Congratulations, exhaustive video full of information not at all obvious. It took me almost a year to find what you tell in just over an hour. Great job, well done 👏👏👏
@naturalwhetstones2 жыл бұрын
Glad you liked it!
@dappershaves2 жыл бұрын
great content and very informative, regards dapper shaves
@naturalwhetstones2 жыл бұрын
@@dappershaves Thanks!
@rickwhitson2804Ай бұрын
I've got Norton and Dan's Arkansas stones but this is totally different. Gotta get into it
@SeaDragonGod Жыл бұрын
It's great that you always just jump straight into the content. Lots of interesting information as always!
@bidin52532 жыл бұрын
Hope next you make video about namito stone greg rarely hear people talk about it and no much information can be found on the internet
@naturalwhetstones2 жыл бұрын
Will keep that in mind for sure!
@bidin52532 жыл бұрын
@@naturalwhetstones thanks you for your efforts of sharing all this information.... thanks for your website learn so much from your website and you didn't even sell anything...keep doing it Greg I really like your video
@naturalwhetstones2 жыл бұрын
@@bidin5253 Thanks man!
@dappershaves2 жыл бұрын
interesting stone you mention, regards dapper shaves
@bidin52532 жыл бұрын
@@dappershaves just keep thinking about it because not very much information I can search about it usually most I could find is about suita
@sandrotorres Жыл бұрын
Sometimes the base stone is softer than the nagura (asano) and I think that with that the material of the mud produced is from the base stone.
@naturalwhetstones Жыл бұрын
Yep agreed, think I discussed it in the video too. Thanks for watching.
@nikobobich97267 ай бұрын
some people are cutting a line down the middle of their nagaras for suction is that safe im trying find out but nobody says anything.. they use a hacksaw for a very small groove (1 sixteenth inch) and use the edges of diamond atoma stone to round it off and smoothen it down the middle of the nagara. They are doing it with their synthetic nagaras also and using the same synthetic grit nagara on the synthetic water stones for slur (tomo nagara) supposedly the suction makes a better slur. Is this true? Have you tried it? Can anyone confirm this theory? Tomo's are by far the best way to medicate and dress any stone even synthetic stones if you can. It is how they did it even back in the samurai days on stones.. Tomo's (pieces from the same natural stone or even the same stone grit on synthetic water stones) creates the slur how its supposed to perform. Supposedly the samurai's in theory thought tomo's were the way also. I love your VOD's bro keep it up man they are very good
@Doodle-.Snoozel2 жыл бұрын
Hey great video. Can you start doing awasado?
@naturalwhetstones2 жыл бұрын
Yep, I have a lot of them and will eventually get there. To be honest, I think those videos will be less helpful as Awasedo is a huge range so I've been knocking out the other stones first. It is only a matter of time though!
@Doodle-.Snoozel2 жыл бұрын
Oh okay I can’t wait thanks
@sandrotorres Жыл бұрын
hello friend! when the nature is very hard, even leaving it to soak. Can you rub it on the diamond plate to use the mud on the base stone? after the mud on the base stone, you could finish with a few passes of the nagura to refine the mud, because sometimes you want a denser mud and it is difficult with a hard nagura.
@naturalwhetstones Жыл бұрын
Yes you can use diamond plate. I have a second video about Nagura on my channel which covers this and can help you.
@TheGrelots Жыл бұрын
How does the diamond plate slurry compare to Mikawa Nagura speed of cutting wise? Could you use different grits for different uses?
@naturalwhetstones Жыл бұрын
Depends a lot on the base stone and the level of diamond plate you use. If the stone is a good it can be faster!
@kenurgel50172 жыл бұрын
Would you use these for knife polishing?
@naturalwhetstones2 жыл бұрын
You could certainly use them to get a slurry going. A bit thick to use in place of a finger stone though.
@dappershaves2 жыл бұрын
fingerstones are best, that said I have arthritis in my hands/fingers but its so relaxing and rewarding even with pain. regards dapper shaves
@Doodle-.Snoozel2 жыл бұрын
Hey what stone would you use after the Aizu?😊
@naturalwhetstones2 жыл бұрын
Depends on the application but a Tajimado, Tsushima, finer Chu or Mejiro and Koma Nagura are all viable options. There are others too!
@Doodle-.Snoozel2 жыл бұрын
Hey after Aizu could you also use a tomae iromono? Or mid suita?
@naturalwhetstones2 жыл бұрын
It is certainly possible. Most would have a second nakatoishi step at the top end of the range but you could jump to a softer Awasedo, will just spend more time on it. If you are polishing a second higher grit nakatoishi step is probably necessary if you are sharpening probably not.
@Doodle-.Snoozel2 жыл бұрын
Oh ok. Thanks but after the Tsushima do you use a soft awasado?
@Doodle-.Snoozel2 жыл бұрын
Cause I don’t have a soft awasado what else could I use like what type off stone
@naturalwhetstones2 жыл бұрын
@@Doodle-.Snoozel It *really* depends on what you want to do. I would suggest moving it to an email thread rather than youtube comments which are a bit clunky. That way I can gather what you are trying to accomplish and try to point out the right direction: naturalwhetstones.com/contact-me/
@Doodle-.Snoozel2 жыл бұрын
Sorry so late can I contact you on kitchen knife fourms?