Thread: Minimum kit for honing SRs

Don't forget an Atoma 400 for lapping your stones. It is essential.

Originally Posted by Sxot

Don't forget an Atoma 400 for lapping your stones. It is essential.

+ 1 on a diamond plate to lap stones. It doesn't have to be a diamond plate. You could use sandpaper on a countertop, but the plate will cost less in the long run if you continue at this for years.

Cost not considered ........ Chosera 1k, Norton 4/8, naniwa 12k. The plate could be the atoma, or the DMT D8C (less expensive) If you get the Norton single grit 4 & 8 there are advantages to that, though the cost is significantly more. They are 1" thick and will least as long as you do, or longer.

Of course you'll need a strop.

I started honing after about 6 months of shaving with a Naniwa 3k & 8k and the DMT D8c plate for lapping. Later I added a Naniwa 1k and also their 12k. I think that's all I'll ever need, except for good strops, of which I have a few.

This was an expensive thread to open. I now have a Naniwa SS 1000, Norton 4/8, DMT8C, and a stone holder on the way.

Originally Posted by Mrchick

This was an expensive thread to open. I now have a Naniwa SS 1000, Norton 4/8, DMT8C, and a stone holder on the way.

Then you got off cheap, I spent about 600 on rocks in the last month.

Originally Posted by sidmind

Then you got off cheap, I spent about 600 on rocks in the last month.

Ouch. Don't tell me I found a new rabbit hole[emoji12]

Originally Posted by Mrchick

Ouch. Don't tell me I found a new rabbit hole[emoji12]

Its not falling down the hole that bother me...its the sudden stop at the bottom!

Bad news: you did!
Good news: You can decide how deep it is (probably).

Originally Posted by Mrchick

Ouch. Don't tell me I found a new rabbit hole[emoji12]

Originally Posted by Haroldg48

Bad news: you did!
Good news: You can decide how deep it is (probably).

Like I did with razors, brushes, and soaps? Oh no

Just

Originally Posted by Whizbang

This may be a silly question, but the 1K...could you use 1K wet/dry sandpaper on a firm base, e.g. glass or granite? If it s just to remove metal and square things up...

No.

Originally Posted by Euclid440

Shure, if you are not doing a lot of major repair work, 1k paper would be fine.

And don’t turn your nose up at Garage Sale, Washitas and Carborundums the 100 series.

1k paper would NOT "be fine." Lots of beginners have destroyed lots of edges on sandpaper.

Only SOME Carborundums are appropriate for razors.

Originally Posted by SirMike

I would think you can but I personally haven't tried it. I do use wet/dry sandpaper to flatten stones though!

You cannot. The amount of repair work needed to repair the edge makes it pointless. If you need to set bevels on purchased razors, then a 1k hone should be your first investment and you might as well make it a good one.