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I’ve always been against using diamond plates on Fine Japanese Natural Stones for making slurry! Below, I outline the most obvious pros and cons of using either. With this information you can then decide for yourself what you want to use on your hard Japanese Natural Stones. :)   Diamond Plates:   Pros:   Always flat, so your stones get flattened every time you use it   Very easy and fast to make slurry with   Foolproof, You lay it on top of your stone and rub- …

Recommended Angles for double bevel and Sinmgle bevel knives  …

About Japanese Natural Stones: Fineness and Hardness.   This is only valid for Japanese finishing stones (Tennen Toishi) not Aoto, Omura, Aizu or any other medium stones.   Many times, customers request the finest stones available for razors or knives and often ask the specific grit of these stones...Which is a very wrong way to think about Japanese natural stones in general!   Let me explain:   Japanese Natural stones do not have grit like we see in synthetic or even som …

I do not take any preorders or custom orders for Shigefusa or Kato knives ! When i get them they will just go on website for you to buy without any notification.About Shigefusa  Mr. Tokifusa Iizuka and his two sons work diligently each day in their small workshop to produce their master pieces…Shigefusa knives. They take every care in each step of the process to ensure total perfection in every knife they make. They only use one kind of steel, which has reached perfection over ye …

Kasumi on hard Jnats is quite difficult to make but possible. You can use Hard Jants for micro-bevel or ura on Yanagi and any single beveled knives, but to make nice kasumi finish is quite difficult. The finish on Harder Jnats will be more finer and more mirror, but still with that nice distinction between hard and soft steel Some super hard stones will scratch your soft steel on knives and ruin your finish, but not all and it also depends on your techniques.  Use as little water as pos …

Little about Asano Mikawa Shiro Nagura  They are from Junmikawashiro minein Aichi prefecture: There are 4 stratasfrom finest to coarsestKoma, Mejiro, Tenjyou, Botanコマ ( 細 ) 、目白 ( めじろ ), 天上 ( てんじょう ) 、ボタン、And 4 grades (colours) Superior high grade, High grade, Superior selected grade, Superior grade特級上、特級、別上、上級 Koma is most fine in grit but Botan, Tenjyou and Mejiri is fine too and its not much difference for knife sharpening     Honing a Kamisori with Asano Naguras, Iwasaki, N …