Thread: thinking about hones

I have used two slates from the common Ebay UK seller. One belonged to a friend, it was very nice. I honed a couple of razors on it and all was good, a very nice finisher. Based on that I bought one from the very same source. Mine is crazy slow. It hardly cuts at all. This is the way it goes for a lot of naturals. That is part of the reason some of the famous brands sell for more money than their cousins, the brand name company tested and verified all their stones. I think if you want something inexpensive for a touch up do your research and buy a quality barbers hone. There are a few out there that are very good and not that much money.

I would recommend jnat. Yes jnat for a beginner. As a finisher. And with a good one you can go from 1k to jnat with tomonagura easily.
They are not very complicated in use and not very expensive if you are not looking for a collector grade stone. If you buy from a good seller you buy stone tested for razor.
That works for me and I am not a honemeister.
Whatewer stone you choose you can't skip learning curve.