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01-13-2009, 05:42 AM #1illegitimum non carborundum
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No. Some are more coarse than that but for the most part, yes, they will be higher grit. Nun2sharp was right in that they are intended for just a few strokes for touch ups. If you start with a properly honed razor, you can get by with nothing but a barber hone.
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01-13-2009, 05:49 AM #2Junior Member
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but can I just get the barber hones that are on ebay for like $12. Or is there a another name for the barber hone, that I can use to find it on other websites. Or a grit number range?
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01-13-2009, 05:54 AM #3Junior Member
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i would actually order a hone new or let an expirienced member help you with your first honing attempts. Since you can mess a lot up, but you also learn a lot
I'm quite happy with my 4k/8k set, but defiantly see several ways to improve my honing an looking forward to mastering it.
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01-13-2009, 07:23 AM #4Hones & Honing
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Perhaps your safest bet in Barber hones is called a Swaty. Look for one that has 3 lines of text embossed into the hone. The other are an Apart or a Frictionite 00 ( it has 2 different grit sizes, one on each side). These are safe bets.
Randolph Tuttle, a SRP Mentor for residents of Minnesota & western Wisconsin
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01-13-2009, 07:40 AM #5< Banned User >
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There have been a few SRP members over the years that swear by the Swaty hones and use nothing else for honing. Please understand that the initial honing establishes the cutting bevel and polishes it. A Swaty would take forever to do that job.
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