Thread: Wife needs help with Hones

From my understanding, the razor is already shave-ready and only needs to be maintained. Thus, a coticule would be ideal, in the off-chance he nicks the edge and needs to do a little more work than just refresh it. Capability-wise, the Coticule is the swiss-army knife of hones.

Barber hone or Coticule....both suggestions are good. The Coticule is more versatile.

Barber hones.... Some names of tried and proven performers are Swaty, Dubl Duck, Apart, Itsapeech to name a few.
Not all Barber hones are created equal so try and stay with those names. Check out Gssixgun's website, the SRP Classifieds and Ebay.

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Update...there is nothing much in the classifieds so here are some links to listings on Ebay....


This first listing is the best, it is for both a Swaty and a Coticule..

two honing stone for razor............low price | eBay

Hibbard Spencer Bartlett Co Straight Edge Razor Pre1932 | eBay

Franz Swaty Austrian razor Hone | eBay

VINTAGE FRANZ SWATY STRAIGHT RAZOR HONE AUSTRIA | eBay

Franz Swaty Wahring Belwien Austria Honing Stone | eBay

Vintage Franz Swaty Austria Straight Razor Honing Stone | eBay

I second a coticule. I have spent a few days on a couple fairly small ones, and I'm getting great results even being new to this.
The last few days I've used a La Grosse Blanche bout from The Superior Shave, you can get a great bout for not that much money. Mine was $79, but Jarrod got bouts down to $30-40 that will work great.

By blix72 at 2011-06-14

I think your suggestion will be appreciated, hirlau, but the problem is the husband is currently employed ona a ship of the US Navy fleet.
Money isn´t the problem, it is space! You are not allowed to have a huge closet, room to put your stuff away is rare.
And I don´t think her husband has a dvd player in her room on the Ship (or has he?!).

It´s a little bit like recommending an astronaut to watch Lynns video via telemetry and buy a Naniwa system and get it delivered via UPS-rocket service
(i´m just messing around, you porbably misunderstood the original question )

Originally Posted by Lesslemming

I think your suggestion will be appreciated, hirlau, but the problem is the husband is currently employed ona a ship of the US Navy fleet.
Money isn´t the problem, it is space! You are not allowed to have a huge closet, room to put your stuff away is rare.
And I don´t think her husband has a dvd player in her room on the Ship (or has he?!).

It´s a little bit like recommending an astronaut to watch Lynns video via telemetry and buy a Naniwa system and get it delivered via UPS-rocket service
(i´m just messing around, you porbably misunderstood the original question )

Thank you for the concern, Lesslemming.
I was never deployed on ship, I was flown to my bases. So, I'm sure there is a space concern. The space needed for my suggestion--8"x3"x1 1/2"
I will bet money on the DVD player being on board, though.
UPS Rocket Service, love that one.
Always wondered how the sailors got their packages delivered.
No Lesslemming, I did not misunderstand the question.

her husband has a dvd player in her room on the Ship

Did I really write her? Damnit

If her husband has the means to store and use (one or several) waterstones I would recommend the Norton 4k/8k as well

So the options are:

• Norton 4k/8k combination stone (maybe + Shapton 16k, or a polishing compound)
• Barbers Hone
• Coticule

The Norton 4k/8k and the Coticule are both capable of getting a razor from
bevelsetting to shaving sharp.
A Barbers Hone is good for touch ups

Always wondered how the sailors got their packages delivered

Fed Ex - PIAB (package in a bottle) ?