Thread: Hones and the home

Hello everyone,

UK straight razor and kamisori user here. I need to do one of those introductory posts on the introduction forum but for now I have a question that I have the itch for an answer.

Hones I own:
Norton 4k/8k combo with Ice Bear Nagura
Chinese 12k with same stone for slurry

Between these, my two kamisori (which couldn't shave arm hair) are now a shave 'okay' (not what I'd like to use for a full shave but I love their agility and fine work for my horseshoe tash), my Baurmann solingen was also arm hair deficient but is shave ready and I received a free Feramaud? Solingen which has a chip that I'm slowly trying to take out.

Now I've gotten the feeling for this and I'm thinking of a low budget, lower grit hone to 1) repair straight razors if I find them cheap on my travels and 2) sharpen the kitchen knives because my family like blunt knives.A very quick scout around pulled up cheap'ish choices like an Eden 2k/5k, Naniwa 1k/3k and the Naniwa 120/1k...

Now the lowest I have is a 4k and I'll probably want to finish the knives on 4k tops, at least until the honing bug bites I need to purchase a couple of sharpening stone holders so I cannot afford to spend too much.

Any advice for a repair level grit hone for a razor that would be suitable for knife sharpening that fits in well with my Norton 4k/8k?

Thank you.