Thread: Would 6000 to 12000 work?

The Taidea are very soft and not as good as the naniwas. I used it at the start but used something else to finish on. Since I got the naniwas it only gets used on knives.

Originally Posted by eddy79

The Taidea are very soft and not as good as the naniwas. I used it at the start but used something else to finish on. Since I got the naniwas it only gets used on knives.

Strange, my taidea is a lot harder than my naniwa....at any rate the naniwas are best for the slight price bump, no point in "upgrading" later, you'd just be needlessly paying for hones twice.

Originally Posted by kwlfca

Strange, my taidea is a lot harder than my naniwa....at any rate the naniwas are best for the slight price bump, no point in "upgrading" later, you'd just be needlessly paying for hones twice.

That's what you get for buying cheap of Ebay

Originally Posted by eddy79

That's what you get for buying cheap of Ebay

What do I get

I agree to an extend to people here... So i go from a 6k to 12k on all my razors and i love the edge that i get... I have a taidea 8k that i never use! Here is what i do
1k king to set a good bevel
6k king ... Kinda like a one stone honing technic! Very thick slury, medium slurry and just water... At this moment it will shave hair from my legs without touching my skin
12k Chinese... Very thick slurry... Circles and x... Medium slurry and just water! So yes it is possible ... The very thick slurry helps with the gap between grit... This me... I havent been honing for a long time but i have a 8 razors in my rotation that i have restored and all can pass the hanging hair test

Originally Posted by kwlfca

What do I get

Obviously a better stone than me cause mine dishes just looking at it

Thanks for ask the replies. What I ended up doing was getting one of the 3/8k combos and a CNAT. I then spent the last week breadknifing and honing all my razors until I could get good shaves out of them all. Also I think I lucked out on my CNAT I'm getting surprisingly smooth shaves and I don't really know what I'm doing yet.

Originally Posted by SuperSpeedRacer

Thanks for ask the replies. What I ended up doing was getting one of the 3/8k combos and a CNAT. I then spent the last week breadknifing and honing all my razors until I could get good shaves out of them all. Also I think I lucked out on my CNAT I'm getting surprisingly smooth shaves and I don't really know what I'm doing yet.

I'd avoid breadknifing, it's not usually a recommended thing to do. What 3/8 combo did you get?

Originally Posted by eddy79

Obviously a better stone than me cause mine dishes just looking at it

Idk, mine was around $30 or so for a 3k, maybe others are different?

I'll keep the breadknifing thing in mind in the future. I didn't realize it was not recommended. I wanted to start from scratch and set a bevel myself.

I ended up getting a taidea 3/8. They were on sale for $30. I couldn't say no. They appear to work just fine - I get a perfectly functional edge off them and am still totally a novice.

They are somewhat soft and need to be relapped quite a bit. But, I'm just doing my own razors and actually kind of like the lapping process; it's a strangely zen sort of thing. So they seem to work for me. I don't find myself regretting the choice. I can understand how a pro would find then annoying. If I was doing ten or twenty razors a day the need to constantly relap would be insufferable.

Originally Posted by SuperSpeedRacer

I'll keep the breadknifing thing in mind in the future. I didn't realize it was not recommended. I wanted to start from scratch and set a bevel myself.

I ended up getting a taidea 3/8. They were on sale for $30. I couldn't say no. They appear to work just fine - I get a perfectly functional edge off them and am still totally a novice.

They are somewhat soft and need to be relapped quite a bit. But, I'm just doing my own razors and actually kind of like the lapping process; it's a strangely zen sort of thing. So they seem to work for me. I don't find myself regretting the choice. I can understand how a pro would find then annoying. If I was doing ten or twenty razors a day the need to constantly relap would be insufferable.

Out of curiosity, are you guys soaking your taidea stones?

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