Ok so I know I'm new to shaving with a SR and everyone on here says to stay away from the honing until you've learned how to shave with it first. Got that. Now on to the point. I tend to have free time due to the nature of my job. I'm very interested in learning to take care of my own razors. To that end I bought a combo set of Norton stones on amazon a few weeks ago that we're going for very reasonable. They're a 220/1000 4000/8000 and a flattening stone. I am in the process of getting a naniwa 12000 for final polishing. I have a few questions. Are there any other stones that I NEED in order to take a razor from a child's play toy to a shave ready razor?


I have absolutely no intentions of practicing on my Dovo because it's still got a good edge on it. To that end I did a good amount of reading and then found a Sheffield England on eBay going for pretty reasonable. It's got a little rust on it that I'll try to clean up later but mostly bought this for learning to hone. I'll attach some pictures so you can see it. I've been watching a lot of Glen and Lynn's videos on honing and plan to learn to do this. If upon looking at this razor anyone thinks that I need to start out practicing on a different razor please let me know and let me know why. Some of the pictures look like the blade is chipped unbelievably but that's just the way the carpet laid on it and how my phone took the pictures.


it was mislabeled on eBay and therefore went for pretty cheap:














Eventually I will get new scales for it but that's not a very high priority for me for this razor right now. As I said I got this to learn to hone. and if this is a really bad razor that's fine too, I won't be out very much so my feelings aren't going to be hurt. Also if anyone knows any more about this razor I would be interested in knowing.


Thanks in advance!