Thread: Barber hones and petroleum jelly

Modine spends a lot of time working with barber hones & knows them as well as anybody. If he recommends this method & you follow his exact directions, then this should work out well.

I have lapped to this extent, but did not recondition as he did. I did not feel it was necessary, but I don't have the experience that he does. I will break out my barber hones this weekend & take the 6 or 8 that have been lapped & apply this method.

I'll give you my results next week.

Originally Posted by Hirlau

Modine spends a lot of time working with barber hones & knows them as well as anybody. If he recommends this method & you follow his exact directions, then this should work out well.

Well, that's what I was going for. I picked the hone based on his reviews and lapped more or less according to his instructions. Grid lapped on each grit twice 180, 220, 400, 600, 1000, 2000, 2500. Now, she's soakin up the vasoline.

Learn something every day.

Seems to have worked out pretty nicely on the Apart(very fine and silky feeling when used with the lather).

I had to wipe some excess vasoline of the 2 line Swaty. Used that as well and it is *not* fine. I would guess it might be a 5K or 6K lever(definitely between Nani 3K/8K as I testing between these two stones). However, I have not lapped and polished the Swaty.

Thre are quite a view differences on the Swatys....have two of them one seems to be very good for touch ups > 10k the other one as you mentioned around 6k...

Siguy,,,I finished "6" barber hones with Modine's method last night. They are sitting in my old car , it gets pretty hot in it during the day. I'll take a look at them in a few days.

This just seems wrong. The metal particles mixed with the oil/grease would clog the stone.
Sounds like a water stone being converted to an oil stone.
The water or oil is used to flush the particles out of the stone to keep the grit sharp.
I may be wrong, but the grease thing seems counter productive.

Where do you get the 'metal particles" from?
Are you referring to swarf?

Here is an auction pic of the 3-line Swaty hone I have. It says it can be used dry, with water, lather or oil. Nothing about lapping it, and having used it the surface is fine and put a nice edge on my blade. It say's to wash it with soap if it gets dirty, and if it get's really dirty, use some light emery sanding paper to clean the surface. Hope this helps.

Originally Posted by Hirlau

Siguy,,,I finished "6" barber hones with Modine's method last night. They are sitting in my old car , it gets pretty hot in it during the day. I'll take a look at them in a few days.

Huh, you got old cars just sitting around that you store stuff in. Do you live next door to me?