Originally Posted by
v76
But from an investment standpoint, if you know you'll stick with straight shaving, a naniwa or shapton set is tough to beat. I still use my chinese "12k" alongside a swaty barber hone with good results and don't feel the need to buy more stones. Also, I noticed that a lot of people have been "flipping" barber hones... meaning that they buy them for very cheap and resell them for 5-10x more. I'm all for capitalism but I just don't want to encourage those behaviours and markets. While I love my "sought-after" 3 lines swaty... I wouldn't pay 60$ for one.