Thread: Greywacke barber hone? anyone experienced it?

Hi guys, sorry for posting yet another thread, I came across some threads mentioning a greywacke barber hone and I've noticed one at strop shop uk. I know grit isn't everything but I was hoping someone could tell me how this stone performs and where it would fit on the grit scale ie. is it more than 8k 10 k less than 12k etc. I'm just curious about it

Well Neil Miller is the Proprietor of that mention shop and he is a member here as well shoot him a pm and im sure he will answer any question that you have about that barbers hone.

Interestingly, i came across a description of greywacke in Lectures of Geology 1825, talks about greywacke found in the Catskills mountains wich is in New York State not to far from where i reside.

Originally Posted by saitou

Hi guys, sorry for posting yet another thread, I came across some threads mentioning a greywacke barber hone and I've noticed one at strop shop uk. I know grit isn't everything but I was hoping someone could tell me how this stone performs and where it would fit on the grit scale ie. is it more than 8k 10 k less than 12k etc. I'm just curious about it

Greywacke is a common rock and I can't see it as a honing medium. I suspect the barber hone stuff is just a name and has nothing to do with the 'real" stuff. Of course I could be very wrong.

Hi Saitou

I have a Greywracke barber hone, very similar to Neil's at Strop-shop. I haven't tested it in depth but I can confirm mine is a finishing/touch-up hone. It is a rather narrow hone and it is very hard. I don't care so much for a K-rating with naturals because I don't have the corresponding grits to compare them to, my finest artifical now being 4K. I now rank them by coarse, medium, fine and very fine. I say this was fine. I'd also say a 'coticule' is fine and I get a smoother (and better) shave off a coticule than from the Greywracke.

Hope this helps,

Maurice

Originally Posted by Scipio

Hi Saitou

I have a Greywracke barber hone, very similar to Neil's at Strop-shop. I haven't tested it in depth but I can confirm mine is a finishing/touch-up hone. It is a rather narrow hone and it is very hard. I don't care so much for a K-rating with naturals because I don't have the corresponding grits to compare them to, my finest artifical now being 4K. I now rank them by coarse, medium, fine and very fine. I say this was fine. I'd also say a 'coticule' is fine and I get a smoother (and better) shave off a coticule than from the Greywracke.

Hope this helps,

Maurice

+1 - just wanted to post exactly the same. I also got a greywacke hone but didn't test it in detail right now. Totally agree with what Scipio posted.