Thread: Tougth on quarter / half norton ?

PMFJI --

If I wanted a low-budget education in honing, I'd get a marble tile, and some pieces of abrasive film. [In fact, that's what I used for my first few razors).

The film is reasonably priced (compared to full-size Nortons), and it's large enough to avoid the problems of cut-down stones. And it gives results comparable with stones.

It's not cost-effective if you're doing _lots_ of razors, but for a few razors, or for a start-up experiment, it's a good value.

There are lots of threads on this Forum, some within the past few weeks.

. Charles

Originally Posted by AcousticRanger

i'm a noob and I have a set in the mail... I'll let you know how it goes. I'll use the 1/4 nortons to set bevel / hone and a barbers hone to finish followed by a stropping on the poor mans strop from whippeddog.

Thank you. I await your results with bated breath

A special thanks to Jimbo and HNSB for alerting me of this necropost

Originally Posted by Jimbo

Since we are talking about 1/2 nortons, I'll give you half my thoughts on it:

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Hey jimbo, if I said I was buying the other half of the set, would you post the other half of your thoughts?
(not buying it really)

Originally Posted by AcousticRanger

i'm a noob and I have a set in the mail... I'll let you know how it goes. I'll use the 1/4 nortons to set bevel / hone and a barbers hone to finish followed by a stropping on the poor mans strop from whippeddog.

OK, so how did it go?

Originally Posted by AcousticRanger

I'm doing this because I'm poor and want to give honing a go... I'll use a flee market find to practice with. I'll share here because I think the 1/4 hones will work fine but either way others might benefit from hearing from someone who actually USED the hones in question.

Hey Were Are You At With This Experience? I,ll Send Ya Some Razors And A Couple Stones If Ya Still Need Em, Ty,, Never Mind I see This must have been On Utopians Mind After 4 Yrs Sorry But I,m Out,, I usually follow him never thought to check the date,,, So How Did It Go!! Ty

He hasn't logged in since 08-16-2013.

Well Thank You!!!!!! I thought I just had a Guy Starting Out Was Gonna send him some Stones And a couple Razors, Thanks Again, Ty

Sorry, guys. I was trying to make a point...

If you start with faulty equipment the odds are greater that you will not stick with it.

Interesting way to go about it. But it's a solid point. The full size Norton hones are good. But most of the people Ive seen with the quarter hones end up wishing they had something full size.

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James.