Thread: Matching hones to razors. Certain brands work better with certain hones?

This is always going to be a "moving target" issue,,,

First there is the differences in the techniques to contend with, so even if you were honing sitting next to me at the table with the same stones we are going to get slightly different results...

Then you have the Natural Stone phenomenon, where regardless if people want to admit it or not no 2 natural stones are the same, ie: Stefan's example of getting great edges on his J-nat doesn't mean anything to the rest of us, as we can't hone on his J-nat... Same as me talking about my J-nat edges doesn't mean much because I ain't selling it

Now I could make a general list of where I head with most razors to get the best results according to my customers, and to me, but it just means that is where I go, and it might not work for you even with the same razors and stones...

All that being explained yes razors and stones/hones can be matched to give each individual behind the razors edge the best results... But I doubt many of us will agree on what those combo's are

If you look at just the example that you started with which is actually most any NY steel, I head to the Shaptons, you have to understand that the techniques I use on the Shaptons are different than most... If you just take a NY razor and hone it on the Shapton system it doesn't mean you are going to achieves those results, until you work through those tiny nuances to get it there...