Thread: VALUE of a first hone set.

Once I set a bevel on a 1K, all I use is my BBW/coticule. It works for me. I was over at JoeD's place last weekend, and we did some honing. I did one blade on the Nortons and one on the Belgins. It was the first time I really used the Norton 4K/8K, and it's certainly a differet feel from the BBW/coticule. Both did the job quite well, though. I think it's really all about personal preference there. I'm also not really sure you even need the BBW, since the coticule with slurry cuts faster and is also finer with just water; that said, I still use my BBW every time.

I actually have what Riooso listed minus the 16K. I like the shaves off my coticule just fine (though I did also pick up a C12K to play with since it was so cheap).