Thread: Grit Rating of a Genco Barber's Hone and a no name hone?

Title says it all... I have a Genco branded barber's hone that will be waiting on me when I get home. Given that all my razors are Geneva/Genco, I just HAD to have it ("But, Honey, I have to get it or my razors won't have any friends...").

I did some searching to see if anyone had a more specific number for this particular hone than just the normal "6-12K range" for barber's hones. Alas, no luck.

My current barber's hone is also missing any solid info. I did find one thread where someone had the same hone, but I don't know if they ever found the info.

Thanks in advance everybody!!

The grit is irrelevant, hone a razor on it, test shave, that the real test.

Haha, true, it is, but I also don't want to go down while honing i.e. come off my norton 8k and move to the genco which is only 6k. That might be a bit counterproductive.

Originally Posted by crouton976

That might be a bit counterproductive.

Not at all, it will tell you if you have a good one or not.

Touchè, good sir, touchè...