Originally Posted by
vileru
Eventually I'd like to learn how to hone, but I've already planned to wait until 2017 to do so. I travel to Japan often and my next trip is scheduled for 2017 (I lived there for a couple years and my wife is Japanese), and I'm assuming I can get some good Japanese stones cheaper there.
I currently use a 1000 grit King stone that I bought last winter in Japan to keep my kitchen knife sharp, but I assume I'll need finer grits for a straight razor (not to mention, I want my knife sharper, too).
Do people who sharpen knives and straight razors generally use the same stones for both? Fine grit stones aren't cheap, so I want to use the same stones for both if I can.