Lets get all the ideas and combinations in one place and start a discussion on the pros and cons. New guys like me would greatly appreciate it.
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Lets get all the ideas and combinations in one place and start a discussion on the pros and cons. New guys like me would greatly appreciate it.
Norton 4k/8k only followed by a good stropping is all you really need.
It depends on the razor and my mood. Lately ..... last night in fact a DMT D8E (1200) to set the bevel, a Norton single grit 4K pyramid with a Norton 8K single grit. Strop and test shave. BBS in two passes. Thanks to Lynn and randydance.
I will take that razor now and further refine the edge either on a Blue/Green Escher or if I feel like it a Shapton GlassStone 16K. Just depends on where my head is when the time comes.
Sometimes I want to go all natural and hone on BBW/yellow coticule and sometimes ....... not often lately Shapton Pro 1k, 5k, 8k, 15k.
Finishing might be with the Eschers, Coticules, Shapton Pro 15 & 30K or maybe the Chinese 12K, Too many options. :gaah: I guess that is a good thing ...... it's fun anyhow. :)
I chose other. This is what I find works welll:
Norton 1000
Norton 4000
Norton 8000
Hard Coticule with just water
Thuringian with just water
I agree that all you really need is a norton 4k/8k. The coticule and thuringian are just extras really.:D
My combination is Naniwa 1k/3k, King 6k, Chinese 12k, CrOx...
It was cheapest combination for me and it does the job pretty well...:)
Not that I would mind to have BBW and Coticule, but it will have to wait for some time now...:shrug:
Naniwa and King are synthetic hones which cut very fast but they tend to leave a scratch pattern on the edge...
Chinese 12k is very nice natural finishing stone, gives a nice polish to the edge but cuts very, very slow... It takes long time to hone out the scratches made by lower grit hones... It is almost impossible to overhone...
I don't have to talk much about CrOx... It is love it or hate it thing... I love it...:)
at the moment typically:
shapton 1k, shapton 4k, yellow coticule just water OR
shapton 1k, shapton 4k, yellowgreen escher slurry and just water OR
yellow coticule slurry then just water
Mostly I will use:
DMT D6E
DMT D6EE
Escher, Türinger aka. Celebrated type) Coticules
Strop's
And I await the day when I can say like Jimmy "Eschers" :D
Last night I honed three razors with these in order of progression:
Stones
DMT Dia Sharp 6" x 2" x .25" Fine (600 grit)
Belgian stone: used both blue and yellow sides
Strops
Chromium oxide pasted hanging cowhide leather strop
Weaved cotton hanging strop
Kangaroo leather hanging strop
I voted for option #1, even though I don't have a 12k or 16k.
I have a 320, 1k, 4k, 8k, 14k, & newspaper.
Norton 4k/8k - shave test: if the edge is not to my taste, back to the Norton; if it is, a few lap on the Coticule. That is all I need. I have a leather bench strop with 0.5 diamond paste in case, but I didn't need it until now.
But I am really green concerning honing... still a lot to learn.