Thread: What Exaclty Is a Barber's Hone?

I hate trying to defend ideas I don't really know if I believe but my Carborundum 103 barber hone cuts pretty fast and leaves an edge that is less polished, than say an 8K hone. The 8K puts on a nicer deeper polish. That polish might be a little sharper and then last a little longer.

My Swaty on the other hand is really hard and fine and puts a really tight edge on.

Past that, or why that becomes a rule for all barber hones; of which there are likely a hundred varieties, I'm not sure. I'm not sure what the "finishing" hone is that we are talking about either.

Once you buy a hone I think the interval between honings becomes a pretty unimportant issue.

Originally Posted by AFDavis11

I hate trying to defend ideas I don't really know if I believe but my Carborundum 103 barber hone cuts pretty fast and leaves an edge that is less polished, than say an 8K hone. The 8K puts on a nicer deeper polish. That polish might be a little sharper and then last a little longer.

My Swaty on the other hand is really hard and fine and puts a really tight edge on.
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i agree with both carborundum 103 and swaty.
you have descried exactly how they act.
Problem is touch up hones you usually don't use more then 2- 6 strokes. Many of them out there even you can see in their instruction. i would put up picture's.
I think this is confusing us. i am not talking about swaty you can use swaty make 100 strokes will not hurt the edge.
if you use touch up hones more then what you have to edge just brakes down.
i have test this in cmon, and frictionate00 in fine side.hope this clear a little

That is a beautiful hone.