I wonder - which stones are most "happy" with the yellow NAGURA slurry ?
I've tried it on my Welsh slate and it works well ...
Yellow NAGURA slurry stone ?
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I wonder - which stones are most "happy" with the yellow NAGURA slurry ?
I've tried it on my Welsh slate and it works well ...
Looks like a synthetic 'Nagura'. I've found most of them to be very low in grit and when/if they leave particles in the slurry it tends to create a less-than-desireable situation for finishing. For early/mid-range work it might not be a significant thing though. Depends on a few unknown variables, and only close inspection of the bevel while honing can tell an accurate story.
Yeah that almost looks like sand-stone.
I've got one that looks smoother than that, but the same shape and colour - I've used it for slurrying on a La Pyrénées bevel-setter, and it worked very well for that.
I was thinking the same. Mine is an 8k King/Ice Bear, looking at it just now it looks finer than the one in the photo but looking at the Axminster Tools listing, I'm thinking we're all talking about the same stone. http://www.axminster.co.uk/japanese-nagura-stone.
I didn't like using it on natural stones but it makes a nice friend for a King stone, both refreshing the surface and building slurry.
I used one on a JNS 1K stone to speed things up.
I have one, it was sold as "Japanese ‘Nagura’ rubbing stones'........"used to clean and refresh the surface of these stones". (Naniwa)
works well to refresh my Naniwa 12k. tried it as a slurry with no joy.
works well to refresh my Naniwa 12k. tried it as a slurry with no joy.
I don't think they're meant to make slurry you hone on. I think they're more to clean swarf off hard stones that don't wear fast enough for your taste. Some guys use them on mid-range synths to get them to briefly cut like low-grit hones, but I don't believe that's their intended use, they just can be used for that.
Mine's the one sold by The Invisible Edge - you can see it just below the Naniwa stones here. (In real life it's more yellow than that photo makes it look.)
And yep, I suspect they're all the same and just branded by different suppliers.
I also have one of the brown Naniwa ones and that's a quite different thing - it's harder and no good for slurry, but it's fine for cleaning and removing swarf.
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Thank You gentlemen for being helpfull.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/NEW-Ice-Bear-Japanese-NAGURA-Stone-Ice-Bear-Nagura-510470-/171169337529
I'm curious about how it will work on my Norton 8K.
This is the one I've bought:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/NEW-Ice-Bear-Japanese-NAGURA-Stone-Ice-Bear-Nagura-510470-/171169337529
I'm curious about how it will work on my Norton 8K.
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Yep - that's the King Ice Bear Nagura. I've owned that one and a few others.
Most people, including myself, find that the use of slurry on high-grit synthetics is counter-productive.
Like Ian said - they're intended use is to clear the stone and to refresh the surface.
Most people, including myself, find that the use of slurry on high-grit synthetics is counter-productive.
Like Ian said - they're intended use is to clear the stone and to refresh the surface.
