Hello everyone i ll try to be as short as possible because i don't want to bore you too much.
I only have one stone that i hone my razors with. it is a coticule left to me from my grandfather which he used to sharpen small knives for tree grafting, i have been using it for some time now and it is a good stone that allows me to start from a completely dull razor, set a bevel and up to finishing it. shaves are comfortable and life is good. I HATE IT, and the reason i do is because the stone is about 1 inch wide and 4 inches long. i don't have a bout, so i went to the beach and picked a hard stone that i found there, used sandpaper on one side and have been using it since.
Now i want to do some shopping and i am making a plan but i want to ask a couple of questions because i am not entirely sure about some specific things.
i want to buy some synthetic stones and the plan at the moment is
naniwa professional 1k, naniwa hayabusa 4k, naniwa fuji 8k
my coticule is probably not the best finisher in the world but i want to try to use it with oil as a finisher at the end of this progression.
the 2 questions i want to ask are:
is naniwa pro 1k to naniwa hayabusa 4k too big of a step?
is the oil coticule a possible finisher after the 8k? (i know the only real way to know this is to test it, i would like to know your experiences)
if you have some suggestions on how to improve this setup please let me know, especially if you have suggestion on a finishing natural stone that is not jnat
thank you!
I only have one stone that i hone my razors with. it is a coticule left to me from my grandfather which he used to sharpen small knives for tree grafting, i have been using it for some time now and it is a good stone that allows me to start from a completely dull razor, set a bevel and up to finishing it. shaves are comfortable and life is good. I HATE IT, and the reason i do is because the stone is about 1 inch wide and 4 inches long. i don't have a bout, so i went to the beach and picked a hard stone that i found there, used sandpaper on one side and have been using it since.
Now i want to do some shopping and i am making a plan but i want to ask a couple of questions because i am not entirely sure about some specific things.
i want to buy some synthetic stones and the plan at the moment is
naniwa professional 1k, naniwa hayabusa 4k, naniwa fuji 8k
my coticule is probably not the best finisher in the world but i want to try to use it with oil as a finisher at the end of this progression.
the 2 questions i want to ask are:
is naniwa pro 1k to naniwa hayabusa 4k too big of a step?
is the oil coticule a possible finisher after the 8k? (i know the only real way to know this is to test it, i would like to know your experiences)
if you have some suggestions on how to improve this setup please let me know, especially if you have suggestion on a finishing natural stone that is not jnat
thank you!