Thread: question about japanese stones

well, that will teach me to buy off of ebay before doing more research, because I feel that old burning sensation from ebay rape.

There are $15 razors on ebay that will shave great. But none of them come from pakistan.

The steel in pakistani razors isn't nearly hard enough -- it's probably good for your basic knife, but razors need to be much harder.

Celtic,

Don't feel too bad. I bought a "new" eBay razor too, and while I'm not sure where it came from, it was junk. The spine was uneven and it wouldn't hone up. I chewed my face up good with it a few months back.

Anybody have a good starter to donate to this guy?

Josh

I feel your pain Josh. Fortunately the exfoliating effect of SE shaving reduced the scars

In this game taking the ceap route can cost you some money.

You may regret not buying a Norton 4/8 3" sooner than you think.

However, no matter what waterstone you decide on be sure to purchase a nagura (slurry) stone. It makes honing go much faster.


Just my two cents,

Please remember that a 4000 is not always a 4000!!!!!

The following information is taken from my site:

"Some of the confusion about grit size exists because there are different standards of measurement in use. For example, Japanese stones use a standard called JIS, and would appear to have finer grits than comparable American stones. However, Norton uses the European standard for grit size called FEPA. It is like comparing a measurement on the English scale to a measurement on the metric scale. For a given grit size, the Japanese stone will always have a higher number. A 400 grit Norton stone would be equivalent to a 700 grit Japanese stone.

The following chart should take away some of the mystery about grit size. Click here to open the Grit Size Chart. http://vintagebladesllc.com/docs/Grit%20Chart.htm"