I received my Oozuko from Maxim last week, and immediately got some great results using three nagura stones in increasing fineness.
I honed two razors, a 5/8 Carbonsong TI, and a 6/8 Japanese western, and like I said, the results were awesome.
Then I tried to hone a 6/8 Japanese frameback, using the exact same method as for the other two. I went to give a quick test on my cheek with oil only (works well for a quick shaving ability test), and it was terrifyingly bad. It pulled and hurt like hell.
Bewildered, I went back to just the final Nagura (Mejiro), and used what I would have considered to be far too much pressure. It got this razor cheap, and thought "why not". I did a few strokes on water only, did another shave test, and the results were much, much better.
My question is, as the consensus seems to be "light pressure, more strokes", would I have achieved the same finish with less pressure and going with twice as many strokes, even though I did what I thought was plenty (I was probably doing 40 strokes each nagura, 20 water only)? Or do some razors just need more pressure to get the job done?
I honed two razors, a 5/8 Carbonsong TI, and a 6/8 Japanese western, and like I said, the results were awesome.
Then I tried to hone a 6/8 Japanese frameback, using the exact same method as for the other two. I went to give a quick test on my cheek with oil only (works well for a quick shaving ability test), and it was terrifyingly bad. It pulled and hurt like hell.
Bewildered, I went back to just the final Nagura (Mejiro), and used what I would have considered to be far too much pressure. It got this razor cheap, and thought "why not". I did a few strokes on water only, did another shave test, and the results were much, much better.
My question is, as the consensus seems to be "light pressure, more strokes", would I have achieved the same finish with less pressure and going with twice as many strokes, even though I did what I thought was plenty (I was probably doing 40 strokes each nagura, 20 water only)? Or do some razors just need more pressure to get the job done?