Thread: Name Your Favorite Finisher ..... Poll (multiple choice)

I've noticed many new members asking which finishing stone to buy. Of course there is an article in the Wiki ,"What Hone Do I Need," but for the more experienced members who've been at it awhile I'm wondering which finishing stones they've decided are the best in their personal opinion ? By best I'm referring to the hone that makes the edge feel the sharpest and the smoothest for you.

To me it is the naniwa 12k with the shapton pro 15k a close second among synthetics. Among the naturals the Escher yellow/green or blue/green are my favorites. Actually any of the Eschers regardless of color but some seem to cut faster than others. What are your preferences dear reader ? This is not a public poll but if you would expand on your choice, particularly if you pick more than one, it might be helpful to those trying to make a decision.

EDIT; If your favorite isn't listed feel free to post and name it .
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I love my Asagi. I recommend Nani 12k to new guys cause it's fast, reasonably priced, readily available, consistent and I love the way Nanis feel.

Others that I have used are my vintage Thuringian (no label, so I don't know if it's an escher), my coticule, and my C12k. I have pretty much only used my one coti and my one thurry, though I have used others' a few times. My point is that I don't have a lot of experience with Thurries or Coti's in general, only with my singular ones. Variation among naturals, yadda yadda yadda.

Oh, I should probably say that I prefer my Asagi over the C12k because of the speed, and I prefer my Asagi over my Thurry because of the feedback. The edges I have been getting are close enough that I myself cannot tell them apart.

I voted Naniwa 12k and Escher. I love the 15k and the 30k pro but I don't usually go there. The naniwa 12 gives me a sweet edge as does the Escher if I want to go there. Different strokes.

I have 10k Super Stone and it works great, I am sure the 12k is even better.
The super stones feel great too.
That being said , I finish on Asagi.

I go with an ESCHER

Coticule, for various reasons, the main one being that the only other finishing hone I have used so far was an Escher (which did not offer any improvement over my Coticule, actually quite the contrary). It might have made sense to encourage the participants in this poll to name the hones with which they actually have significant experience (in which case I would have abstained ).

As an aside, a hone from the Free State of Thuringia (Thürigen) would be a Thuringian (Thüringer), would it not?

Regards,
Robin

Originally Posted by BeBerlin

Coticule, for various reasons.

As an aside, a hone from the Free State of Thuringia (Thürigen) would be a Thuringian (Thüringer), would it not?

A rose by any other name is still a rose .... but you are right of course.

No write-in for a C12k?

Seriously, though, I love my Shapton Glass 30k, but not all of my razors seem to respond equally well to it, while I've found the People's Hone will invariably produce at least a good 'nuff edge after a few (hundred) strokes.

Originally Posted by northpaw

No write-in for a C12k?

Seriously, though, I love my Shapton Glass 30k, but not all of my razors seem to respond equally well to it, while I've found the People's Hone will invariably produce at least a good 'nuff edge after a few (hundred) strokes.

TBH it didn't pop into my head when I made the poll. If I had thought of it I certainly would have included it over the spyderco or the tam simply because it is a more commonly used stone. An oversight that was unintentional. IOW, not because of any negative opinion on the stone.

We can insert C12k into the matrix and remove Spyderco. We have the technology...