Thread: Tools of honing

Originally Posted by hotfuzz

200 oilstone >
1000/3000 waterstone >
a belt with polishing paste >
a cardborad/belt loaded with chromium oxide paste >
a fake belt suppose to be for razor stropping/anewspaper

Yeah, you probably could.
The 200 grit oilstone is nothing you wanna mess with though.
Way too coarse for most our needs regarding straight razors.

The 1K/3K waterstone should be a good starting point, depending somewhat on what stone it is.
Most waterstones I have tried in that range will do the job.

Now, after that it gets interesting.

Yes, while most here on SRP are very stone and progression minded, pasted strops can be used following the initial bevel set.
I know plenty of people here in Europe who uses that approach, and their edges are just fine.
As to what pastes and what progression you would need, I couldn't advice you all that much.

There are threads about this topic on this site though, search a bit and you will find it

Good luck!

All that said, you are mentioning the brand of your razor, and that doesn't make being a beginner any easier.
It could have all sorts of problems, and you being a rookie at this, it would be hard for you to know what comes down to lack of shaving experience, what comes down to lack of honing equipment and shaving equipment and finally what comes down to poor honing/stropping technique.

That is a lot of factors to throw you off the mark.