Thread: Good for a beginner?

Originally Posted by bwatte

No problem, that does not include the flattening stone.

If you plan on getting the norton flattening stone, just be careful because it takes off a lot of stone very quickly. I prefer the dmt d8c because it does not take off too much too quickly and it will always stay flat. The norton will eventually become uneven and it will also need to be lapped

Do you mind showing me a link to it so I know I'm looking at the right thing?

If you you are just maintaining a razor I say go with balsa and pastes. You can get the equivalent of 6 hones from a 3'0" piece of balsa with various diamond pastes. I would go with the 9, 6, 3, 1, 0.5 diamond pastes. Check out SRD and classic for the pastes. Decent hones on the cheap. Oh yeh, you might want to get get some CrOx also.

I've done most of my razor work on a 800 and 8k ceramic that I have for my knives, so IMHO the norton 4k/8k would be a great starter, even if you need to do more work, all it means is more time. which to me isn't a bad thing. there are lots of cheap solutions here to get what you need done. I use a big cheap ceramic floor tile (took a while to find a flat one) and wet /dry sandpaper, for stone lapping. My first pasted strop was cardboard, athletic tape, and Crox.

Originally Posted by 15straightrazor

Do you mind showing me a link to it so I know I'm looking at the right thing?

DMT Dia-Sharp 8x3x3/8 in. Diamond Plates

The D8C at 325 grit is widely used as a flattening stone for both natural and synthetic stones.