Thread: Which Finishing Stone or Barber's hone should I get?

Originally Posted by gssixgun

And there is why everyone was giving so many options and the list was getting longer by the minute of what hone to buy with that purchase you just changed your own honing dynamic from "Maintenance" to "Honing" (unless you are planning on sending it to be honed and then maintain it)

This is common on here, many people start with an ideal, and end up getting in deeper with each purchase now you are well on yer way to being as bad as the rest of us Welcome Aboard !!!!

On thing I have learnt is that buying something you think may be good enough usually isn't. Rather save up and buy the one recommended by the more knowledgeable folks on the forum. If you buy quality you will not regret it, if you up the wrong hone you won't use it... There are a number of good options that have been recommended and if you change your mind later, a good hone will sell for a good price...

Amen to what Sharptonn says...you don't NEED a hone or stone or anything else....mail those babies off for $30 to Lynn or Gssixgun, or anyone else who is on this forum advertising honing expertise. Best you can buy for $30 (maybe) is a barber's hone and unless you're amazingly dexterous and a quick long distance learner, you'll make the razors worse.

Originally Posted by sharptonn

Just a thought on the OP's opening post. I truly feel you are perhaps not stropping enough. Double up on it, 40 on the fabric, 100 on the leather. It may just come around. A good stropping regimen should keep a properly honed blade shaving well indefinitely. The money spent to send to Lynn once in a blue moon is less than delving into hones and, if stropped properly, should go a long while.
Just my observation and another option.