Thread: questions about equipment important

First off a short introduction, I use to be in the army and now reitired the last 5 years of the army I shaved with straight razors honed my own blades and probably had around 50 blades i sharpened, if you don't know you have to shave everyday in the Army I did in the field i was Infantry. So in short I'm not new to straight razors i also have a copy of the 1923 barbers manual that i follow and have saw lots of videos on straight razor subjects.

here are my questions

I saw this stone on eBay are they any good for sharpening razors, Idk anything about these i guess one of my questions is can they be reground like a norton with a piece on sand paper on a table or something

400 1500 Sharpener Stone Grit Knife Razor Polishing Whetstone Duel Two Sides | eBay

something like this for quick sharpening of eBay refirbished razors or something else maybe?


SK11 Both Sides Diamond Honing Stone Grit 400 1000 | eBay


or maybe like something like this to refurbish razors as well

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Diamond-Shar...item5af0c9aa07


what do people think about a strop with lapping compound as well, i never tried this but i have seen barbers use them


Last but not least i need a good strop i know I'm going to have to pay some cash for one who do you recommend i use to have one that had a cloth belt and leather strop in one i purchased it from a barber shop i paid about 75. I am trying to keep some of this stuff on the not the super expensive stuff thats why i mention the stuff i found on eBay.

I no long have these things because of burglary.


Thanks fellers.