Thread: From 6000 to stropping?

Yes, I am very much interested in learning how to hone. I just would like to find a more affordable way to do it.

So, if paste is not a finisher, what is it for?

If I buy a brand new razor, like a Dovo, should I ever need anything coarser than 6K (provided I don't nick it) ?

I don't mind experimenting up front. I am using a double edge right now and am not in a very big rush to switch to a straight razor.
And I don't mind using some extra elbow grease.

Thanks.

If you are just worried about maintaining your new Dovo, buy a barber hone to maintain it to infinity and beyond.

Originally Posted by time2shave

Yes, I am very much interested in learning how to hone. I just would like to find a more affordable way to do it.

So, if paste is not a finisher, what is it for?

If I buy a brand new razor, like a Dovo, should I ever need anything coarser than 6K (provided I don't nick it) ?

I don't mind experimenting up front. I am using a double edge right now and am not in a very big rush to switch to a straight razor.
And I don't mind using some extra elbow grease.

Thanks.

What exactly is a barber hone (other than the fact that barbers use it)?

Would this work as a finisher?
Buy Natural Water Stone, 8" x 2-3/4" x 1-1/4" at Woodcraft.com
Would I need to lap it first?

Thanks.

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What hone(s), paste(s), or spray(s) do I need? - Straight Razor Place Wiki

Originally Posted by time2shave

I don't mind experimenting up front. I am using a double edge right now and am not in a very big rush to switch to a straight razor.
And I don't mind using some extra elbow grease.

Thanks.

You can't "experiment" when you don't know what the end result should be. Second, you can't effectively hone if you don't shave with a straight. Buy a shave ready straight from SRD and a barber hone as mentioned above. Once you have learned to shave and maintain the razor, then, and only then, should you delve into honing.

Originally Posted by time2shave

Has anyone done 6K -> paste -> strop ?

I have and i cant recommend it, I use 1000/6000 king and its not to big jump, with slurry, then i finish on a vintage thuringian. I can Imagen a chines waterstone can do the work with slurry to.

I know the feel of a good straight razor on my skin from a barber shop. I think I can attempt to recreate that.

We try to help and you just argue...I quit.

When you are ready to listen please feel free to contact me anytime & I will help you any way that I can.

This was may way:

First i got a shave ready dovo that i was shaving with for year and maintaining the edge with a pasted strop. When i have learned all the stuff like stropping, prep building lather an so on.

Then my girlfriends dad gave me a set of kings, i wanted nortons but the old man was trying his best.

I picked up a filharmonica from a fleemarket for 5€ that i did send to Miller strop shop UK, that he fixed up for me. This knife i only have as a reference edge. And in returning post he did send me a vintage thuringian.

I have no problem to get a bbs from 1000 -> 6000 -> finisher stone.

What i have read about C12k it would be possible to use that with manh laps and good results.

You did help a lot. I am just trying to tailor this process to my requirements and schedule.

I learn a lot by experimenting and research. We are all different. As they say, there is more than one way to shave a cat.

I appreciate your help.