Thread: Tell me about this Hone I won

I've watched these hones for awhile and couldn't believe some of the prices they go for. I already finish with a coti and have 2 vintage thuri's in the mail that I'm planning on using after the coti. I only bid $40 on it and ended up winning.

Will this offer anything over a coti as a finisher? Also does the rough grit have any uses as this is a dual sided hone?

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Congratulations.

That is an excellent quality hone. You can create, and especially maintain, excellent edges for your razors for the rest of your life with nothing but that hone. I haven't been watching eBay lately, but usually they go for twice what you bid.

Regarding your questions...
It will be comparable in (apparent) grit to the average coticule. Edges off of it may feel different, though they may be imperceptible. For touch ups, this will be faster than the coticule. You'll only use about 5 strokes on this, when you might have to do 20-30 on the coticule for a touch up. The rougher side is just that. You'd only drop down to that if you find that the touch ups on the finer side are not doing the job.

Originally Posted by Utopian

That is an excellent quality hone. You can create, and especially maintain, excellent edges for your razors for the rest of your life with nothing but that hone. I haven't been watching eBay lately, but usually they go for twice what you bid.

Regarding your questions...
It will be comparable in (apparent) grit to the average coticule. Edges off of it may feel different, though they may be imperceptible. For touch ups, this will be faster than the coticule. You'll only use about 5 strokes on this, when you might have to do 20-30 on the coticule for a touch up. The rougher side is just that. You'd only drop down to that if you find that the touch ups on the finer side are not doing the job.

Wow, only 5 strokes! I have a swaty that I don't really use so maybe I can get rid of that and use this.

I really, really want to find like a 3 day set and hone them all up to a DMT 8K and then try a different finisher for the 3. I think this way I can throw out variable about the blade and then truly learn the characteristics of each of my finishers.

On the price, I'm actually really surprised it went this low. I will easily pay double that for a quality coti or thuri as I'm more familiar with those hones. For a barbers hone I kind of have a set limit of $40 as I just prefer the naturals.

I have seen these go for upwards of $100 and even higher, so I'm pretty happy to get a chance to try this out and see why people can pay such amounts for a hone.

I might use the rough side for kitchen knives to use after my DMT 1200. Really can't wait to play with this thing.

Performance-wise, it's about comparable to a Swaty.

Good snag. The American Hone Co. Frictionite 00 is an excellent hone.

I believe yours is the small one, so it may take a few more strokes. I've not used more than 12 or 15 strokes on my small Frictionite to bring back an edge. Try brushing some lather on before using it.

As far as I know, that's the standard size for Frictionites. I'd still start with only about 5 strokes.

Yep, your right. I just measured my little frictionite and it is just under 3.5".

Darn! I was hoping I needed to watch for a bigger one.

I can only repeat what has already been said. The Frictionite 00's are very well regarded. You may find that using it first and following it with either a coticule or thuringan will give you a smoother edge. In any event, it definitely will do the job of edge maintenance for the rest of your life.

Nice catch!,