Thread: A good webside for buying stones for honing within EU?

Originally Posted by Denno

Aha. Is one more easy then the other to work with? Is the handeling different? Or is the motion the same?
I saw some clip where a wider stone you moved the razor straight from side to side as for a more narrow stone in width you had to use a "sawing motion" to get the whole blade.

Is the sawing motion harder to do then a straght motion from side to side on the stone?

On the smaller stone, the entire blade will not be touching the stone at the same time and you will have to do an X pattern. Even though you can go straight across on a wider stone, the X pattern is still recommended. As was said above, the smaller stone will do the job. If you would like a bigger stone and can afford it, that's personal preference but it is not strictly necessary.

Originally Posted by Denno

Aha. Is one more easy then the other to work with? Is the handeling different? Or is the motion the same?
I saw some clip where a wider stone you moved the razor straight from side to side as for a more narrow stone in width you had to use a "sawing motion" to get the whole blade.

Is the sawing motion harder to do then a straght motion from side to side on the stone?

Given how small many barber hones are, it would seem that small can get the job done fine.