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What's the grit equivalent of this stone? THey use oil and razor hones usually use water and/or lather. I don't know if you would want to put an oily blade on one of them.
I's really too coarse,...

Booga, you don't have to make an expensive investment to maintain your razor more easily, but you do need something finer than a soft Arkansas stone. You might be able to manage with a two-sided...

Superfly, booga is a pretty saavy guy and came right back at you with the right answer. He doesn't need a Norton.

He has a hard Arkansas which is pretty fine. It's used on surgical instruments....

You certainly could, and for you maintenance and refreshin the edge a baber's hone and pasted strops are fine. I have the Norton 4/8K and I only use it for groups of razors, because it's a mess. ...

I don't know what your basis is for this conclusion, but there are plenty of people who maintain their razors with only barber hones or pasted strops. The Norton 4/8K is only a necessity if you're...

Some of the things you say are also disputed. For example, there are plenty of people who have great success with ceramic stone with a little or no water. Many of the baber hones say they may be...