Thread: Japanese naturals and slurry

Ok I bit the bullet and rubbed my ohira on my asagi, getting just a smidgen of mud on each stone. I went ahead and started my regular finishing routine of 20 to 30 laps on the Ohira. Right away things felt VERY different (yes many of you tried to tell me this ) and when I looked at the edge I was amazed to see that I was already past what the coti usually did, and thats my next stone... So I just went ahead and skipped it and went straight to the asagi. Again the very different feeling, like the stone became grittier without being gritty... Ya I'm sure those that use slurry all the time know what I'm talking about. Well I just found my new rotation :P

Ok here goes the Question and Answers part...

I see that the white natural nagura is suposed to be the finest of the slurry stones. Would I get a better result from using the slurry stone or rubbing my two stones together? What would extend the life of my stones better?

I'm going to get one of these stones and try it anyway as I tend to learn better by doing (even if it's a dismal failer) things more than trying to read the instructions

Also is this an Advanced topic or Basic? I personally thought it was above the basics so here it is Please move it if I'm in Error

i havent check recently but i am sure srp member was selling small chhinese slurry stones rich if i am not wrong.chinese stone is harder any japanese stones i have used so far.this gives me idea you can buy 1 of them and use as slurry. Important is slurry comes out from the hone.gl

when using slurry stone make sure its harder than the polisher, you do not want to run your razor on a 20k slutty instead of 30k right?
Best slurry stone for me is 1.2k DMT , you can get a small perforated one for under 15 bucks depending on the size.
To test if your lower grit natural stone is softer than your finisher just rub a corner and see if it wears down if so then its no good.
The general Idea of nagura stone is to use a very hard finishing stone as a base for a progression of grits that you get with the different nagura. As far As I know, and confirmed by So, no nagura is as fine as a fine Finisher, some people claim there is a certain nagura stone that is as fine but no one has tried it as far as I know.