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06-04-2012, 11:43 PM #1
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Hi,
I'm planning on buying a King waterstone 1k as a bevel setter.
I can choose between two dimensions: 8" x 2" or 7" x 2.5".
I initially thought I'd take the wider one so that I'm more likely to have uniform strokes (edge-length-wise).
Then I thought I'd take the longer one so that each stroke will cut more and because I understood that it is easier to hone smiling edges with narrower hones...
Now I am lost....
What would you take and why?
Note: I have about one year of straight shaving experience and tried more or less successfully to hone 5 or 10 razors with Naniwa Super Stones.
thanks
christophe