Thread: Hone advice on a purchase

I am looking to do a couple of things here;

I want to be able to maintain my edge on my straights,

I want to be able to restore an edge on older or damaged straights,

I want to be able to maintain an edge on my kitchen knives,

I want to be able to restore damaged edges on those poor steak knives that were abused by my other half,

My question to the honemasters here is, what is my best bet for stones to complete the above tasks?

I was looking at the Naniwa three stone set (5K 8K 12K) SRD has for $174.00

I was also looking at the Norton water stones that are combo's, I found a 3K/8K(SRD $90) and a 4K/8K(Classic shav $76)

There is the Naniwa 1K for $33 and a 12K for $74 both on SRD

Any help and or advice is welcomed....I would rather buy from one place if possible but will shop the best prices for my needs

Thanks

Originally Posted by crushnbugs

I was looking at the Naniwa three stone set (5K 8K 12K) SRD has for $174.00


There is the Naniwa 1K for $33

Go with this set. 1,5,8,12k,
you may need to add 220 norton for your knifes.
gl

Originally Posted by crushnbugs

I am looking to do a couple of things here;

I want to be able to maintain my edge on my straights,

I want to be able to restore an edge on older or damaged straights,

I want to be able to maintain an edge on my kitchen knives,

I want to be able to restore damaged edges on those poor steak knives that were abused by my other half,

My question to the honemasters here is, what is my best bet for stones to complete the above tasks?

I was looking at the Naniwa three stone set (5K 8K 12K) SRD has for $174.00

I was also looking at the Norton water stones that are combo's, I found a 3K/8K(SRD $90) and a 4K/8K(Classic shav $76)

There is the Naniwa 1K for $33 and a 12K for $74 both on SRD

Any help and or advice is welcomed....I would rather buy from one place if possible but will shop the best prices for my needs

Thanks

With the requirements that you laid out

The Norton full set 220/1k 4k/8k and the lapping stone would be your best bet IMHO

Amazon will have a price of about $120 for the set

Sooner or latter you will want to add a finisher and there are tons of options but my advice is wait until you have honed over 20 razors to shave ready on just the 8k before you shop the finisher...

What Glen said + a Chinese 12K then you have all you need.

You can't go wrong with the Nortons and I like them but I like the Naniwa 1, 3, 5 and 8 better nowadays. Also a DMT 325 to lap the water stones would be a good thing to have.

With the Naniwas my routine currently is 1k bevel set, 3k/5k pyramid and 8k polish strop and shave. IME anything finer is more icing on the cake.

Wow great find at Amazon for the Nortons, Thanks Glen!

Is there a big difference between the Nortons and the Naniwa in quality or performance?

Thanks again!

Originally Posted by crushnbugs

I am looking to do a couple of things here;

I want to be able to maintain my edge on my straights, Naniwas

I want to be able to restore an edge on older or damaged straights, Nortons

I want to be able to maintain an edge on my kitchen knives, Nortons

I want to be able to restore damaged edges on those poor steak knives that were abused by my other half, Have no clue

My question to the honemasters here is, what is my best bet for stones to complete the above tasks?

I was looking at the Naniwa three stone set (5K 8K 12K) SRD has for $174.00

I was also looking at the Norton water stones that are combo's, I found a 3K/8K(SRD $90) and a 4K/8K(Classic shav $76)

There is the Naniwa 1K for $33 and a 12K for $74 both on SRD

Any help and or advice is welcomed....I would rather buy from one place if possible but will shop the best prices for my needs

Thanks

This is just my opinion above nothing more...

for knives not all Naniwa SS are gonna work for you.
1k SS is horrible on stainless, and does ok job on carbon, go for the Chosera.
you need low grit forchip repair- Chosera 400
1k - Chosera or Sigma power hard
3k/5k-chosera or 5k Suehiro Rika
8k - King
10k Naniwa SS
12k Naniwa SS or chinese.
SRD sells only the 1cm version of the Superstones if you want 2 cm try
eBay Store: Search results for Japanese tools metalmaster.

the 1cm Naniwa @ low grits dishes easy, it will go fast if you sharpen knives on them, because you have to flatten a lot.