Thread: Best Sharpening Stone

I bought the DOVO strop from classic shaving and it works fine. However, I later discovered this forum and have heard people say they like Tony's hanging strop better than the DOVO. If I recall correctly, Tony's hanging strop is bigger and as good if not better than the DOVO, and is either cheaper or the same price. Also, since Tony has given me such helpful advice previously, I recommend his strop instead. But the DOVO is just fine.

Many people use 2a-b-c interchangeably but as Texan said 2a and 2b negatre each other for most people. 2c is, the Norton 4/8K, more than able to give you a shaving sharp edge, if thats all you have. But, you will like the edge from 2a or 2b better.

The better strops now come ready to use, no breakin required. Just get a good strop, not a cheap one.

Hope this helps,

Originally Posted by Duke

Randt,

Thank you. Very succently put. Here's the one part of this I'm still trying to figure out:

In your post does purchasing option 2a negate the need to buy and use 2b and 2c? Does Does purchasing option 2b negate the need to buy and use 2a & 2c? And so on. In other words is buying a standard strop and ONE of the other 3 options all I will need to keep the razor sharp? Once I clearly know what specific equipment I need I'll be in a better position to decide between 2a,b,and c.

Duke