have your stropping down you will find it takes fewer laps on a finisher to get a good shaving edge.It is a great stone. How many strokes do you do? Under running water?
I would never hone under running water. If I had a stone that needed that treatment, I'd dump it.
I didn't mean that to sound so harsh.. I'm sorry for that.Not in my world...
I didn't mean that to sound so harsh.. I'm sorry for that.
I just don't hone under running water. No offence to those that do..