Thread: To Aoto...or not to Aoto?

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Originally Posted by jgjgjg

Right. Okay, so get me grounded here. What's the right grit stone to set a bevel? Obviously, I'm not going to what I would do with a beat up chisel and start on 60 grit sandpaper. On the other hand, mainaman indicated that a 4k grit aoto was too fine for bevel setting. So...how low do we go? Assuming, of course, a blade that's not nicked up or used to open packages?

Some people use the dmt 1200 mesh for initial honing. Most people on this forum seem to use waterstones eg norton or naniwa.

A typical progression involves 1-4-8-12k. Once a razor is shaving well you would rarely have to go back to 1k, if ever.

Michael