Does anyone just use hones and strops

**hillbillyhession** · 02-21-2014, 12:51 AM

Just wondering if anyone out there just uses hones and strops to get shave ready and how do you do it?

**OCDshaver** · 02-21-2014, 12:57 AM

As opposed to?

**gssixgun** · 02-21-2014, 06:08 PM

Originally Posted by hillbillyhession

Just wondering if anyone out there just uses hones and strops to get shave ready and how do you do it?

Originally Posted by OCDshaver

As opposed to?

Same question, tons of responses about pastes etc: but no clarification

**hillbillyhession** · 02-21-2014, 06:18 PM

Gssixgun,I was wondering if there was anyone who just used hones and strops only,as opposed to spays and films after honing.And how do you get a nice mellow or smooth edge using only this method?

**Proinsias** · 02-21-2014, 06:35 PM

Originally Posted by hillbillyhession

I was wondering if there was anyone who just used hones and strops only,as opposed to spays and films after honing.

Me, most of the time

Originally Posted by hillbillyhession

And how do you get a nice mellow or smooth edge using only this method?

Practice

**gssixgun** · 02-21-2014, 07:04 PM

Originally Posted by hillbillyhession

Gssixgun,I was wondering if there was anyone who just used hones and strops only,as opposed to spays and films after honing.And how do you get a nice mellow or smooth edge using only this method?

I think I would agree with Proinsias he put it about as direct as possible

From your other thread you said you had a Norton 4/8 and a Swaty plus an unknown Either the Norton 8k or the Swaty should be more than capable of delivering a CCS with a simple leather stropping after a proper honing... In fact my recommendation it is sit down with just the 4/8 and learn how to use it until you don't need anything else, then it is the time to start exploring farther

Once you master what you have it will give you the experience to judge the next steps yourself...

Now comes all the rest of the suggestions of how to get just a touch better shave

and yes you can get just a touch better it all depends on your wants and needs...

**cudarunner** · 02-21-2014, 11:56 PM

I’m a firm believer that if you can’t get a Clean Close and Comfortable shave off of an 8k hone, then you need to keep learning the hone!

Only after getting to that point did I go with a higher grit hone. A Naniwa 12K to be exact!

Now with that said, if I were to drop and break my Naniwa 12K and I couldn’t come up with the money to replace it, I could shave off of the Norton 8K for the rest of my life!

However if I were to drop and break the Norton 4/8 I’d eat peanut butter sandwiches day in and day out for how ever long it took to save up to replace it!!!

Here’s a couple of links to Glen using the Norton 4/8K.

This is one that I watched initially and is how I developed my style of honing! It’s not exactly like his but the basics are there!

gssixgun Honing on a Norton 4-8 - YouTube

**ezpz** · 02-21-2014, 01:00 AM

many people do. over here (north america, i guess) that is the norm.. sometimes pastes are used to finish an already shave ready edge.. it is uncommon here to use pastes to hone an edge although in europe it is somewhat more common to set the bevel on a bevel setter (1k, etc) and use a progression of pastes to get the edge to where you want it.. it sounds like you have a lot of reading to do, check out the library/wiki and drop by chat if you have questions.. there is a chat going on tonight..

**Utopian** · 02-21-2014, 01:28 AM

Originally Posted by hillbillyhession

Just wondering if anyone out there just uses hones and strops to get shave ready and how do you do it?

Like many others, my answer is "yes."

I do it by honing with a variety of natural and synthetic hones, cleaning the blade on a newspaper strop, and then stropping sometimes on leather and sometimes on linen and then leather.

That's it. No pastes are needed.

**RoyalCake** · 02-21-2014, 01:29 AM

Caveat: I'm a novice honer!
If you mean do you use pastes?

The only way I get a super edge (sometimes) is to use CBN (or equivalent) after the hone.
That's not to say it's not good enough straight off the hone, but to take it to the next level I use the paste.
I'm striving to get a better edge off the hones since I'm thinking maybe the pastes are making up for honing inexperience.

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