New to straight shaving, also new to honing. I sent one razor off to be honed, and am having another shipped to me that is also shave ready from a hobbyist here. The second while shave ready is going to be for all purposes my test dummy for learning how to hone. But before I get there I want to make sure I've got the proper set up and that I have prepared correctly.
I have a set of naniwa stones here that have only been used twice. (By me I got impatient and shouldn't have) I have a 1k, 3k, 8k, and a 12k. They were taken directly out of the box and used to "hone" one razor with two attempts. I guess my two main questions would be. First do I need to lap them to make sure they are even? I figured not since they were synthetic, but I suppose as a razor can come from the factory not shave ready a hone could come not hone ready... And secondly do I need anything other than the stones I already have to give a proper honing, other than experience?
I have a set of naniwa stones here that have only been used twice. (By me I got impatient and shouldn't have) I have a 1k, 3k, 8k, and a 12k. They were taken directly out of the box and used to "hone" one razor with two attempts. I guess my two main questions would be. First do I need to lap them to make sure they are even? I figured not since they were synthetic, but I suppose as a razor can come from the factory not shave ready a hone could come not hone ready... And secondly do I need anything other than the stones I already have to give a proper honing, other than experience?
