Thread: Swaty vs. real stones for honing

From personal experience I can tell you that you can easily maintain a good edge for years with nothing but a Swaty. A Swaty and a pasted strop is even better.

I have and use the Norton 4/8K for tougher jobs but still rely on the Swaty as a finisher.

With the Swaty, use a light touch and sneak up on it. I dab some lather or hand lotion on the stone so that the blade sticks to the honing surface via suction. Then make your honing strokes with almost no additional pressure.

Works for me.

Semper circa,
LG Roy