Thread: Swaty Barbers Hones?

Originally Posted by CaliforniaCajun

Do we know what grit a Swaty is? I've gotten a couple of nice touch-ups from one, but some others needed more attention. I used lather as my lubricant.

The only way to find the grit of a given barber hone is to compare it to one of a given grit or two hones of a higher and a lower grit. then see if it adds to the finish or detracts from that finish.
So if a BH improves the edge off a 1ok grit hone but reduced\s the finish of a 12k hone it would be roughly a 11k grit barber hone.
This is being done weekly on another forum. Same rules each time same blades, same check hones, a different barber hone.
~Richard