JLWconcept well it needs a progression of stones with different grit, but you can do the one stone honing using just a natural jnat (diluting the slurry) like what he did on the video
@@MasterofPlay7 - His technique isn't bad. This is a single beveled razor, one side is perfectly flat, hence the circles. The other side is the cutting edge. You have to sharpen them differently then western razors.
+ISIS 9191 yea I heard it, but this old man knows nothing about honing razor. Slurry makes your edge less sharp and adds cutting power to your base stone, I always finish with plain water
JohnReviewer112 the quality of base stone matters, you seems know nothing. Dealers sell you razor people inferior stones and compensate by selling your nagura so it has some cutting power. All brilliant marketing schemes to make more sales
@@MasterofPlay7 - It's not a marketing scheme man, Japanese barbers have been sharpening razors with an Awasedo (finishing stone for kamisori/razors) for a very long time. The honzan is very hard (level 4.0-5.0), and using nagura in a progression has been the way for literally hundreds of years. You don't need a bunch of expensive synthetic stones to hone a razor. All you need is a good bevel setter, synthetic or natural, a good, hard, finishing stone, and some nagura stones plus a tomo nagura for final finish. You'll pay less money for that setup then you will for five, high quality synthetic stones. It feels like someone scammed you, and now you're bitter towards the Japanese.
