Thread: Harshness and Final Bevel Shape

Originally Posted by mainaman

Thanks,

I am not sure what type of finsih is needed for a chisel/ plane to get the best of it in the most demanding situation. There are fine finishers such as what we use for razors , and then there are medium finishers, which are finer than 10k (I have one of those) but nowhere near a quality Asagi. In that blog there is no mention of what type of stone has been used, I wish they were more specific, because their statement is pretty bold.

I asked So what he thinks of the post in that blog, after ll he probably has dealt with more Natural stones that the combined membership of the forum, here is his answer:

Konrad's stone is actually from me (his friend got it from me and sent it to him as a gift), an Okudo Suita. It is about #22000~25000 in my opinion. So the finest ones are even finer, but because woodworking tools don't need such keen edge, I recommended Okudo because they are fine enough and very fast.

Fineness judgment is very tricky, because many factors are involved. Easiest to understand situation is when the honer has not yet pulled out the max potential of the stone, then of course the finish will be coarser than the potential. Also, I'm pretty sure that these guys haven't experienced fully all the natural stones. So, it could just be that they don't know yet.