Quote Originally Posted by dsg10715 View Post
I am wondering if any hone meister will help me identify two barber hones I got from Ebay and give me some pointers on how to identify the grits etc. I could send pics via PM or whatever fashion is most convenient. I am a very newbie shaver still nicking and working my way through my first strop with three razors rotating.
The barber hones never provided grit information. The closest they came was that some of the two sided hones indicated which side to use first. Since they are maintenance hones, they aren't intended to be used in a progression so the particular grit was pretty much irrelevant. In general, the imprinted side of a two sided hone, like your King, should be used second as it's the finer side.

Some of the Swatys are also two sided and the imprinted side of that hone is also finer. Personally, I have never found a Swaty that had a difference between the sides.