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Thank you. Your suggestions are solid. I saw a few video from Lynn and he gives nice details about Honing. it's because of his video, I was able to hone my first razor. Thank you again Rhensley.

I received an reply from the seller of the Zanmai stones. He says that he frequently sells these stones together with a leather strop, ordered by customers.
Originally the 4K,6K and 8K are knife...

Then either I was lucky or I just found a new brand of Honing stones for the straight razor.

I soaked the stone for a very long time, because I was occupied with something else. They kept their...

What is the difference between a knife wet-stone and straight razor wet-stone? I thought you got wet-stones and they are
for making a cutting edge on anything...

What I did notice is that the...

As the video says: Bevel setting 4K, 8K for honing.

220 is too coarse not? Willthat not leave really deep marks in the razor? But 1K is used , as a very experienced shave honer (Lynn Abrams) uses it too, uses the 1K to set the bevel.

But I like...

You guys are right. It's not a good idea to use a 8K only. In combination with a 4K it saves me lot of time. I read some posts and looked how I can hone my 2nd hand Dovo carbon blade. Bought a 4K...

Thanks for the replies. It has been very helpful. Looks like I am going for 4K / 8K stones. Since I know I am a beginner with honing a straight razor. I bought a 2nd hand blade cheap and going to try...

I just read about the deep marks and made a personal conclusion that it could be good to use a 8K only.
No idea, how long it could take if I use a 8K only. So using a 8K is not realistic?

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Correction: hone should be sharpening)

I read that if you use a coarse stone that it will leave deeper marks in the face of the open razor blade. And that these deeper marks could cause the razor...