Thread: Hone Purchase Advice

Originally Posted by Proinsias

The Chosera 1K is on sale at Edenwebshops at the moment, they are in Europe so shipping may take 1-2 weeks but the price is nice. I think, with shipping over the pond, it's about $60-65.
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If that's the price with shipping to the US. That's a real bargain. I paid more

Before the sale went on I almost bought the Cho from Eden, after I invested in a Shapton 1.5K, which I'm really happy with, they went on sale. I mentioned it on B&B and a few guys have had them delivered promptly to the US at $60-65 with shipping.

Originally Posted by gugi

If there's a serious damage a coarse hone makes the job go much faster. This also applies to razors, but if there is a damage that needs 220 grit hone to be fixed in reasonable time I wouldn't be fixing it in the first place and throw it away.

Please tell me you're not actually throwing away razors now are you !?!?

or maybe you have a different understanding about "reasonable time", personally I don't mind spending a few evenings on a single razor. I mostly use naturals and rarely have to lap my stones but I'm considering buying a coarse DMT partially because it will also help with the realy realy realy dammaged razors.

if you are serious about thorwing them away I might suggest the classifieds could use an additional section with people offering their razors they have given up all hope of ever restoring them