Thread: Which brand do you prefer?

Appreciate the feedback, sounds like I will do just fine for my first thousand honings without a natural.

My preferred rock is a fast coti, though the combined result of my skills and my stone only get the keenness to a low-mid 8k level of keenness. Not all blades respond evenly (or I don't work them evenly), and if I have to fuss too much, I reach for the Nani 8k.

If cotis were as consistent as the synthetics - or you have either the funds to buy and sell a bunch to find the golden rock, or the fortune to get one you instantly work well with - they would be hard to beat.

After Chosera 1K I tend to stay with whatever system I am working with, finished with a natural. One of these days I want to give the Chosera system a dance.

I have never thought of my hones in terms of favorites. They are just tools, a means to an end. At any moment in time I guess I like the hones that performs best with the razor I am honing and allow me to get the most out of the steel.

I like the shapton pro series hones