Thread: Barber hones characteristics

I've made a rough pass through this thread and started working on a chart or table ranging them from coarse to fine, based on what posters have said.

I am assuming, for the moment, that the combination hones labled Dubl Duk, OVB, Reliance, and Tosorial Gem are all equivalent since the two I have (DD and Reliance) are, and the other two look identical from all I can tell here. That might be a problem, but I think it needs to be shown that they are actually different.

So here goes, very tentatively:

• Winner Combo, Brown Side: 4000
• Dubl Duk et. al. Combo Grey Side: 4000
• Old Norton Combo: 4000
• Simmons/Keen Kutter combo, Black Side: 6000
• Winner Comb. White Side: 8000
• Old Norton Comb: 8000
• Simmons/Keen Kutter Combo Grey Side: 10,000
• Dubl Duk et. al. Combo brown side: 10,000-11,000 (?)

Not sure how to rank the Swatys: we have 2 lines of text, 3 lines of text, branded "Three Line Swaty," Pikes, SRDs, "Long" Swatys

Maybe some Swatiographer can plug in those values.

Is this getting anywhere near being roughly accurate?

Originally Posted by gssixgun

A genuine "Three Line Swaty" says that on the hone, much like Kee's hone is marked that way, only it is a Genuine Austrian Swaty...

The "Three Line Swaty" was made by the American Hone Company in Monrovia, Iowa. I don't consider it to be genuine, Austrian, or a Swaty. It is a great hone though.

@ Lawson,,,,I would think that your estimates are too low. I am thinking that the finish side of a barber hone would be around 10-12k at least.

@ Ron..... Quit calling my Swatys bastards, they are as much family as the rest of my Swaty's. You can be so insensitive at times!

Originally Posted by nun2sharp

A Lawson,,,,I would think that your estimates are too low. I am thinking that the finish side of a barber hone would be around 10-12k at least.

@ Ron..... Quit calling my Swatys bastards, they are as much family as the rest of my Swaty's. You can be so insensitive at times!

Hey, blame the parents, not the child. Your little bastard is a great hone!

Originally Posted by Utopian

The "Three Line Swaty" was made by the American Hone Company in Monrovia, Iowa. I don't consider it to be genuine, Austrian, or a Swaty. It is a great hone though.

I knew I needed Pics, I swear it was stamped Franz Swaty Made in Austria...Now I guess I could be fooled if that wasn't true, but it was stamped that way...

Originally Posted by nun2sharp

A Lawson,,,,I would think that your estimates are too low. I am thinking that the finish side of a barber hone would be around 10-12k at least.

@ Ron..... Quit calling my Swatys bastards, they are as much family as the rest of my Swaty's. You can be so insensitive at times!

They might indeed be--I'm just summarizing what folks have said on this thread. These aren't my opinions, just a synopsis of others' estimates.

Obviously corrections and refinements are exactly what we want!

Finally got to try out this 1915 CARBO. I can tell you that this thing is hard, it took a long time to lap.
After advice from SRP member Croaker on another thread I used it as an intermediate hone. After setting the bevel on the DMT 1200 I went to the Carbo. This is where I would normally use the BBW, But after 20 laps on the Carbo this Bengall was poping arm hairs 5mm above my arm with very little resistance. After that I gave it a bit more polishing on the coti and got a really sweet shave from it tonight.
A very nice hone, I'll be hanging onto this one.
Grant

Originally Posted by LawsonStone

I am assuming, for the moment, that the combination hones labled Dubl Duk, OVB, Reliance, and Tosorial Gem are all equivalent...

The C-MON barber hones have the same size, shape, and stickers too. (Different color dyes, IIRC. The coarse side is blue.)

Me

Originally Posted by CJBianco

The C-MON barber hones have the same size, shape, and stickers too. (Different color dyes, IIRC. The coarse side is blue.)

Me

The American Hone Company also made hones for C-Mon .....but ....there MAY have been other mfg's as well.

And to be clear, the hones may have subtle differences. The AHC may have changed the grit size, cutting agent, binding ingredients, whatever, to customize the hones for each new client. Who knows? But if I were in the rebranding business, I might give my client a few options so he feels that his product is unique and special.

Me