Originally Posted by
Scipio
This may no longer be of great use seeing that I am late to the party but I had a Hibbard Spencer OVB Barber hone. I used it for about 6 months then sold it. I'd say it is an adequate finisher, but preferred edges from my coticules and Escher. It wasn't particularly fine, maybe somewhere a little past 8K. Bottom line is that you can shave off it and maintain razors with it for a very long time provided you do not damage their edges and that they are shave ready to begin with.