Thread: I Wish I'd Done This First

To "touch up" my razors I've fooled around with barber hones of all kinds--and I love 'em all--but was continually dissatisfied with the results. Then as I tried to hone a few pretty nice razors gotten on eBay--a Wosty, a Dubl-Duck, etc. in good shape--I was okay through the 8K hone and then somehow…never got there. Sharp, but not really fun to shave with!

Recently I picked up the Naniwa Superstone 12K.

All I can say is WOW. This hone does not live in my shop. It lives in the bathroom where I shave. It is perfect for touching up a tired razor. And obviously, not news to anyone who hones, it's a killer finishing stone.

That, combined with stropping as lightly as I can, is bringing the sparkle back to my razors, and putting the slickness on the ones I've honed from eBay dull to chopping hairs.

I would recommend a beginner who wants a hone to keep professionally honed razors keen skip the cheapo stuff and go straight for the Naniwa. Then as you need to hone more, pick up an 8K stone. For many of us, that's all we will ever need!