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, 03:42 PM #1
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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.
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    Norton 4k/8k only followed by a good stropping is all you really need.
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    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. I guess that is a good thing ...... it's fun anyhow.
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  5. 03-19-2009, 04:03 PM #4
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    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.
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  6. 03-19-2009, 04:04 PM #5
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    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...
    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...
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    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
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    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"
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    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
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  10. 03-19-2009, 04:54 PM #9
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    I voted for option #1, even though I don't have a 12k or 16k.

    I have a 320, 1k, 4k, 8k, 14k, & newspaper.
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    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.
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