Quote Originally Posted by geauxtig3rs View Post
I don;t have the money to chase sharpness like some of these guys. My honed straights get touched up on my carborundum and thuringian on a fairly regular basis. Good enough for me.
That is all you need. I have used more expensive hones but no longer since I have a piece of balsa painted with CBN spray. This is a forum of aficionados. Reading all the posts will make you believe that only the very wealthy can expect to achieve supersharpness but that is a load of BS. My mother's uncle who was very wealthy and a lifetime straight shaver never owned more than 2 Heljestrands and a loomstrop. A barber honed his blades. Most Dutch barbers used a coticule or Swaty. A Thuringian is considered by many to be even slightly finer than a coticule. Everything else you think you need is no more than satisfying your AD.