Thread: Has anyone had any experience with this hone? ...

Straight Razor Sharpening Stone - eBay (item 380218546445 end time Sep-20-10 15:53:24 PDT)

Seems like a good deal unless it's a crap stone. I'd love to know your opinions and hopefully someone has had experience with it. ^_^

its pretty coarse to be called a razor hone
should work for setting a bevel but then its no longer a bargain

and now it gone.... (?)

not gone just bad link
Straight Razor Sharpening Stone - eBay (item 380218546445 end time Sep-20-10 15:53:24 PDT)

ahh that's true, I just noticed the other grit to be only 3k instead of 6 or 8k. Misread that. Oh well ^_^ thanks!

What about this hone?

http://www.wildbillwholesale.com/soaroilst.html

I know people hone on arkansas stones but is this far from honing on?

Here's a list: Hones - comparison table - Straight Razor Place Wiki
of the most popular/ used hones for razor sharpening. You have to be careful what you use on a razor. the edge is much finer than a knife.
If funds are an issue, I'd recommend a barber hone, or a chinese 12k.
The Chinese 12k available here:http://www.woodcraft.com/Family/2004...ter-Stone.aspx

Barber hones are sometimes available on our classifieds and Ebay...

The Chinese 12k is a very popular hone with new guys because it's inexpensive. Honemeister's and the like don't normally recommend it to newbies because it's slow,taking up to 100 lapps to produce results, lot's of room for error. Nevertheless, it's a good rock, YOu just need to take your time. Either one of these will help to keep you rock'n and roll'n for a while..Anything more than touch up's and your in a different ball game...

Here's a barber hone on the classified: http://straightrazorpalace.com/class...p?product=7830

Rich

Most oil stones, sharpening stones you find are for sharpening knifes and such and are not suitable for honing a straight razor.

The reason is that the grit is too coarse. 500 grit is fine grit for a knife, 8000 grit is fine grit for a razor.

If you are just looking for inexpensive, some of the barber hones on ebay are inexpensive.

awesome! I been sharpening knives going across or as yall say using the x pattern but I notice that the stones used for straight razors are totally different so I've been having a lot of confusion but I will wait awhile before getting any and from the looks of it, you're right, I'll be better off getting a set of stones or a Norton 4k/8k when my blade starts to get dull.