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    If it is fresh from honing, then all you need to...

    If it is fresh from honing, then all you need to do is 30 to 50 travels on the plain leather.

    Start with 25 travels, do a test shave in a small area. Do 25 more travels, do a test shave.
    Decide...
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    You could jump from a 3k to 10k but you will have...

    You could jump from a 3k to 10k but you will have to spend a lot more time honing on that 10k to get the 3k bumps out. Most people use the "double the grit size" for incremental honing - meaning take...
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    You can use the Toishi Ohishi 3k/8k on straights...

    You can use the Toishi Ohishi 3k/8k on straights to do the sharpening and initial polish. I prefer the Norton 4k/8k for that because the Norton will last longer than a Toishi Oshishi, but I hone a...
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    Toishi-Ohishi's are pretty nice stones. I've got...

    Toishi-Ohishi's are pretty nice stones. I've got several of them in lower grit sizes. They are a little on the thirsty side, but nice.
    The King stones are soft stones. Some people love them, I...
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