Does anyone feel this is a great stone for mid work? If an edge starts to go bad, one could go to this stone and then a fine finisher? Just curious of anyone’s experience with this wonderful stone.
Do you have one of your own already?
We all do! WHat you have to think about though is you can buy 20 stones and using them the same way will produce 20 different edges OR you can buy one stone and use it 20 different ways to produce 20 different edges.Thanks Gents for the replies. I love honing and want more stones!
We all do! WHat you have to think about though is you can buy 20 stones and using them the same way will produce 20 different edges OR you can buy one stone and use it 20 different ways to produce 20 different edges.
I have a big Tsushima brick. It is really good for softer kitchen knifes in my experience.
Recently i have started to try the stone with razors as a mid range stone. I am really not sure where this stone fits in an progression the best.
The last time i used it i jumped from a 4k Naniwa Gouken to the tsushima with slurry from a lv5- finisher. I finished on a hard shobudani.
The edge felt like an coticule finish, but a little sharper.
The stone i have is quite slow. I think i need to spend a bit more time on the Tsushima.
It is really fun to use, but i am not sure what it adds to the final edge.
Does anyone have some experience advice to share?
Thank you for your input. I assumed it was in the 5 to 6k level range. It is probably closer to 3 to 4k. I will try to use it as you said, leaving out the synth.I've heard these stones vary a bit but mine was sourced from So as a bevel setter and works very well on edges that don't need repair. It's a lot slower than the synthetics that I could use but I believe it's much more gentile on the edge and IMO is a viable solution for chip prone razors or for an all J-Nat edge.
I think you may want to try yours sooner in your progression, I would guess that using it after the Gouken would be going backwards as the Gouken produces a polish above the 4K level IMO.
You might want to try it first w/it's own slurry breaking down, then on to a Nagura progression starting at Tenjio or your lv5 w/diamond nagra slurry, then finish & see how you like that edge.
When I work w/mine I never make speed any kind of priority.
I find the Suitas that I have to be faster for mid range work and are pretty much just as gentile, but I often start w/ Tsushima.