Hi,

I am trying to complete my straight razor setup, i already have a paladin strop which I ordered from Ruprazors, and now I am looking for a hone, a currently daunting task. I see alot of members with many many different hones, and I am looking for, is for one hone that will last me indefinitely. I saw a quote by another members, it went something like "i have 1 straight razor, 1 strop, and 1 hone, which all lasted me over 30 years, that simplicity is the beauty of straight razors". I kinda of agree with this, i would like to keep my setup simple too.

Now i am looking for a hone that i can use as maintenance for my straight razor to keep it sharp and keen. I am probably never going to abuse it enough that i need to do some rough work, I just need to keep the sharp edge from time to time that stropping cant.

Ive heard that 8000 grit hone would produce sharp edge but not sharp enough, then other members saying that 16k would be a finishing hone, and an 8k hone would be needed first. Then others say a barber's hone, but when i google barber's hone, there is no specific brand or model, just links to threads describing hone's that barbers used to use

any help would surely be appreciated