If I Could Only Have One... Set of Hones to Maintain My Straight Razor

Welcome to Your Straight Razor Edged Friday Special: if I Could Only Have One

Set of Hones to Maintain My Straight Razor! Hey Eric here with Adventures In

Wet Shaving and welcome back it's good to see you. If you're interested in

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notified when I upload videos that way you won't miss a thing. In this video we

are looking at the universe of honing stones. All right I'm gonna walk you

through my journey on this and there were some pitfalls and there is still

some places to go from here. As a matter of fact this is not the end of the

journey this is just the beginning, and we will keep going with this and it will

keep evolving into where we need to be alright.

But let me tell you this is not the end. Now at the end of this video though I

have got a bonus for you. A stone you've never seen on this channel and it's

pretty interesting. I'm looking forward to using it at some time in the future,

but I wanted to debut it tonight. So let's look at honing stone starting

right now! Number one get a stone holder alright now this is adjustable that can

move to fit any stone and it can support any stone from five and a half inches to

nine inches long really works well now all of these stones come with some kind

of stone holder at least all the ones I have

in the beginning and they are okay but this gives you so much more control and

it is totally worth it all right you can pick up something like this one Amazon

for 15 bucks with Free Shipping you can't go wrong with that

and it's adjustable you can use it on every stone you have really good deal

number two if you're really serious about maintaining your straight razor

honing it and taking care of it all yourself you are going to need a

flattening stone for your honing stones now this is a Norton flat main stone and

it's got these grooves now what happens is as you're flattening the stone the

excess from the stone you're working on can go in those grooves and help keep it

flatter now one of the issues with this is it's hard to keep this flat but you

could use this if you would like this is what I started with this is not what I

would recommend you pick up something like this on Amazon for like thirty nine

bucks with Free Shipping and if that works for you you can do it next I've

got my DMT and this is the d8 see this is a coarse diamond plate this is four

years old alright and this is steel so this stays

flat all the time now one of the reasons why I would go with something like this

it is it is bigger than the stone now you see that that to me is important if

I'm trying to flatten this you need to have that stone be about the

same size as the flattening stone and if you do that you'll be able to flatten

that stone in you can get it nice and flat all the way around with this

diamond plate this is a big ol 3 by 9 inch diamond plate and it's really good

works out quite nicely and you can pick up something like this on Amazon for 50

bucks with Free Shipping and you can't go wrong with that and if I was going to

recommend something it would be this one now to my first set of homes number one

this is a seadoo 600-1000 this is a bevel setter and it does a fine job now

you can use something like this and it'll work really well for you and it's

not that expensive this is like 20 bucks and it's on Amazon with free shipping as

well you can't go wrong with that but I have another choice coming up later in

the video that I would recommend over this number 2 might a tie and this is

the three thousand eight thousand stone now this is where the honing really

begins on a honing progression now you could start with the three thousand and

get that in there really good get up to the eight thousand and continue on with

your honing progressions and now this is an inexpensive stone again both this one

