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may be you use pastes on a strop with a give that round the edge?
i have no other explanation why you would need so coarse hones for a simple touch up. or your tolerance to dullness is much higher...

Olivia, I don't agree with you - I can run a razor lightly breadknifing style on the naniwa 12k so that it doesn't shave, or not well anyways, and then bring it back to shaving using that very hone...

you most certainly don't need a 3k hone.

the answer really is depending on how dull do you let the razor become before you decide to hone it.
naniwa 12k is perfectly adequate stone to maintain a...

Not at all, the nice ones are cringing 'what a fool', the mean ones are laughing 'serves him right'.


Good beard prep helps with anything, no surprise there. If you use light touch and stretch...