JNAT Honing 5/8 Tosuke Kamisori - Aiiwatani (vid 60) 

Thank you Ridwaan, your dedicated support is appreciate GREATLY! Regards Jacques PS: I believe Toots shave it this morning. Matrix is running optimally 🤣

Bless you

Hi Robert, It’s a diamond pocket plate of 1.2k. Traditionally you would use a peace of stone (same or similar) to produce the slurry, my preference is to use a diamond plate. regards dapper shaves

@@dappershaves Thanks you!

thank you for the feedback and additional information, much appreciated. regards dapper shaves

how the bevel is cutting and hitting the stones, the Sheffield steel is softer but with a finer structure.

@@dappershaves I see! Makes sense. If possible can you describe what sensation you feel when you feel it cutting the way you want? I’m hitting a wall with my current honing technique so I’m now entering my experimentation phase 😅 Enjoyed the video and your previous one on mental health. Loved the suit! Very wise advice 🤍

@@seff2318 Essentially I know from experience how sheffield steel feels on this stone when cutting a unset bevel vs set bevel. Moreover when I refine the polish and slurry breaks down the feedback changes on the stone. There’s a distinct difference in feel/feedback … friction paradox The Friction Paradox Imagine a cube of heavy, polished stone with its downward flat face resting on the level, flat surface of a larger similar stone. Let’s say it takes some specific measure of force pushing horizontally on the stone cube on top to overcome the static force of friction between the two stone surfaces in order to make the cube start moving. If I gradually increase the degree of polish between the two stones and measure the force required to start the cube moving at each progressively higher level of polish, we will find the force decreases with each increment of increased polish, at least for a little while! However, at some point, more polishing brings the surfaces of the two stones into such intimate contact that the molecular attraction between them, and therefore the force necessary to move the cube, actually increases! The Inflection Point The same phenomenon occurs with razor blades. If you sharpen and polish past a particular point, the friction/vacuum during the cut between blade and stone will increase, while the resulting quality of the cut and longevity of the cutting edge will not improve significantly. The inflection point where additional polishing yields increased friction with little improvement in shave quality will be your guide. You will get pretty good idea of where it is if you pay attention to this rock rubbing paradox - you will learn to feel the inflection point… “ feel the force”