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Got a selection of 240/600/1000/1500/2000 grit wet and dry from Amazon. Cost me £6.33 for 10 sheets (2 of each) which I didn't think was bad.

Started work on the Eye Witness but heck it's slow...

My blades, straights and kamisori, are all of the black kind of rust. I'll give it a WD-40 first just to see where that gets me then I'll assault it with the 400 W&D I have here until I grab some...

My razors are in need of TLC. I've been meaning to get into cleaning them up but the restoration forum seems a bit lean on information about cleaning that doesn't involve machines.

I'd love to get...

Never heard of burnishing a stone but this stone has two sides so it won't hurt to experiment.

What kinds of oil are suitable?

Thanks for the tip on wet and dry. I got my last set of wet and...

As soon as water went onto the paper it started to curl so the tape helped keep it in place and flat, and I'll locate a permanent marker to grid up with.

The chinese stone is flat on one side. I...

Plenty of forums are like that, with their own cliques and if you don't post what they expect you get the condescending responses and half hearted responses.

I used a sheet of glass and used a bit...

Excellent! I do not go back to work until the 2nd so I have a project :)

Yes, chamfering of the sides was done too.

Well... my first hone, bought November 2014, was a Norton 4k/8k combo and as all beginners I have probably mistreated it a little in its first few weeks of life. It is a very nice stone from my...