Thread: Am I buying crap?

If you simply want to maintain your razor you may want to look into Chromium Oxide on your strop. Its cheap, and a good way to bring some life back to your edge. Its about 12 bucks for a lifetime supply. You can use the Chromium Oxide to get you through as you save up for the stone you want. Or you can do like I did in college and gather all your friends, each chip in 5 bucks, buy a keg, and throw a party and charge $10 at the door for all they can drink. At the end of the night split up your profits.

Originally Posted by xdanisx

Keep in mind, I'm on a college budget so I really can't afford anything good.

I'm planning on using either of these as my main and only whetstone, will these do the trick or am I just buying a rock?

Amazon.com: King 6000 Grit Whetstone HT-43: Industrial & Scientific

This one's 20 bucks at LUCA or whatever.
Amazon.com: Buying Choices: Knife Sharpener Whetstone Grit 6000 #HT-43

i dont know about the 2 you mentioned but i use dmt for setting bevels and general honing.fine is approx 700 grit maby a little lighter,bit i use ceramic for finishing and its as cheap as you get my dad is a retired barber and this was his advice for cheap but works .lol red head makes a finishing ceramic .it is 12 inches and round for 20 to 25 bux.i turned pops on to this sight and let him read .he said hed have gone broke had he spent 70 dollars on a norton or nanewa.these are nice stones and im sure they work,but ima stick with dads advice and stay with ceramic its cheap.lol

Another option is a 2 sided paddle strop and dovo red/black paste. This will keep your blade going for a very long time.

I made a 4 sided paddle strop with scrap wood and an old leather belt. Or you can buy one

You can then later add a 1k stone and you could set bevels and bring a blade to shave ready with some patients or add dovo green also to speed things up more.

you can get it at sears tool dept.cheap they use it to quiet down brake pads.its sold cheap in art stores to make the color green.