Thread: Minimum kit for honing SRs

Originally Posted by Whizbang

The 4/8k...with stropping...will this get me to "shave ready"?

Of course it will. Gssixgun and some of the ancient members can recall a time when they used to finish on the 8k. Many comfortable shaves can be had off the 8k side. Sure a finer finish can be obtained but until you can get a great shave off 8k range stone alone a finisher is rather moot. Polishing a turd I believe it's called. If doing a lot of ebay, antique store razors that need a lot of steel removed. I would also suggest a king 1k off amazon for a very small amount of money.

Take a read if interested

http://straightrazorpalace.com/honin...on-2012-a.html