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I have had success with my Norton 8k , Shapton 15k , and my recently acquired Maruichi Nakayama Asagi hone (the one pictured in my avitar) . In short , whatever you're already using to hone your...

If you can shave with a regular straight , you shouldn't have much trouble shaving with a Japanese straight . Keep your regular straight handy , to finish up with until you are able to do all of...

Hone 3 strokes on the concave side , then 2 strokes on the convex side . I usually do 3-5 repetitions to touch up the edge .