Just a question regarding honing steps.
i have a vintage carborundum 152 barber hone and a dmt 600/1200 diamond plate that serve as my edge setting and honing stones.
while I have used them to develop a shaveable edge on my two starter razors after significant lapping I'm wondering as to why so many on here say the barber hone is just for touch ups between proper honings.
if you maintain good spine contact through the 1200 diamond and then the different grits of the barber hone, have you not achieved the appropriate grit steps?
Presuming the BH is around 4k on the coarse side and 8 on the finer side? Or is the barber hone the wrong grit range to finish the edge you set with the 1200?
I'm probably going to get a 4/8k norton combo next time I'm near lee valley but for now these seem to work.
just curious.
Thanks.