Thread: 1 finishing hone to touchup/maintain edge

The Naniwa SS 12K is a fine choice. Lapping is a cinch because all you would need is a flat surface and some 600 or higher grit sandpaper.

Definitely Naniwa 12k SS. Just using it for an occasional touch-up, it should last you around 500 years or so.

Jerry

I know this is a whole other topic, but I can hone a naniwa with 600 grit on my granite countertop? sounds easy....this may be a good choice for me

I know this is a whole other topic, but I can hone a naniwa with 600 grit on my granite countertop? sounds easy....this may be a good choice for me

It'll make a mess (you should keep the sandpaper flooded with water), but it should work OK. If you have a wife who cares about the kitchen, I'd suggest buying a tile rather than risking the kitchen counter. I use a marble (maybe granite) tile, cost $10 at Home Depot.

Charles

One more option is a 1/4" thick piece of glass 12"x12", cost me $6 with smoothed and beveled edges from the local glass supplier. Glass is very flat, inexpensive and works great for flat sanding, lapping hones, sharpening str8 razors with lapping film, etc., a good investment IMHO.

I currectley send my razor to a shop that Dovo uses which is in the mid-west, I live in Massachusetts and wasn't sure if maybe this "Lynn" was closer.


Regards

Welcome to SRP. Here is my two cents worth. OK, it will cost a little more than that.

Razor: DOVO 5/8" full-hollow in carbon or stainless (less maintenance)

Brush: Badger

Strop: 3" Latigo

Stone: 12K Naniwa super-stone

Optional: I like the edge refinement of CrO on balsa or strop before stropping

Lynn is Lynn Abrams, founder of SRP..................

Felt strop with .5 diamond spray. Doesn't need lapping & possibly how the razor was finished anyway.