Thread: Honing

Looking to get into honing can anyone please recommend the best stones to buy - thanks everybody

Personally I think your progression will not be a problem as long as you have a good verity of grits. Personally I think it's your finisher that is the most important. As for what stone you won't for your finisher it's all about personal preference. I would recommend anything that is equivalent to 12k or higher. If you won't a natural finisher have fun there all different but if you find the right one for you it's worth it.

Originally Posted by aaron1234

Personally I think your progression will not be a problem as long as you have a good verity of grits. Personally I think it's your finisher that is the most important. As for what stone you won't for your finisher it's all about personal preference. I would recommend anything that is equivalent to 12k or higher. If you won't a natural finisher have fun there all different but if you find the right one for you it's worth it.

Thank you I appreciate it

So I have more questions. Are you going to be restoration work? Are you going to be mostly maintaining a smallish rotation? Have you ever thought about going to a meet first? There is a ton of hands on learning that goes on at a meet. It is a way easier place to learn than sitting at home watching videos. Don't get e wrong, I live well past the middle of nowhere, and did my beginnings with Glenn's videos and a set of Nortons. However when i went to my first meet things got way better way quicker. At the end of my second meet I had learned enough that things are more hit than miss these days. I plan on going to more to, there just something about hands on.

Not near any meet ups ,no restoration work, just want to hone my straights, maintain and keep my razors nice and sharp

There is no "best." It depends on more information than you have given. Rather than us pulling teeth asking questions it would help if gave more of a sense of your intentions, as RezDog indicated.

Absent any other information, a good barber hone or a Naniwa Specialty 12 or a coticule is all you need.

If what you are looking for is touch up then a barbers hone, and a pasted strop or a 12K or a natural finisher will all get you there. A natural is a bit more dedication in the learning department. They will all get you to where you want to be. A 12K synthetic will be the fastest route with the least amount of research and looking for the right buy. Where could you possibly be that there are no meets near you? I think that is my claim, and I think unless someone from Alaska or Nunavut chimes in ...

Originally Posted by Utopian

There is no "best." It depends on more information than you have given. Rather than us pulling teeth asking questions it would help if gave more of a sense of your intentions, as RezDog indicated.

Absent any other information, a good barber hone or a Naniwa Specialty 12 or a coticule is all you need.

What other information would be necessary

Originally Posted by RezDog

If what you are looking for is touch up then a barbers hone, and a pasted strop or a 12K or a natural finisher will all get you there. A natural is a bit more dedication in the learning department. They will all get you to where you want to be. A 12K synthetic will be the fastest route with the least amount of research and looking for the right buy. Where could you possibly be that there are no meets near you? I think that is my claim, and I think unless someone from Alaska or Nunavut chimes in ...

I am in Vegas baby!!!!

It's really a simple matter of what your intentions with your razors are. RezDog started out on that vein. How many? What condition? Purchased shave ready or not? I suggest that you start out by reading the Stickies at the top of the honing section.