Quote Originally Posted by phunni View Post
So what grit hone is required at that point? You said that you wanted to hone rather than just maintain your razors. Since maintenance was an option, at point do you hone and starting at what grit?

Just trying to understand your thinking/process!
As I pointed out. Members have said that they maintain/touch up a razor, when necessary, with a barber hone. Some like a naniwa 12k or a natural stone (name your poison). Others utilize paste or spray on a flatbed, paddle or hanging strop.

In my case I was too cheap to send razors to someone whenever they needed honing so I went on a mission to learn from the bevel up. If one of my razors needs a touch up I generally go to an escher because that is what I have at present. If that doesn't get it I might drop down in grit to a synthetic and work my way back up. My finest synthetic is 8k and though I have a long Swaty (barber hone) I never really got into using barber hones. Many roads lead to Rome so to speak.