Another Russian 5/8" test on the Uchi

This time with just ONE Nagura slurry into a dilution. Same great results! I dulled the blade second from the left on top( one I bought from Sham, with his great Escher hone on it, long gone of course :(()

Soft uchi slurry
3 laps of 30 slow circles: shaving arm already! but do another 30 to really set it. sharper.

then instead of going to the hard uchi slurry I just started diluting one finger drop every 5 X strokes until I got to 35 X strokes and tested leg hair. Very sharp. Nice

continued with dilution every 5 push strokes for 30 reps then test, very keen.

wiped off stone with finger ( but didn't rinse) and wiped off blade. add more water. 30 more push strokes adding water every 5 reps. this helped, there was ostensibly no slurry on the stone but it was still slicker than if I rinsed it.

tested: very sharp popping hairs.

onto Oozuku on pure water:
30 push strokes in sets of 5
test: perfect sharp

35 laps on leather. test. DONE! Nice.

now onto test the uchi with the chu nagura slurry and see if I can get the same result.

Uchigumori stone/ Dovo Ebenholz 5/8 blade
Chu Nagura slurry

build slurry with Chu; easy, lots of it.
3 laps of 30 circles, again shave arm hair
1 more lap of 30 onto dilute

one finger load of water every 5 push strokes 35 total reps test
sharper!
onto X strokes and more dilute every 5 reps for 25 reps
wipe stone off with finger
10 more X strokes
rinse blade add water
20 push strokes adding water every 5
test: very keen!

onto Oozuku on water
30 reps of push strokes test sharp but not perfect
40 laps on leather still not perfect
back to stone
20 more push strokes on water test: now it's popping correctly.

test tomorrow!

nice to now it will work with just one slurry stone AND a different one at that. Will see how it shaves tomorrow.


SHAVE REPORT


NOT SO GREAT. THE SHAM RUSSIAN WAS SHARP BUT NOT SMOOTH AT ALL.ACTUALLY STOPPED AND DID 30 PUSH STROKES ON THE UCHI ON WATER AND THEN 10 X STROKES AS WELL, THAT DID THE TRICK. WEIRD. I WONDER IF THE OOZUKU IS WHAT NEEDS THE SLURRY TO BE SMOOTH.


THE DOVO WAS MUCH BETTER BUT STILL NOT PERFECT. PERHAPS IT NEEDS THE NEXT SLURRY STONE FOR SHARPENING/SMOOTHNESS. WILL PLAY WITH IT LATER.


FORGOT TO ADD THAT I DULLED AND RE HONED MY BLACK RUSSIAN AND DID A ONE STONE/SLURRY DILUTE ON THE NAKAYAMA( !) WITH THE SOFT UCHI STONE ONTO A WATER AND THAT WAS THE KEENEST AND SMOOTHEST OF ALL OF THEM TODAY.


PERHAPS:
NAKAYAMA WITH SLURRY TO SHAVE
OOZUKU WITH SLURRY TO WATER
UCHIGUMORI ON VERY LIGHT WATER TO DILUTE?