Thread: Poor newbie's hone set

Youve gotten some good advise. I my opinion, id send the razor to someone for a profesional honing. Cost is minimal but it could take a weeks time.
Id buy a strop. The poorman strop at whippeddog works fine. And when you cut it up it wont kill your pocket book.
Get some cr0x for the back of the cloth-like material of the strop.
Read a lot on how this is done and watch vids to learn. Practice daily with a butter knife on the strop.
Use the newly honed razor and strop after use and before if you want. Id say dont go putting the razor on the stone just yet as it take one inch on the stone in the wrong fasion to damage the edge. Learn stropping and use the cr0x for a little while till you understand stropping and angles before putting razor to stone. You bought a great stone and it will last your life time.

Good luck and enjoy.