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You're both right, and it couldn't hurt to have a plan D through G as well. I'm busting out the plastic and buying full lines of Naniwas, Shaptons, Nortons, and as many J-nats and Eschers as I can...

Thanks holli4p and Tom. I've honed up about 10 razors this weekend, and h4p, you're right, there are some redundancies; I often find myself with multiple choices at any given stage, and run the risk...

So I bit the bullet and got a couple hones to round things out: a Naniwa 2000 and a Norton 4000/8000 combo. So now (for a blade badly in need of repair) I'm going from the Suehiro 1K to the Naniwa...

Thanks for all the advice! I hear all kinds of great things about the Shaptons as far as uniformity and consistency of results, but right now I tend to like the feedback of a softer hone. Is it...

Thanks--I wasn't sure if it would be too big a leap going from the 1K to the coti, but as long as I know it's worked for somebody I'll give it a shot. And great idea about the DMT for lapping. I've...

I'm in the market for a new hone...hehehehe (the giggle of a budding HAD casualty).

I've been using dilu/unicot methods with a natural BBW/Coti (with a fast cutting coti side) followed by a slower...