Originally Posted by
glytch5
I have read through the above few pages of posts, mainly because I am torn between which stone I want... the 20k gok, or the 30k shap.
I own 500 1k 4k 8k 16k glass, and a full line of naniwa supers... and waaaay too many others. In my defense, I am a long time knife guy!
I have a couple very pretty Jnats, some coticules and a really nice black ark that I love, but for whatever reason I get my best results going synthetic... always have. Perhaps its because I have a very coarse beard, and sensitive skin I need that sharpness.
Anyway... I want a stone that I can shave directly off from comfortably... I know you guys always say "get a good shave off this or that stone"
But when you say "shave off" do you mean, from a wet razor straight to your face, or after a quick strop up on linen+leather? I want to be able to go from stone to face, nothing in between.
I can't quiiiite do that, my best results come off the 10k super stone, followed by a stropman strop with Crox, then Iron ox then linen+leather. 12k super stone I have not mastered yet.
Don't know which to go for... I would like to have a full shapton set buuut... it would be nice to spend less money haha