and the one before are a little smaller then what I

like to use but it works fine you can pick up something like this on

the Amazon for 20 bucks as well with free shipping in not a bad price for

this stone I do have another stone later that I will suggest over this and I

think it would be a better fit number three this is my way way and that's a

ten thousand grit stone works really well and this will help get a nice

polish on your razor on that edge and does a really good job these are like 28

bucks on Amazon with Free Shipping and it's a pretty good deal you can do all

right with this one number for my Shapton 12 K this is a M 512k ceramic

stone the m5 has got to do with this yellow bit that is where that comes from

now this has been an excellent stone captain I believe makes some really good

stones now this actually you could pick up on eBay for $79 with $15 shipping now

this does polish up that razor nicely and would be a good buy number five

there you go this is my metal master and that is a 15 K stone now I wasn't able

to find these but I was looking back in my records I think this was about 85

bucks and this came from Japan and it has it's a nice soft stone so it is

self-cleaning and use this side with the spots on it to home this side you don't

hold on this side you want a home on the side with the spots

this really does a bang-up job and puts a like light saber edge on a

straight razor really good now you could pick up one of these but

it is a little bit more expensive and I have an alternative

later on that I will show you going through my first set of stones the

sea-doo 600 to 1,000 20 bucks USD free shipping number two the tight daya three

thousand eight thousand stone is 20 bucks with Free Shipping the way way is

a 10,000 grit stone and it is 28 bucks free shipping now the shaft and in five

ceramic 12 K stone I can pick that up for $79 plus $15 shipping to finish off

my first set of stones the metal master it is a 15 K Japanese stone and it is

$85 for a grand total of two hundred and forty-seven dollars with shipping next

my new set of homes starting with number one my su héroe this is a 1000 3000

stone so you can actually set the ballot form the 1000 side and then start

working on the progression of your home on the 3000 side now this is a brilliant

stone because it is soft so as you're honing it will clean itself off and does

a really fine job on setting the bevel with the blue side and starting the

honing progression with the yellow side you can pick up one of these for $36 USD

with free shipping and it is a fine stone I would recommend

if you're wanting to set your own belt number two the Shapton 8k this is a

ceramic stone it does a fine job and as you see this one is the same color all

the way through so it is going to last even longer than the Shapton in 512k now

with this you will be able to get a really nice polish on that razor and

it's a wonderful maintenance stone as well this would be a good place for you

to start these are $64 and that is with free shipping I would definitely

recommend a Shapton 8 K ceramic stone if you're wanting to home number three the

Imperial LaRocca and this is a beautiful 3 by 8 inch stone this is the premium

version they do have other versions that are just standard but look at that in

that beautiful now I do most of my honing on this side I've got a really

flat and really smooth now I use this with the dr. Matt under the running

water technique works really well and puts a excellent edge on a stone now

this also came with a matching nagira stone and this is you're supposed to rub

it on to get a slurry never really used it I do the running water technique and

it puts a fantastic edge on a razor now the difference between the ILR and the

metal master 15 this is going to give you a light saber edge on a razor

and this is going to give you a sharp comfortable razor so if I was going to

recommend anything to you it would be the Imperial LaRocca and you could pick

up this one eBay for 130 bucks with eight bucks shipping and it's just a

fantastic stone and you will have a fantastic shave here's a rundown on my

new set of homes the su héroe 1000 3000 combo stone is thirty-six bucks USD with

free shipping then you have the shaft and eight K ceramic stone that is $64

with free shipping and then you have the Imperial LaRocca it is a 12 to 15 K

stone for 130 dollars plus 8 bucks shipping for a grand total of 238 5 that

means if you get these three stones you'll be able to set the bevel maintain

your razor in everything with these three this would be a bargain this is

less expensive than my first set of stones now if I could only have one set

of stones to maintain my straight razor I would start with the Shapton 8 K

ceramic stone yes I would this is where he needs to start if

you're just trying to maintain your razor this would be a fantastic stone to

use and it is just right in that sweet spot where you don't need to set the

buffing but this will realign that edge and really start a nice polish on

you can pick up this on Amazon for like 64 bucks with Free Shipping and that is

an excellent price number two then move to that Imperial LaRocca for a finishing

stone this is a 12 to 15 K finishing stone does a bang-up job that is so flat

so smooth and it puts such a beautiful edge one eraser you can't beat that in

I'm telling you you have a sharp razor but it's really comfortable and you can

pick this up on eBay for a hundred and thirty bucks plus eight dollars shipping

and that is really a good price for this now I do know they have standard version

of a ILR as well for less money if that is something you need to consider now

for the rundown on this number one the Shapton 8 K ceramic stone is $64 u.s.

free shipping in the Imperial LaRocca 12 to 15 K premium stone is a hundred and

thirty dollars plus eight dollars shipping for a grand total of 200 and

$2.00 and I'm telling you you can't touch any kind of other stones for that

kind of money if I can only have one set of stones to maintain my straight razor

it would be the shaft in a K and the Imperial LaRocca 12 to 15 K finishing

stone this is all you really need and you will have a fantastic edge now if

you're new the straight razor shaving and honing I would go with a natural

finisher you're going to get a much smoother shave the synthetic stones will

be sharper I mean like laser sharp they will be like

lightsabers okay and that makes them more dangerous and less comfortable go

with a natural stone edge for a finisher and you will have a much more

comfortable shape and in what I've shown you in this video actually you can get

high quality stones and you don't need that many of them and it's not that

expensive so don't waste your money on less expensive stones unless that's what

you need to do now if you can only have one set of homes to maintain your

straight razor what would you pick let us know down in the comments could be

very interesting I really am looking forward to all your comments and answers

to that one now for a quick sneak peek here you go look at that in that

beautiful that is a Japanese natural stone I don't know what kind I don't

know really that much about it I bought this like three or four years

ago before I knew anything and if you know what that stone is or can give me

an idea that would be great it is very thin so I will be taking this epoch

seeing this two piece of wood I believe and we'll start honing with this and see

how it does and find out where it fits in the progression so stay tuned for

that there is really a universe of different stones out there that you can

try and some of them are really expensive I got this one at a pretty

good price and it's because it was so thin click up here to see five days of

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