Thread: Which is better for begginer to honing

I have ordered the sahpton stater set with 220/1000 and 4000/8000 combo stones and a lapping stone.

My question is should I get a Naniwa 12K super stone or diamond paste and a balsa wood strop? Which would be eaisier to use?

Thanks

Jon

i think the best would be the shapton 16000 since it's the same brand.
other than that a higher grit hone is not any harder to use than a lower grit hone.
most people find stropping easier than honing.

Do you mean Norton combo stones AFAIK Shapton doesn't make combo stones. Unless you ordered the separate grits. In any case if it was me I would leave it at that until I had some experience with honing. Maybe a piece of balsa and some chrome ox.

Originally Posted by JimmyHAD

Do you mean Norton combo stones .

Oops! yes I mean Norton starter set, I have looked at so many hones over the past few days I am on hone overload!!!

As far as ease of use.... The naniwa 12k is not any more difficult to use than than 4k/8k norton. You will use the same stroke.

pasted balsa is probably, "easier" to use, as it is just a stropping stroke. But if the blade is not there at 8k, it does not matter.

If it were me Id go with what Jimmy said and Slartibartfast is correct about the paste, it would do no good if the blade isnt already "there".