Thread: First Razor touchup

Hello gentelmen, Well after reading some of the posts here,,I ordered the natural water stone from Woodcraft. (12k supposedly) My straight was starting to pull and It took me more passes to get a good shave. I touched my razor with the new stone...and sucess. Straight shaves really good again. Of course I am new to the whole straight razor shaving (less then a year) and I am no expert in sharpening yet..But I feel that I'm off to a good start with this stone..I highly recommend this stone to newbies.

Originally Posted by mrtman

Hello gentelmen, Well after reading some of the posts here,,I ordered the natural water stone from Woodcraft. (12k supposedly) My straight was starting to pull and It took me more passes to get a good shave. I touched my razor with the new stone...and sucess. Straight shaves really good again. Of course I am new to the whole straight razor shaving (less then a year) and I am no expert in sharpening yet..But I feel that I'm off to a good start with this stone..I highly recommend this stone to newbies.

congratulation with success.
I really wouldn't recommend this to newbies.
instead of this if newbies learns to use barber hone that will be a lot more helpful.
ch12 is a good to finish the edge while you are finishing honing the blade.
Bring back the edge to it is shave ready condition Barber hone will need 3-5 strokes and ready for use again.
this is just another persons personal opinion nothing more then that.
hope this helps.

Thanks for your opinion hi_bud_gl, Where do you get a barbers hone,,and why aren't they more avaliable? just wondering.

Originally Posted by mrtman

Thanks for your opinion hi_bud_gl, Where do you get a barbers hone,,and why aren't they more avaliable? just wondering.

the best place will be srp classified and ebay. Plenty of the them out there. check srp hone section and very good thread about them and how to use them. hope this helps.

IMHO a ch12k is totally usable for a touch up stone too, you just need to start on a bit of slurry to speed up the process. Is a barbers hone faster? Yes. Is is easier? Yes. Is it better? Not really, just different.

I would advice a barber's hone for the First Razor touchup. It is very easy to use.

well acording to some a barber's hone is all you need to mantain a razor for life, you can geth them on line but i got mine at an antique store, they cut fast and smooth so only do 3-6 strokes and you are back in bussiness. they are good for fillet knives also to keep them sharp.

good luck,
Deerhunter1995

I'm not that optimistic about barber's hone. Lifetime is too long, but I heard that best barbers managed to make more than 1000 shaves with barber's hone between honings. Not bad.