Thread: To Each, His Hone

600 Chosera for some heavy repair when needed
1K Chosera - great feedback no loading with swarf
3k Choseta- great feedback fast cutter for a 3k , no loading with swarf
5k Superstone- much cheaper than Chosera and does not load as easy as lower grit Superstones
8k King -nice feeling, pretty fast cutter.
10k Super Stone- nice finisher, or pre-finisher
330mate low quality "Nakayama" that sometimes I use after 8k and before my Asagi. This stone can also take 1k edge to the Asagi, but takes some time.
Nakayama Asagi- best finisher I have tried, most edges off it do not even need to see CrO. Stone is pleasure to use and its fun to learn its "character"

Currently, use Coti to Escher to Charnley...however, sometimes i play and that involves the Frankonian, WOA , vintage translucent and vintage Thurries.

Thanks,

Mac

Originally Posted by Neil Miller

I didn't have a ______ then I got one. It was my favourite hone

......snip....

To paraphrase Julio Inglesias:

To all the hones I've love before,
Who travelled in and out my door,
I'm glad they come along,
I dedicate this song
To all the hones I've loved before.

Regards,
Neil

+1
Me too. I am still dating my hones.
On any given day I have a different favorite
and have a different want..... Some call it HAD.
The good news is that there is a need
to have a "set" not just one.

Unlike women -- I seem to have a keeper
in that department.

Right now it's a JUN HONYAMA Suita that forms a nice cloudy edge. But I may up grade soon...and test an asagi nakayama against this to see which one will be the best finisher. I just need 500 more dollars to do so....

I've been really happy with my Shapton GS 1..30k, and
after spending 30 mins doing circles on my D8C to get
a smiling wedge with a shark-tooth edge back in order,
I'd like to add the GS 500 to that collection

Honing on the DMT is like nails on a chalkboard for me...

- Scott

First off, Neil, that was well written and oh so true....


I have a ton of hones I use, and even more I have used and everyone of them works just fine... it really is the hands, not the hone, I have learned that now...

The one hone that I would never not have in my collection though, is a rather plain jane one, and that is the Norton 1k, because one other thing that I have learned is the sharp starts at the bevel... Nothing against any other 1k stone but for me "I" am still the most comfortable with the Norton 1k when push comes to shove on a difficult razor.....

My Nakayama because that is the one hone I use on all my edges as the final polisher. Before the Nakayama I choose from a generic Thuringian, Escher or Hohenzollern. The coticule comes before the Thuringians.

So many hones.............

When I need more abrasive, I go with a Norton 220 or 1000.
Everyday bevel setting goes to the Naniwa Chosera 1K or Super Stone 1K
Honing new razors get the Naniwa Super 5K and 8K
Most restoration honing gets a Norton 4K/8K
Finishing is mostly Escher, but I really like my Asagi too and the Naniwa Super 12K is sooooo consistent.

.5 diamond spray on felt is my all around favorite after the finishing stone.

Problem is that the Shapton Glass white or gray high carbon, Nortons and Naniwas are all just excellent hones and can get you there consistently. Also I like the Charnley.....

This is a really hard exercise.......

Lynn

So you want me to slight my hones by picking one over the other eh? You want me to give them a complex and then they won't work for me? Not on your life buddy. I like em all.