Carl Kotte
Senior Member
Dear members, I have a question about naguras. I have a few natural naguras and some synthetic ones. I used to use them for two different but related reasons: 1. To clean the stone while sharpening (to remove clogged steel from certain areas of my stones); 2. To work up slurry.
My question is related to 2. I’ve tried to improve my polishing recently and I’ve discovered that I don’t get very good slurries with my naguras. The slurries I get seem to contain small particles that scratch up my blade. By contrast, I get very nice and even slurries with the help of an atoma.
Now there are many hidden variables here (e.g. it could be that my naguras are all junk, or that I’m combining stones and naguras in stupid ways etc etc) but in order to narrow things down a little I’m going to presuppose (at least initially) that my bad experiences with naguras have to do with technique. So, finally, Here’s the question: How do you use naguras to get a good slurry?
Help is much appreciated!
My question is related to 2. I’ve tried to improve my polishing recently and I’ve discovered that I don’t get very good slurries with my naguras. The slurries I get seem to contain small particles that scratch up my blade. By contrast, I get very nice and even slurries with the help of an atoma.
Now there are many hidden variables here (e.g. it could be that my naguras are all junk, or that I’m combining stones and naguras in stupid ways etc etc) but in order to narrow things down a little I’m going to presuppose (at least initially) that my bad experiences with naguras have to do with technique. So, finally, Here’s the question: How do you use naguras to get a good slurry?
Help is much appreciated!