Thread: need stone advice

I am not a pro and don't hone as a business, but if you send them to me I'll do them for you no charge. Just cover the cost of return postage.

I also happen to have more webbing and crox than I'll ever use. I'd be happy to throw together a crox-pasted strop for you to maintain their edges. This way you can get a couple of usable razors that you can maintain for quite some time, and not take a chance on cheaper hones that may or may not work terribly well.

PM me if you're interested.

EDIT: should also mention you might want to check out classicedge.ca if you do want to send to a pro in Canada.

I'va done a couple of restores on a small 4 X 10 cm coticule which costed me 40 euro's and if I'm realy honest to myself, the other >100 euro's spend on hones after that was not realy nessesary.

if you go for a small coticule, ask for a hard hone and a soft slurry stone

Originally Posted by cannon123

So i don't have much money but need a hone ebay has a 1000 and 8000 combo stone its no nane on it but its 34bucks will that be feasible? Im buying vintage razors and making them shave ready will this work ? And please don't tell me i need the best some possible I've had people on here say it to me and it's not appreciated i don't have much money any help greatly appreciated

Simple answer is no. You will need more than 2 stones to restore razors. Especially don't buy no name stones.
The minimalist, cheap, setup to do what you want IMHO, is the Shapton M5's in 1500 grit, 5k, & 12k, & a means to lap them as needed.

Originally Posted by onimaru55

Simple answer is no. You will need more than 2 stones to restore razors. Especially don't buy no name stones.
The minimalist, cheap, setup to do what you want IMHO, is the Shapton M5's in 1500 grit, 5k, & 12k, & a means to lap them as needed.

that's not a minimalist set-up, if you only have to do the one or two razors, and have the time to learn to hone a small 4x10 centimeter coticule will work. bevel setting will be slow but who cares when you only have to do it 1 or 2 times

Do you use a pebble for a slurry stone on that?

Bram I can do it all on a barbers hone, I have done it, but why?

The right tool for the job makes all of the difference.

Originally Posted by Bram

that's not a minimalist set-up, if you only have to do the one or two razors, and have the time to learn to hone a small 4x10 centimeter coticule will work. bevel setting will be slow but who cares when you only have to do it 1 or 2 times

Did I misinterpret the op when he said " Im buying vintage razors and making them shave ready will this work ? "
You would have to be very lucky/ experienced /knowlegeable/connected to get one coticule to do a full edge restoration with.

In my opinion the OP should take notice of what Oz said but if he can't afford the Shaptons he could do worse than buying a King 1000 and a Norton 4k/8k combo. I reckon the 6000 side of the King should be stayed away from; I've never had a good edge off it. My specimen scratches like b%ggery.

Originally Posted by onimaru55

Did I misinterpret the op when he said " Im buying vintage razors and making them shave ready will this work ? "
You would have to be very lucky/ experienced /knowlegeable/connected to get one coticule to do a full edge restoration with.

ok, then I guess I was just verry lucky when I started out a couple of months ago and did the exact same thing as the OP discribes using my smal coti.

but then again the OP's message did say "razors" and I don't know if this is a couple to use him self or if he wants to start a business.

if you realy want to go buget you could even consider a small belgium blue whetstone but since I haven't walked this route myself I cannot recomment or discurage this option, these blue whetstone are aparently more consistent so there should be people out here who can tell you if this is an option. But you can of course just go the synthetic route which is more relyable according to everyone who has used naturals as well as synthetics

Originally Posted by Bram

ok, then I guess I was just verry lucky when I started out a couple of months ago and did the exact same thing as the OP discribes using my smal coti.

Maybe you were lucky. I know that of the few coti's I've owned not all would be suitable as a one hone solution whereas synthetics are a known factor.