Thread: Whats your current honing setup?

Just curious as to what people are using these days

Just curious as to what people are using, im settled with what I have which is more than most but less than some.

I dont tend to stick with all synthetics or all naturals (well as all natural as you can go bevel setting options are limited imho in that area)
I dont even stick with one range let alone one brand when it come to synthetics.

Bevel setting is
Chosera 1k (work DMT when needed)

4k is the Naniwa Hayabusa 4k or the Dalmore blue.
If im struggling with a certain razor I use both

8k is covered for me with the Naniwa snow white or the Naniwa Fuji on occasion I do crack out the Norton 8k and sometimes I bridge the 4k-8k gap with my tam O Shanter usually when I have a chippy razor either of my Hart razors spring to mind

the next step for me is either a very fine slate hone (im assuming its slate I cant say for sure I know its not a Thuri but its past an 8k imho. before going to another step
But usually its the SG10 or the Naniwa 12k or both

Final is the SG20k or Charnley forest.

If Im finishing on either of my Cotis I either do the 8k phase or skip it it depends on how the razor is honing up imho.

I have other stones some ive hardly used but I will give them a proper try out at some point

200-300-400-600 diamond hone from Harbor Freight for bevel set.
6000 Japanese wet stone
20,000 Nadler finishing stone

Linen Strop with Theirs Issard strop paste
Leather Strop to finish

Does not sound like much but ask those that buy my razors how they like the edge.

Chosera 1k for bevel set and repairs

Coticule

Shapton glass

Naniwa 1K, 3K, 8K
Then I may chose some different routes from there.
Frequently Naniwa 10K amd then a Natural. I have HGH, Zulu, GoldFisch, Escher, and those are pretty commonly used. I also has a coticule, that I tray to finish with every now and then, but we are not really friends. I also have a 12K Naniwa, and I do use it sometimes as a finisher, but that is not very common either.
I would really like to get some Japanese rubbing stones to try as a progression on my HGH.

Shapton Glass or Naniwa Chosera ~ for 1k

Shapton Glass progression ~ to 16k

Finish :
True Hard Arkie ~ Most often
Escher
Hohenzollern
Apache Strata

Pete <:-}

Naniwa Chosera 1K for bevels

And just started usingwith excellent results: Shobu Mizuasagi Awasedo with nagura progression: Yae-botan, tenjou, mejiro, koma, tomo, water only

Just got an Nakayama Asagi Nomito, so that may get switched out with the Shobu, depending on its performance.

Originally Posted by Badgister

Chosera 1k for bevel set and repairs

Coticule

I love the simplicity of that, I maybe will give it a go when I get another razor to hone up

Bevel work: Cretan hone or Finnish phyllite

After that: Coticule (mostly yellow, but sometimes blue) or Thüringer.

That's for both razors and kitchen knives. I just realised that, apart from some very basic hardware store grinding stone, I have yet to buy my first synthetic hone in almost ten years of honing and shaving with cutthroat razors.

Best regards,

Pieter

1) DMT 325/600 for lapping and any really ugly work that needs to get done
2) Naniwa SS 1000 for bevel setting
3) Naniwa Traditional 3000 -- it's smaller (2" x 6") and while fine, I'd like to replace it; requires soaking and is relatively slow.
4) Coticule (1.5" x 6") -- used with slurry and diluted to clear, often finished dry. If I'm feeling ambitious I can skip the 3000 and just used this with heavy slurry, but it's definitely more time and work.