Thread: What stone to fill in my gap?

I own a bester 1200, and a king 4000. Right now I have a dovo that was sharpened by Lynn. I have a SRD strop and a leather paddle strop loaded with hand American 0.5 micron paste. I use the pasted strop maybe once a month for about 10 strokes per side to refresh the edge.

Would I eventually need a stone to touch up my edge?
if so what would be a good inexpensive stone?
Would one stone be good to bridge the gap from my 4k to my pasted strop?

Originally Posted by joepa150

I own a bester 1200, and a king 4000. Right now I have a dovo that was sharpened by Lynn. I have a SRD strop and a leather paddle strop loaded with hand American 0.5 micron paste. I use the pasted strop maybe once a month for about 10 strokes per side to refresh the edge.

Would I eventually need a stone to touch up my edge?
if so what would be a good inexpensive stone?
Would one stone be good to bridge the gap from my 4k to my pasted strop?

I would recommend a Naniwa 3/8K or Norton 4/8K combination stone or Shapton GS 8K. Most feel that an 8K edge is just fine for shaving with. If you can't get a good shaving edge from an 8K, you need more practice.

I don't have any experience with a Bester stone and the King 1K I have I use for knives. My personal choice on synthetic stones is Chosera 1K followed by a Shapton GS progression. This is my personal preference after using the "big 3" (Naniwa, Norton, Shapton) synthetics, they all are good.

Here's a good place to start reading to see what you really only need to hone.http://straightrazorpalace.com/honin...on-2012-a.html.
If you're just looking for a stone to touch up the already shave ready razor you have, a lot of the crew around here use a stone such as the Naniwa 12k for refreshing edges.

Originally Posted by shooter74743

I would recommend a Naniwa 3/8K or Norton 4/8K combination stone or Shapton GS 8K.

I am with shooter - an 8K for sure.

Yep, 8k, one that lots of folks here use and post about, so we can answer questions about using it. Nortons and Naniwas seem the most common.

The 8k will give a very good edge and shave. I do use the 12k naniwa or 1 micron diamond film(14k equivalent) after for a smoother IMO shave.

Instead of getting a 12k, could I just touch up edge with 8k, then use the 0.5 micron strop, followed by the leather strop?

If you already have the King 4k, a King 8k would be logical.

Originally Posted by onimaru55

a King 8k would be logical.

We are wet shavers with varying degrees of disorders. Where does logic fit in???

Originally Posted by pfries

We are wet shavers with varying degrees of disorders. Where does logic fit in???

LOL...& here I was almost hesitant to suggest the King 8k because it might not really fall into the inexpensive category.