Thread: Barber hone question,

Originally Posted by Sticky

My Apart seems to give a better edge than a Swaty. Nice find.

Finishing* usually requires less than 8 laps on many barber hones. Touch up is often 2 or 3 laps.

EDIT: By "finishing*", in the above line, I mean finishing from an 8k or better hone.

The Witte shown is a Apart hone. It is not nearly as fine as the Norton aka Axe man hone. The Norton takes only
two strokes after an Escher to bring a finer edge.

Thanks for the help guys. I was getting a decent edge from my 8k ceramic (not ideal I know, but there has always been something else needing buying when I have hone money) but it was still pretty tuggy, I'll give this one a try now and see what kind of edge I can get myself. thanks again!