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Hones of the day

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Sungari stone was lapped with a 220 grit lapping stone, then 400 grit diamond plate, then 1000 grit diamond plate. There are still some slightly dished sections along the edges, but I'd probably need to take off another 1-2mm off to get it completely flat, and there's plenty of surface area to work off. The surface is interesting. Feels like velvet? Nothing like the Adaee 12K. Rubbing the surface with the 1000 grit diamond brings up a creamy white slurry, but I used this with water as a finisher off a synthetic progression.

Fresh Gold Dollar 100, geometry fixed, shoulder ground down, then bevel set on a Naniwa 1K. Synthetic progression - Naniwa 3K, Shapton 5K, Naniwa 8K, Shapton 12K. Then about 30 light strokes on the Sungari with water. 50 laps on linen. 50 laps on leather. Tree tops leg hairs 2mm off the skin. Time to try out the shave.
 
Found a couple of small chips on the edge, so went back to a diamond slurry on the Iromono kiita (love the colours on this stone; from egg yolk yellow to a deep, dark orange), then a nagura progression on the Ozuku. Finished with the tomo, and the HHT was en pointe!

 
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