Thread: Hone questions

IF you know how to shave and IF you can perform an adequate honing stroke and IF you have started with a properly honed razor, then any of those will be adequate for maintaining your razor(s) indefinitely.

When you notice any diminishment in the quality of your shave, do 4 to 6 very light (as in weight of the blade only) strokes on one of the hones. Then clean the blade, strop, and shave. Repeat whenever needed. That is all that you will ever need to keep your razors shaving sharp.

And I forgot to mention, those are very nice hones!

Modine, a member here, has reviewed many barber hones on Razorandstone.
Barber Hone Reviews

Originally Posted by Kees

Modine, a member here, has reviewed many barber hones on Razorandstone.
Barber Hone Reviews

Thank you. I have been reading them. Rezdog sent me the same way. Found two of my hones discussed so far. Good info [emoji1360]


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Here's a link to how to use those barber hones.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tP-GUeN_yBs

Originally Posted by cudarunner

Here's a link to how to use those barber hones.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tP-GUeN_yBs

Thank you very informative.


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If you avoid lapping your barber hones, they will perform better than however Modine described their performance.

I never saw the sense in lapping a barbers hone. The usable surface structure is not the same IMO as the center of the hone.

Thank you both!


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I think my hones are in really good shape.


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Originally Posted by nun2sharp

I never saw the sense in lapping a barbers hone. The usable surface structure is not the same IMO as the center of the hone.

Making an attempt to save one that's too scratched up to use otherwise is about the only reason to imo. Getting them cleaned up and burnished well enough to perform like they used to...seems to be easier said than done. Still in the experimental/testing phase with a Swaty I have that needed one side cleaned up. I think next time I do a touch up I'll use the face I haven't lapped for comparison purposes, but in theory it should be the same material throughout the hone, the burnish just gets shot to heck when it's lapped.

It'd be nice to know more about how they were manufactured, that might make it easier to restore/resurface damaged hones. But whatever they did to the surface after kiln firing it to make them perform so well seems to be a bit of a lost trade secret.