Thread: need budget hone help

Hi and apologies if this is covered somewhere. I was sold a Bontgen & Sabin carbon steel razor and a no-name. Neither seem to have any thing wrong with them but though the seller said he honed them first I had a hard time from the start. I need to know what kind of hone I can use on at least the Bontgen for the least amount of $, I hope under $40. Thanks for any help.

Unfortunately there is no such thing that you're looking for. The problem is that there is no way to tell what is the condition of the edge and therefore whether anything you can buy in your budget will be effective.

Your best option is to send it to somebody with skills and hones and they can do whatever it is necessary to fix it.

For that price, your best bet is to check member services in the classifieds and send them off to be honed.

thanks for the replies. what would I need to get set up to hone them myself?

Not knowing the condition of the edge you can assume it needs to be worked from ground up. I too am looking for some stones to hone on and it is has been recommended to me to look to a 1k for setting the bevel and then the Norton 4k/8k combo stone to smooth the edge out. Most the members then use some sor tof finisher but in a brief chat with Lynn he said to 4 k/8K combo then CrO2 would make a passable shave.

Originally Posted by nc19

thanks for the replies. what would I need to get set up to hone them myself?

At the minimum norton 4k/8k, but if the edge is in not very good condition you may want 1k as well to speed things up. That's all that you need to hone any razor in any condition that can be saved.
However, if your razor starts in shaving condition maintaining it sharp can be done with many cheaper alternatives.

Best advice has already been given in the first post. Learning to hone should come after learning to shave & learning to strop should come first.

Thanks everybody. I'll do the homework.

PM me if you would like it honed for the shipping...Then you would know that the bevel is right and what a shave ready razor is all about...then you could practice on the other blade to get it to match on a naniwa 3/8K or Norton 4/8K.
Scott

Originally Posted by shooter74743

PM me if you would like it honed for the shipping...Then you would know that the bevel is right and what a shave ready razor is all about...then you could practice on the other blade to get it to match on a naniwa 3/8K or Norton 4/8K.
Scott

You can't beat an offer like that might as well take shooter up and a great offer, part of what makes SRP such a great place, thanks shooter!