Thread: Barber Hone Question

Originally Posted by ryanjewell

Waaaaaay too much for a barber hone. You can get a really nice swaty for $40...less for not as well known brands...at local antique stores you might be able to get one for 1-5 dollars.

Agreed. I got my Swaty off the 'Bay in the original box with instructions for about $29 a month or two ago.

[QUOTE=32t;952641]i Beyond that, $+ time gets you better, with diminishing returns.[/QUOT

Originally Posted by syslight

A barber's hone takes you beyond 90 percentile closer to the 99 percentile. but that just depends on the hone and the user.

some people dream of a 100% perfectly sharp razor and are willing to try anything to get there. will they actually be able to tell the difference... in a blind shave test i doubt it.

but having spent most of the money, i stopped with a full set of shapton glass plates, i never got into the jnats or any of the later popular choices, i remember chasing the dream too. it was fun.

I said "gets YOU better". I meant the persons skills. A shaveable edge is not that hard to obtain. 1 hone and 1 strop is all you NEED. Need and WANT are two different things!

A barber hone has taken the edge beyond a Norton 8K but still seems to benefit from a few strokes on Crox. It is hard to believe any improvement from here will matter enough for me to chase but I understand the thrill.

You can go to a strop with crox or something else and be satisfied for years after the barber hone. They're fast and easy to use...no fuss.