Thread: Friend new to razors looking for a Natural finishing hone

I have been doing this for quite some time and have not been looking at hones. A friend wants to start honing and wants his first stone to be a natural finishing hone. Please let me know where to look or if it is appropriate, what you have to offer. Please limit responses to Natural stones. Thank you.

Vintage? Coticule? Jnat? Something else? How much does he want to spend?

He wants to ultimately pair a coticule with a natural finisher. I am not sure of his budget but think he is interested in Thuringians or Jnats. Thuringians may be too expensive. Even though he didn't give me a budget Eschers seem pretty high these days.

I would go coticule and then a finishing arkansas stone (translucent or hard black)
Jnat can be a fun route but expensive for the good ones

All except the Arkansas are pretty expensive. I have a hard black Arkansas. The company says its actually finer than the translucent. It seems so much coarser than my Escher. Have you used one as a finisher? Is the edge nice? I've never tried it.

I have a translucent I finish on with some norton sharpening oil. Gives me a very nice edge and personally I find it easier to finish on arkansas stones. Have your friend try out a straight razor with an arkansas stone finish before he buys one

Originally Posted by dcaven

All except the Arkansas are pretty expensive. I have a hard black Arkansas. The company says its actually finer than the translucent. It seems so much coarser than my Escher. Have you used one as a finisher? Is the edge nice? I've never tried it.

Hi ! I used black translucent Arkansas in my experiments. I brought one side up to 0.5 microns. Did the transition to it from 3K naniva. And I will say that this is a great tool for soft razors.

If you google thuringian bouts There is a guy that’s sell bouts I just brought one for 45 euros light green and I used it after 8 k as finisher and it’s great 👍 as good if not better than any Escher I had and I had 5 over the years . They really are good quality that he sells

[email protected] This is his email

Gary

Griffith's Shaving Goods also carries thuri bouts, although they're quite a bit more than 45 Euros. Either way, far cheaper than any branded Escher. The Greek Vermio stones they carry are also excellent hones for the money. For example, here is a full-sized Vermio for $89: http://https://www.griffithshavinggo...nt=12749415620. Matt says they finish even finer than thuris. I had the smaller one myself and got some great edges off it before selling it to a former Scout I've managed to brainwash into our cult.

You can also find thuris on Etsy some times. I just got a yellow-green one this week from one of our members, and early testing seems promising. Let us know what he ends up with.

Originally Posted by gary haywood

If you google thuringian bouts There is a guy that’s sell bouts I just brought one for 45 euros light green and I used it after 8 k as finisher and it’s great �� as good if not better than any Escher I had and I had 5 over the years . They really are good quality that he sells

[email protected] This is his email

Gary

Yes that’s our good friend Peter (Hatzicho’s) website.