Thread: Where to buy stop and stones Ontario?

Looking for a strop and sharpening stones. Just purchased a very old Wade & Butcher from Kijiji classified on the weekend. Came with two straight razors, one with black bone handle, the other with a wooden handle. Also came with sharpening stone, I think medium course. All for forty dollars CAD. I tried to hone one of them then stropped with news paper. Tried to shave twice each time pulls on all the hairs, can't get under jaw line or go against hair growth, except on side burns that worked great against the grain. Where do I find a strop or sharpening stones around Tillsonburg Ontario Canada?

there is a canadian website that sells some good stones and strops

Straight Razor Hones & Strops

This is their strop and hone section free shipping if you get more than 100 bucks worth of stuff

You can certainly try to do it all yourself, but keep in mind that if you keep not having good success the problem may be that you haven't developed the skill to properly sharpen your razor, and it may be good idea to send it to somebody proficient.
Yeah, I know, the vast majority of newcommers think it can't be all that hard and saving $20-$30 is more important than saving 100-200 hours (which they estimate as 20-30minutes), but just saying... It's your skin after all.

Good idea to buy the Stop first! Some people start buying stones and never acquire the stop. good luck getting what you need

If you have a Lee Valley near you they carry the often recommended Norton 4k/8k stone, as well as the lower grit 220/1k for bevel setting:

Norton Water Stones - Lee Valley Tools

H & F are the ones I'm talking about.

They also sell a lapping stone:

Truing Stone for Water Stones - Lee Valley Tools

If you're just starting out though, save your money (the above is a couple hundred dollars) and just pay the $20 to send your razor to Lynn or any of the other honemeisters and get it done professionally until you've got the shaving side of things figured out. It's best to have one razor that's professionally sharpened as a "gauge" so you can know when you're doing it right on your own later on. That's one thing I did right and it helped me see that I definitely have a long ways to go before I can sharpen my own razors to a decent level hah.