just learning to hone

**gssixgun** · 08-31-2011, 05:53 AM

You actually only need the Norton 4/8 everything else is extra

I can promise you for a fact that you can produce a very very good shaving edge with just that hone, and if you can't then all the extra stuff isn't going to really help anyway...

Just my opinion with a wee bit of honing experience with that particular hone thrown in

That being said, I would snatch up the larger PHIG for $19.99 all day long, and a DMT 325 and the King 1k, with that arsenal you can literally hone anything

for a few lifetimes

**roy291** · 08-31-2011, 05:58 AM

Originally Posted by gssixgun

You actually only need the Norton 4/8 everything else is extra

I can promise you for a fact that you can produce a very very good shaving edge with just that hone, and if you can't then all the extra stuff isn't going to really help anyway...

Just my opinion with a wee bit of honing experience with that particular hone thrown in

That being said, I would snatch up the larger PHIG for $19.99 all day long, and a DMT 325 and the King 1k, with that arsenal you can literally hone anything

for a few lifetimes

Thanks, this may sound dumb but what is a PHIG, also can a dmt 325 be found at woodcraft? also my biggest concern is flattening/ lapping, of ntw GSsixgun, I have been watching your videos, I am about to watch another, great job btw.

**HNSB** · 08-31-2011, 06:17 AM

Originally Posted by roy291

Thanks, this may sound dumb but what is a PHIG, also can a dmt 325 be found at woodcraft? also my biggest concern is flattening/ lapping, of ntw GSsixgun, I have been watching your videos, I am about to watch another, great job btw.

PHIG = C12K (PHIG is short for People's Hone of Indeterminate Grit, which describes the stone better as it is impossible to assign a grit rating to a natural stone)
DMT 325 = DMT Coarse
They carry them at Woodcraft: Buy Dia-Sharp Stone, 8" X 3" Coarse at Woodcraft.com Buy Dia-Sharp Stone, 6" x 2" Coarse at Woodcraft.com

**roy291** · 08-31-2011, 06:50 AM

Originally Posted by HNSB

PHIG = C12K (PHIG is short for People's Hone of Indeterminate Grit, which describes the stone better as it is impossible to assign a grit rating to a natural stone)
DMT 325 = DMT Coarse
They carry them at Woodcraft: Buy Dia-Sharp Stone, 8" X 3" Coarse at Woodcraft.com Buy Dia-Sharp Stone, 6" x 2" Coarse at Woodcraft.com

thanks, from what I have read, I will not have to flatten the dmt 325 or was that misleading? I think I now have a much better list

King 1k
Chinese 12k
DMT 325
Pasted strop
I may also try chromium oxide if they sell it there as well. thanks for this information

**StraightRazorDave** · 08-31-2011, 03:45 PM

The DMT does not need to be flattened. It comes flat and will still flat, it's essentially a metal plate with diamonds fixed to the surface.

**gssixgun** · 08-31-2011, 04:11 PM

That DMT is maining used for Flatening, Lapping, Cleaning, Conditioning all the other stones/hones but if by chance later you have serious Restoration work on an edge to do it works pretty good there too.. I also sharpens knives pretty quick

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