Naniwa home progression

[MilkCrate]

Lynne Abrams at SRD has a video of a Naniwa 1k-12k progressions. It’s at

1k Stone Bevel set (with pressure)
40 circles one side
40 circles other side
20-25 “X” strokes

5k Stone
40 circles one side (with pressure)
40 circles other side (with pressure)
20 circles one side (no pressure)
20 circles other side (no pressure)
5 “X” strokes

8k Stone
6-10 “X” strokes (blade weight only)

12k Stone
10 “X” strokes (blade weight only)

I tried this once on a razor, but I don’t recall the results. I think they were ok. On the last 2 restoration razors, I tried something different, I just went by feel. My results from that were 50/50.

I’ll keep plugging along and see where I land. Just wanted to document this in case it’s somewhat helpful.

 

[uacowboy]

Learned a lot from his videos on the topic of honing. I think once you have been using a particular setup for a while you learn how it should feel but systems like this are great tools for learning.

 

[ShawnF]

I watched this when I first started (or one like it), but I gave up counting laps a long time ago. I rely more on feel and watching my scratch pattern now. The problem with counting is, 50 laps on a blade that has been tempered to 56HRC is going to remove a lot more material than on a blade that has been tempered to 60HRC.
You can get variations from the same manufacturer, so you never really know without testing where you are at in blade hardness.

 

[dangerousdon]

Holy Cow that is a lot of work!

 

[MilkCrate]

Yeah, I think I’m starting to get the hang of going by feel now. When using lapping film it was a counted lap system also. I think when you’re new, counting gives you something to aim for. But if you pay attention, you can feel the changes.