Thread: What Hone(s) do I need ????

I have seen this question so many times I thought I would express a few thoughts on the subject.....
The first thing that you have to decide is what razors are you going to be honing....

If you are only re-freshing edges already established by a Honemiester then you need only get a fine grit Finishing stone or a Barbers hone for this.... Either can keep your razor(s) shaving for years....

But it seems that even though many of us start with the great intention of have 2-7 shave ready razors, that dreaded disease RAD gets us and we are buying more and more razors....

Once that happens you will need a full set of hones, I will try and not mention brand names here as there are hundreds of threads regarding what everyone uses....

But you will need these basics:
A bevel setting stone approximately 1k grit
A sharpening stone approximately 4k grit
A polishing stone approximately 8k grit
And although it is debatable you should have a finishing stone
10k and above....

You have several choices of how to accomplish this setup whether you go Natural, Man-made stone, or Diamond style, but you are going to have to be able to cover those 4 grit ranges.... There really is no true short cut here if you expect to take Razors from e-bay, antique stores etc: from butter knife dull / damaged, to shaving sharp you are going to end up needing these types of stones.....


Just some of my rambling thoughts on the subject .....