Quote Originally Posted by dmnc View Post
How much are you thinking of spending? A decent high grit synthetic would probably be best and will also be useful if you want to hone more later. Otherwise auction site for barbers hones and type the names into search on here to read up on them.
Based on some research here I am going to order one of the welsh slates and go from there keeping my eye out for a swaty or similar hone.

Whilst I don't want to spend a lot of money straight up, I want decent things and am willing to pay for them more long term.