Recent content by kayman67

These days is more likely to find it without a base.

It's a very different game, for people searching sub 10 BESS scores and stuff like that. I'll compare something in a couple of days anyway. I'm just curious.

Unfortunately, yes.

While Chosera 10k performs great, diminishing returns are terrible (I mean more than one would expect anyway). Very expensive problematic stone, with some serious usage problems (same goes for Kramer 10000, even with the base thing going on). It's just prone to shatter. At that price point, my...

Well, consider this. Some people do use the 1000-10000 combo with great results and are happy. Secondly, if you found something that works, do it more. Eventually everything will improve little by little. But my guess was that since the 12k edge is so good, you might experience some burr...

Why 12k? Just because :D But, I'd say don't ever buy the 12k, get the 10k Super Stone. I think this has everything you want and does it better. You might also like Shapton Glass 6k HC and even skip both Super Stones (5+10).

Starting with softer stones was a plus, in my experience, for anyone. I'll try to put some things into perspective. This "high" grit polished edge that's not able to cut anything is a myth. It's just that most people don't have enough practice with them and the edges are changed by...

Is there a tutorial somewhere teaching you this? I'm really curious as I've seen similar approach several times and makes absolutely no sense to me whatsoever. 10° is as zero as anyone would ever need. Most knives or jobs would struggle keeping such an edge. You also make a convex somewhere...

Depends on what you are used to. Has a very different draw than any other "liquid" carried one might encounter, even when dry.

Yeah. Get a soft 1000 stone (King, Suehiro) and use it until you can shave hair, cut tomatoes and so on, constantly. After that, use whatever you like. *with 12k something does happen, in a positive way, since 1k can't shave anything. So, on top of everything, some burr could still be present...

That's true. It's how it works. But I want to test it with something else.

It's rubbing metal, but not just. It's geometry, it's progression, it's edge development and so on. Now, this doesn't necessarily have to be important for everyone, but it doesn't make them non existing.

There is a diamond paste labeled Norton, a bit expensive, not really great. For EU I might be able to help with some abrasives of very good quality. I'll be back for Jende strop. I need to get one and see something.

Obviously. It's all filmed in reverse. That's how I do my edge trailing anyway.

Wire edge/weak edge can also be solved to some extent (with experience to any extent) with a very hard natural stone, like a hard ark. It's slow enough not to generate new problems, too.