Thread: Barber hone with or without tape?

I think when I experimented with this it took about 40-70 laps on the Swaty to take the shoulder off.

Just tape it again

I don't hone anything without tape after honing a VIRGIN W&B FBU wedge
and after a very short honing session it had (what looked like) considerable hone wear.
It wasn't, but it wasn't virgin anymore either.


back on topic
do you not have pastes?

It is for exactly this reason that I dislike the idea of taped honing. I've got a good barber's hone, dammit, I want to USE it!

If 5 barber hone laps would fix it then would not 50 linen laps do about the same

Originally Posted by kevint

If 5 barber hone laps would fix it then would not 50 linen laps do about the same

Temporarily yes but not over the long haul. I think the use of linen does extend the time between touch ups but it does not replace them. Eventually a touch up on a hone, such as a barber hone, will be required.