Thread: Beginners Tips: June 2013

Hi Glen,
Another newcomer here, and I'm also very appreciative of your post. On my limited budget, keeping it simple is a must! That said, I've been wondering about what honing stone I should get, considering I'm not going to do any heavy duty honing, just to refresh the blade from time to time. Any recommendations?

Originally Posted by manutabora

...I've been wondering about what honing stone I should get, considering I'm not going to do any heavy duty honing, just to refresh the blade from time to time. Any recommendations?

Welcome aboard...

I am sure Glen will answer as well.. I can't locate the link, but he has a great post on your very quesiton.. it's a "if you want to do THIS, you might want to get THAT' kind of post. I suspect there are many possible answers to this question...Barber's Hone, Lapping Film, Norton 4k/8k... Take a look at the Honing section in the Library
But you might also want to read the JaNorton Challenge on the Norton 4k/8k. Pretty versatile stone.

Originally Posted by manutabora

Hi Glen,
Another newcomer here, and I'm also very appreciative of your post. On my limited budget, keeping it simple is a must! That said, I've been wondering about what honing stone I should get, considering I'm not going to do any heavy duty honing, just to refresh the blade from time to time. Any recommendations?

Am just doing the same myself, i managed to at best turn itinto a.debacle.for.myself I did a.poll and of.an 8k or 12k naniwa the 12 was by far the most popular choice, if.you are going the Norton route a member here offered.me quite a good deal, pm me.and I will forward them your details if you like.
I AM NOT ENDORSING ANY PARTICULAR STONE, this is just my experience, ifi had given more options then 10k's were mentioned a lot too. But then there are all the other makes too. You.mightbe starting to see my problem.I have figured out what I am getting now, but I don't know enough to give you good.advice sorry.

Originally Posted by manutabora

Hi Glen,
Another newcomer here, and I'm also very appreciative of your post. On my limited budget, keeping it simple is a must! That said, I've been wondering about what honing stone I should get, considering I'm not going to do any heavy duty honing, just to refresh the blade from time to time. Any recommendations?

This is the latest version of the article that I have saved, which Mike mentioned above, it raises the thoughts about what to buy before you buy

http://straightrazorpalace.com/hones...ml#post1148199

I was asked this exact question at the Denver meet this past Sunday, there was a time that my automatic answer was "Find a good quality Barber's Hone at a good price and never look back" but now a days those are getting to be stupid expensive and hard to find.. My goto response is more toward the Naniwa SS 12k now, that is a very versatile hone at a very fair price...

Originally Posted by gssixgun

.... My goto response is more toward the Naniwa SS 12k now, that is a very versatile hone at a very fair price...

So Glen...I've read all the I can on where to start... If my objective is to simply maintain optimal edge and I want to leave the bevel setting & any heavier work to a 'pro', the Naniwa is your recommendation?

Originally Posted by MikekiM

So Glen...I've read all the I can on where to start... If my objective is to simply maintain optimal edge and I want to leave the bevel setting & any heavier work to a 'pro', the Naniwa is your recommendation?

At this point in time Yes, unless you can luck into a Barber's Hone in good shape at a reasonable price, I feel the Naniwa SS 12k is the best bang for the buck...

Originally Posted by gssixgun

At this point in time Yes, unless you can luck into a Barber's Hone in good shape at a reasonable price, I feel the Naniwa SS 12k is the best bang for the buck...

My friend is Very Correct! I got a decent barbers hone but on the advice a member, I bought the Naniwa 12k.

When you get into full honing that Bang for the Buck goes way up! I had to kind of bend my good friend pinklather's arm a bit to make him believe me on how well it worked. Just ask him!

With that said, I've posted many times that if I dropped and broke my Naniwa 12K and couldn't afford to replace it, I could live off of the 8K side of my Norton 4/8 for the rest of my life!

However if I were to break the 4/8 I'd eat peanut butter sandwiches day in and day out until I could afford a new one!

hmmmmm....

Naniwa 12k

or

Norton 4/8

?????

Originally Posted by MikekiM

hmmmmm....

Naniwa 12k

or

Norton 4/8

?????

No, not again groundhog day argh!!!! :-)

Originally Posted by edhewitt

No, not again groundhog day argh!!!! :-)

LOL... The whole JaNorton thing and all...