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03-11-2017, 02:51 PM #1
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Thanked: 133Help choosing finishing stone
About to send in my Wade and Butcher to get restored ( cracked scales ) and was wanting to get into shaving with the razor. At the moment I have a Norton 4k/8k stone a 220/1k norton stone, as well as a norton flattening stone. The lower grit norton I have for house knives.
I am also going to have to pick up a nice strop (taking suggestions for that too) but I don't want to rely on micron spray on back of strop. So I'm looking for finishing stone.
I was thinking of grabbing a Naniwa 10k/12k (not sure which although I'm guessing 12k if money isn't an issue) or a Barbers stone.
I saw a few franz swatys that looked to be in okay condition but I'm not sure if I would end up wasting money on a stone I couldn't repair/use correctly.
Open for suggestions of what you guys think. I have done some honing, enough to get decent shave with the 8k, but I'm not an expert and wanted advice on finishing stone