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06-23-2009, 08:26 PM #1Carbon-steel-aholic
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How Many Hones do you have??
Haven't seen this one around in a while, so here goes
At the moment I have 16 sharpening stones / hones that get used regularly. All but one are water stones and one oil stone.
3 Naturals and the rest are synthetic.
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06-23-2009, 08:28 PM #2Power Fantastic
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Just a Norton 4k/8k for now.
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06-23-2009, 08:33 PM #3Renaissance Man
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A King 1000, and a Spyderco Fine and Ultra Fine. Seems to be sufficient, so far.
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06-23-2009, 09:41 PM #4Senior Member
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3-DMT coarse, extra fine, extra extra fine
Does my norten flattening stone count?
Apart Barber hone
3 Coticules
1 BBW
C12K (until there is a verdict, I am not changing)
Maruichi Nakayama
9 razor hones, 1 more if you count the flattening stone, and 1 on the way from Olivia
3 knife sharpening hones- these really shouldn't count should they? I mean they aren't related to my razors. I just bought them so I could hone the kitchen knives (and SWMBO would see some benefit from my honing skills).
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06-23-2009, 09:56 PM #5Unofficial SRP Village Idiot
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I have 4 now. But have gone through 5 total till now.
Norton 220/1K
Norton 4K/K
Chinese 12K
Recent: Shumate barber's hone
Past Spyderco Ceramic Fine
I get HHT+ razors with these after the strop with paste. These aren't the best I am told, but they work and this combo lets me do everything form set bevels to final polishing.
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06-23-2009, 10:00 PM #6Woo hoo!
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I have:
DMT D8C (325 grit)
DMT D6EF (600/1200 dual grit in the 6" version)
Norton 4k/8k that was cut in half to make it narrow
Vintage coticule/BBW glued combo 6 1/4" x 1 1/4"
8" x 2" Coticule
6" x 1 1/2" Coticule
A little Coticule/BBW glued combination slurry stone
6" x 1 1/4" Yellow/Green Celebrated Water Razor Hone (essentially an escher)
5" x 1" Dark Blue Celebrated Water Razor Hone in Box
And my newest addition......
Nakayama Maruichi!
I think I have a pretty sound honing arsenal, wouldn't you say?
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06-23-2009, 10:36 PM #7
Hmm, lets see I have a few Nortons, a Coticule, Blue Belgian, a Kitayama, a vintage Escher,a Natural Japanese Finisher and a Swaty.
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06-23-2009, 11:43 PM #8Senior Member
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Thirty-six, not counting slivers and pieces, but a couple are duplicates. Specific razor finish hones- 3
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06-23-2009, 11:45 PM #9Retired Developer
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- Norton 1k
- Norton 4k
- Norton 8k
- Escher
- BBW/Coticule combo
And some other stuff I luckily bought from Joe Chandler. Bought them because they were affordable at the time. For a beginner, a 4/8k Norton plus maybe a finishing hone still seems like a very good option, at least price wise.
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06-24-2009, 12:21 AM #101337 h4x0r5
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I'm just getting into this, but I've got a Norton 4k/8k, an Arkansas (I think), a 3 line Swaty, and a DMT coarse to keep the Norton flat.
I reeeeally want a BBW/coticule combo.
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