good deal on norton combo stones?
i have been wanting to get into honing my own straights for a while now, but the cost has kept me from doing so for a while now. unfortunately i can not go into an antique shop without looking for straight razors. so i can continue to send them out or buy stones and practice with some of my less desirable blades.
would you please advise me on this possible purchase? its $120 also there is a slurry stone for 15 bucks. if there is a better kit out there for around the same amount of money i would be grateful to be made aware. thanks in advance.
frank
Amazon.com: WATERSTONE WOODWORKER PACKAGE: Home Improvement
Technical Details
Package includes; 1 ea - Norton 220/1000 grit combination Waterstone.
1 ea - 4000/8000 grit combination Waterstone
1 ea. Sharpening Woodworking Tools DVD (26 minutes).
Set of Norton Waterstone instructions.
Total price purchased separately $164.99 - SAVE $30.00
edited this in after some responses....
well thanks for the quick responses. i have been straight razor shaving for around 2 years now. i have a new dovo. i also have a boker(1880ish) a b.s. crown (1880) a horton sheffield(mid 1800) and some new (to me) blade i bought at an antique store last week. it says solingen but also has chinese characters on the tang and box. trademark a w s with a scale of sorts engraved ( the scales arent engraved. thier trademark is a scale.) i do send my stuff out for honing. i use kenrup for all my restoring. was just thinking about honing myself b/c of spending 15 to have it honed and 10 for shipping /return shipping, and then going w/ out it for a couple weeks. also was wanting to further my maintenance experience beyond stropping. shaving is kind of my moment of zen. i can just relax and focus on it and not on the things i think are important. more of being in the now. i think honing could provide that head space too. thnx! oh yeah, i also already have lyns video.