Thread: How many passes or strokes?

Originally Posted by jbcohen

I thought that diamond grit hones were not a good idea for straight razors fccexpert. Am I wrong?

I don't use a diamond hone, only diamond paste on my pasted strop. I cannot think of any reason why a diamond hone of the proper grit size would not work, however. I use the 4/8k Norton because it is

1) very dependable and consistent
2) relatively inexpensive

I use the diamond DMT 1200 for setting bevels before I move to the Norton. There is no problem with using the DMT diamond plates/stones.