Quote Originally Posted by Lynn View Post
I never let the razor dictate one brand of stone over another. I do consider the condition of the razor to determine what stones I will start with however. I usually use a Chosera 1K for setting bevels but will use the Chosera 800 if for no other reason than to use something different now and then. If a razor is really bad, I'll start on a 220 and then go to the 1K.

For the most part, I'll use either a Norton 4K/8K Combo, Naniwa 5K and 8K or Shapton Glass 4K and 8K for daily honing including my personal razors. The results are always pretty similar and I like having some variety when I hone considering I am honing 4-6 hours every day usually 6 days a week. For finishing, I like the Naniwa 12K, Sigma 13K, Shapton Glass 16K and the three of these provide very similar results as well. One thing I have been doing lately is finishing with 2 strokes on chromium oxide on felt as I am finding that this helps with removing the sparklies along with a good stropping pre-test shave. I don't use the Shapton Glass 30K too much but when I do, it's just a couple of laps. I like the Suehiro 20K too and it is a very consistent finisher. I do on occasion, still use my Escher. My Coticules and J'Nats are not seeing a whole lot of action, not because they are not good, but the other stones are much more consistent for me.

I really can't just pick one razor or 3 stones..........

Stop by anytime Bill.

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I'll tell you Lynn, when I discovered Shaptons my confidence in honing skyrocketed. The results are just more predictable. It may be because I am more experienced, but it just seems easier with the Shaptons.

Previously, I used a King 1K, Norton 4K/8K, and for a finishing stone I used a 12K Chinese stone from a quarry in Guanxi province. I don't know what the problem was, but I found myself having to do a lot of re-honings.