Thread: Maintain razor using a barbers hone?

Originally Posted by thewatermark

So while were on the topic (and im sure there r threads about this ) is it better to touch up on a barbers hone or chrome ox. ?

Yes.... and no.

Barbers hones have a reputation for being very different.
Some are fast, some slow, smooth, rough.... In general
they are all light touch, five strokes and you are finished hones.

CrOx is softer and finer than all but perhaps the finest barber hone.

I think the only answer that makes sense to me is that CrOx being
less abrasive is better to use as a touch up first. Eventually CrOx
will not improve the edge so a more aggressive hone will be needed
and a good barber hone could do the trick. If you have one
of the better barber hones sure, a bad one no.

One hint might be to use lather with a barber hone unless it
is one of the rare ones that does not need it.

Edit: I am not sure but if you are on Ebray and the barber hone
has an original box it is not as good as a well used one. The good
box might have held a hone that was almost never used.... If the
odds are 1 in four of winning a good hone for less than 40 bucks
the smart money goes for a modern man made finisher.