Thread: my first barbers hone

anyone have oneof these? do you have any tips ? It says use water or oil? it feels so smooth i dont see hoe it can be fast cutting. Then again the directions say 4 or 5 strokes are sufficient.

Nothing exciting about box pictures,,,,

Show us the hone,,,,

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Barber Hones - Straight Razor Place Library

It's used to maintain,,, 4 or 5 strokes is a "fast" maintainer. A lot of top end finishing hones, take 10 or more strokes.

well i need to study more, i honed my dull razor doing 10 laps and its still dull so i did circles then 10 more laps and it wont pass hht1 my lappng paper works better

As Hirlau said, used to maintain edge. They vary a lot, looks like that one was trying to cash in on the well known swaty. If your razor is starting to pull, 6 to 10 laps should be all you need.

Keep in mind that barber hones are used to maintain an already shaving edge,,, when the razor starts to pull or tug a bit,,, then the barber hone brings it back to a comfortable edge with a minimum of strokes.

If you are trying to use a barber hone to bring the edge to shave ready for the first time,,,, post anything under a good 4K edge,,,, then you have your work cut out for you. You can try to improve over an 8K,,,, but there are few barber hones out there that will do that.

Keep in mind when honing with the barber hone in your palm,, that, "One stroke of an angle too high, kiss your shave ready edge goodbye."

Originally Posted by Hirlau

Keep in mind that barber hones are used to maintain an already shaving edge,,, when the razor starts to pull or tug a bit,,, then the barber hone brings it back to a comfortable edge with a minimum of strokes.

If you are trying to use a barber hone to bring the edge to shave ready for the first time,,,, post anything under a good 4K edge,,,, then you have your work cut out for you. You can try to improve over an 8K,,,, but there are few barber hones out there that will do that.

Keep in mind when honing with the barber hone in your palm,, that, "One stroke of an angle too high, kiss your shave ready edge goodbye."

I didn't have you down as a poet John

I was going to say much the same otherwise though

Originally Posted by edhewitt

I didn't have you down as a poet John

I was going to say much the same otherwise though

Certain scents often linger,
as I've been told;
Ms. Piggy smells like Kermit's finger.

so in that case I dont believe if it is less than 8k it will not pass the hht at all. it does shave arm hair.

Originally Posted by admvalentine

so in that case I dont believe if it is less than 8k it will not pass the hht at all. it does shave arm hair.

I wouldn't get too caught up with the HHT just test shave it and see how it is. Barbers used these for decades to keep their edges good. I am still learning mine, and it certainly doesn't seem as keen as a 12k (not really surprising considering they aren't 12k )