Thread: Col Conk Razor Stone - To buy or not to buy, that is the ?

If you're not sure about making a full fledged jump straight shaving, why not combine the strop and a means to touch up the edge and get a pasted 4 sided strop?

You can always send out the razor for honing after a few months, or if you think you'll stick with it at that point buy the norton.

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*edit - you can also lap the norton on sandpaper.

While I should have held off, I added the stone to my shopping cart anyway since it was so cheap.

Im thinking I will call knifecenter tomorrow morning and see if I can have them remove the item from my order. I guess it really does make sense to just go ahead and buy a flingin-flangin Norton anyway since I have been holding off on getting into the straight razor hobby for a while and am finally ready to really commit.(I have been flirting with the idea for more than 2 years now and I am only getting more obsessed with the idea - especially after having the chance to butcher myself last night: it was satisfying beyond belief!) My tendency is to do a bit of research and then go whole hog into a project but sometimes my love of shiny new toys (or deadly blades) and the accompanying gadgetry gets the best of me and my debit card!

Any who, I was expecting these responses but I guess my thrifty side was secretly hoping that the Col Conk stone would have proved to be adequate and saved me the extra $50 I will be spending on the Norton. In perspective of what it seems I will inevitably be spending on razors $50 on a quality honing stone is quite reasonable.

Thank you for your helpful comments,
Cameron

If you are asking about purchasing the Col Conk branded Arkansas stone for honing razors then the answer is "not to buy".

18 months ago , when I decided to try straight razor shaving , I got my Col. Conk "razor hone" from the Knife Center , and quickly found that it would not get my razor sharp enough to shave my beard . A week later I ordered a Norton 4k/8k from Classic Shaving , which did give me an edge I could shave with . If you decide to keep shaving with a straight razor , you my want a finer than 8k grit hone to finish and maintain the edge .