I have been honing a few months with Naniwa stones and have gotten decent results. I am now working with an Ozuku stone and some naguras. The stone I have originally came from TheJapanStone and is called out as Oozuku hard asagi tomae. The original post for this stone stated that it will work well with a tomonagura, a mikawa nagura set or a diamond plate. The stone is rated as: Hardness 9++, particle size 9+++.
I have a toma and I have a mikawa tenjyou and mikawa mejiro. I also have a two-sided atoma 400/1200. I find it very easy to raise a slurry with the naguras or the atoma. I also made sure the stone is dead flat. And the stone is 3" wide, so x-strokes, circles, etc are very easy. I set my bevel on a Naniwa 1k and then went straight to the Ozuku. I progressed through the naguras and finished on mostly water. My result was not great. The razor shaved, but it tugged. It did not treetop or pass HHT (I know those tests are not all that important). I made about 50 passes on a cordovan strop, with light razor pressure and good tension on the strop.
I'm wondering if I should go to my Naniwa 5k before going to the Ozuku? Or should I take it all the way to a shave ready edge with the Naniwas and then smooth it out with the Ozuku? And I am not sure when to move from one nagura to the other. Any advice would be appreciated.
I have a toma and I have a mikawa tenjyou and mikawa mejiro. I also have a two-sided atoma 400/1200. I find it very easy to raise a slurry with the naguras or the atoma. I also made sure the stone is dead flat. And the stone is 3" wide, so x-strokes, circles, etc are very easy. I set my bevel on a Naniwa 1k and then went straight to the Ozuku. I progressed through the naguras and finished on mostly water. My result was not great. The razor shaved, but it tugged. It did not treetop or pass HHT (I know those tests are not all that important). I made about 50 passes on a cordovan strop, with light razor pressure and good tension on the strop.
I'm wondering if I should go to my Naniwa 5k before going to the Ozuku? Or should I take it all the way to a shave ready edge with the Naniwas and then smooth it out with the Ozuku? And I am not sure when to move from one nagura to the other. Any advice would be appreciated.