Thread: Full set of stones

Well finally after 3 moth´s buying in different country's my set is complete and now i´m going to work on my honing skills.



From left to right, Atoma 600 and 1200, Naniwa 1k,5k, 12k and 8k snow white.

Not meaning to be critical but... You spent all that money on hones AND you don't know how to hone yet?

Sounds like some fun shall be had. Soon your butter knives will be razor sharp.

Originally Posted by guitstik

Not meaning to be critical but... You spent all that money on hones AND you don't know how to hone yet?

You need hones to learn how to hone, right?

Originally Posted by cosperryan

You need hones to learn how to hone, right?

Just as you need to buy a car to learn how to drive

Originally Posted by guitstik

Just as you need to buy a car to learn how to drive

No, I used my parents car. However when it came time for me to learn to hone I asked my mother if she had a norton 4k/8k. She didn't know what I was talking about so I had to buy my own.

Already did a nice job in my Japanese kitchen knives with the Atoma.

Well were i live no one owns any stone for me to practice, the only guy i know that does the honing service lives more then 200 miles from me. I now own 5 razors.



More are on the away and i´m not going to spend a lot of money in shipping and honing services. Here in Portugal, not many of us use straight razors and in the Portuguese forum Barbear Clássico i´m trying to make it change.One the purposes of this forum in particular seemed to me from since i registered, is to help as many people as possible to get the skills and hone their razors and to help others do the same.

The two bottom left razors were bought by my father, the black one is a Gebr. Weyersberg 5/8" he gave it to me and was the first razor i shaved with. The white one is a Dovo Razor Electric 6000 5/8" and it was his razor, i will be very proud and so would he when i got them shave ready again.

Originally Posted by guitstik

Just as you need to buy a car to learn how to drive

In Portugal you can only start lesson for your drivers license after you are 18 years hold. And you must do it in a school with a teacher in a car owned by them. You can not do it in you family car like in the states.

I was not trying to dissuade you from honing your own razors or anyone else's for that matter but you could achieve a very good shave ready edge with just two stones. IMHO that you went just a little bit overboard but that's just me.

Originally Posted by cosperryan

No, I used my parents car. However when it came time for me to learn to hone I asked my mother if she had a norton 4k/8k. She didn't know what I was talking about so I had to buy my own.

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