View Poll Results: Which Combo do you use

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  • 1k, 4k/8k, 12k, 16k, CRO2

    46 28.40%

  • BBW, Coticule

    28 17.28%

  • Lapping Film

    6 3.70%

  • 1k, BBW/Coticule, CRO2

    16 9.88%

  • Other, Explain please.

    76 46.91%
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Thread: The Hone stone Poll

  1. 03-19-2009, 09:03 PM #21
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    Shapton 1000, 4000, 8000, 16000, Linen and horsehide.
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  2. 03-19-2009, 09:14 PM #22
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    I'm just a Hone newbe but I use
    DMT C and F for chips and dings
    DMT 1200 for setting bevels
    BBW with slurry
    Coticule with water
    CrO on a loomstrop ..just a couple of strokes for a very smooth edge..

    Maarten
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  3. 03-19-2009, 09:23 PM #23
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    This is a great thread IMHO. I hope that this can shed some light on any issues that people may be having.

    I know that in reading the posts that I have had a few light bulbs go off.
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  4. 03-19-2009, 10:28 PM #24
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    I use Shapton pro. 1k, 5k, 8k. Lately I have been using my old King 8k for fun, and sometimes the 6k

    I usually finish on nakayama asagi, or vintage coticule. Stropping on home made leather and hemp canvas web strop. (though i dont use the canvas all that often.)

    If that's not it, I will use an aoto, shinden suita, asagi progression
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  5. 03-19-2009, 10:56 PM #25
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    Well, I am still very new to honing. I am the proud owner of http://straightrazorpalace.com/buy-s...ing-setup.html, an Escher acquired from gugi and a BBW/Coticule combo. I also have a pasted strop with Dovo red/green pastes, and a few strops.

    I have found the Norton pyramid to deliver excellent results: Setting The Bevel And Honing With The Norton 4/8 Pyramid - Straight Razor Place Wiki. But for some reason, I recently switched to the Belgian, and it's somehow more fun, not least because I like holding the stone in my hand better than having it flat on a desk. But, as I said, I only honed 20 or so razors - and I certainly would not call of the results successes...
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  6. 03-19-2009, 11:13 PM #26
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    sometimes a DMT C 325 and/or F 600 if it needs heavy work...
    DMT D6E 1200 or WME
    DMT D6EE 8000 or W4EE
    one of half-a-dozen barber hones
    sometimes (≈30%) a lapped Spyderco UF
    often (70%+) newspaper on glass
    leather strop

    I don't use pastes, except for 0.5 chrome oxide (on a leather paddle) by request.
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  7. 03-19-2009, 11:16 PM #27
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    Norton flattening stone
    DMT1200
    Norton4k/8k
    Chinese 12k
    Barber hone
    Linen strop
    Latigo strop

    oh and lots of water and a prayer for good luck
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  8. 03-19-2009, 11:18 PM #28
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    1200 DMT, D8E
    4K Shapton on Glass
    4K BBW
    8K Coticule
    16K Shapton on Glass
    20 - 40K Nakayama
    60K CRO

    25 laps linen
    30 laps TM Red Latigo (clean edge)
    25 laps linen
    30 laps Scottie Horsehide(clean edge)
    25 laps linen
    40 laps TM Horsehide

    * Works for me!
    Last edited by zepplin; 03-19-2009 at 11:23 PM. Reason: Forgot stropping
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  9. 03-19-2009, 11:28 PM #29
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    Mostly Shapton Glass Stones.
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  10. 03-19-2009, 11:32 PM #30
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    Norton 220/1k, 4k/8k, then .50 CrO and .25 Diamond
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