Quote Originally Posted by PR357 View Post
I have about 20 razors in que right now. I buy, fix'em up, then post them on eBay to find there own price. I feel that I will be doing this for some time so at some point I'll upgrade and add to my tools of trade. But yes, I understand what you're saying about maintenance.
Then you need a progression of synthetics to get close to the grit size of your finisher and then you can make a lateral move to the finisher. It doesn't need to be a 6 stone progression, but I'd want maybe 3.

I like arkansas stones to do bevel work- or all work I guess, but you have to be able to wake them up to keep them cutting coarse (which at least requires a diamond card or something) and if you get one that's not flat, you have some work ahead of you to get it in shape.