Thread: Newbie question

Originally Posted by heirkb

Edit: So let me modify my questions to be more precise. In terms of first hones, I'm looking at the Naniwa 3k/8k combo and the balsa strop w/ crox. Would these be enough for work on razors that have been previously honed by a honemeister? Do I need a finishing stone like a barber's hone or a Naniwa 12k, or will the balsa be fine?

They are different issues in here.
if you want to keep previously honed razor shave ready you will need to have
barber hone or coticule or chinese 12.
balsa will not be helpful in this situation. it could help if you are willing to spen 1000 laps etc)
Now instead of chro2 you can use diamond pastes and do the above job but that will confuse you more.
Depends how much money you are willing to spend your choose will be
from less money to most
barber hone
chinses 12k
Belgian coticule.
spending less time on the stone will be
barber hone
Belgian coticule
chinese 12k
Getting better edges from best to worst if you know what you are doing then
coticule
barber hone(very important brand in this situation)
chinese 12.
Pastes chro2 used after final touch up stone just smooth the edge and usually no more then 20 laps .
As you can see depends what you like and how much money you are willing to spend.
There is Barber hones available will do the job and i always recommend it.
why because you will need to do only 2-4 strokes and your edge is back and less money spend and it is easy to use etc.
which barber hones is totally different animal too.
In the other hand Belgian coticule more expensive but it is forever.
etc so on.
hope this helps.