Thread: Duro Double Hone

Any one have one of these bad boys? I picked it up off the bay for cheap. It wasn't in the greatest condition but a quick lap and back to normal. Let me know.

There is a huge performance database of barber hones on another forum. Did you treat it with anything after lapping to improve surface cohesion?

Originally Posted by kcb5150

There is a huge performance database of barber hones on another forum. Did you treat it with anything after lapping to improve surface cohesion?

I checked it and not on there, trust me if there was a useful thread on this hone I would have seen it. Yes it's been lapped to 600g and treated. That photo was taken before I conditioned it.

If you have anything getting tuggy, give it 6-8 laps on lather and see what's doing after a nice stropping. I think a lot of how these things behave today is down to how well the binder has aged.

So how did you "condition" it?

Originally Posted by Utopian

So how did you "condition" it?

I use mineral oil until it stops soaking in, I know Modine uses a synthetic grease and others use Vaseline. A friend of mine said he used mineral oil so I thought what the heck.

Last one I did, I used petroleum jelly and just left it in the Ziploc for a week. They are fun, they can be way better than they have any right to, or utterly hateful with no real explanation besides different brands