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It sounds like your a few steps ahead of me Wade.

So it's been a honefest at my house for the last few days. Luckily I have no shortage of razors to practice on.
The USB microscope arived. I had...

Back to back barbers hones? The Edlis is a finer hone I'm assuming. I did a little bit of reading up on them. It sounded like they were all in the 8-10k range. I'm sure barbers hones are a world unto...

My friend that got me into straight razor shaving has a norton 4/8 but it needed to be laped. I ordered a naniwa 2k green brick, naniwa 8k snow white and a Atoma 600.
My order arrived today so I got...

In researching different hones I found a few different posts about the Naniwa "Snow White" and am intrigued by it because from what I have read the Super Stones feel softish and the Choseras feel...

Thanks Scott,
Your suggestion sounds like pure wisdom.

I was thinking about my starter set of hones today at work and realized that I don't have to go one way or the other. I can pick up a Naniwa...

Thanks Pat,
The "new school route" is what I was leaning towards for that reason. I just wanted to see what the guys that have been where I am now would suggest.
Sometimes I tend to jump into the...

I want to be able to start at setting the bevel.
I've collected 27 razors most of which need restoration.

Just getting started with straights.
Ive been collecting razors on EBay and am pretty sure I've read half of the threads on this forum educating myself over the last year.
It has turned into a...