Thread: a couple of new stones

This comes down to which Barbers' Hones they are


Some BH's have instructions that say use with Oil, Water or Lather some say use Dry, some say use with Oil or Water...


Most have no instructions


Reading the label that Martin so nicely supplied for the Apart hone one can see that this hone is oil safe so the Vaseline trick should have NO ill effect, but I also would also NOT make a sweeping recommendation that using Vaseline on all Barber's Hones is a good idea.

Keep in mind that once you introduce Oil into the mix that it is very hard to remove it from the equation..

Originally Posted by gssixgun

This comes down to which Barbers' Hones they are


Some BH's have instructions that say use with Oil, Water or Lather some say use Dry, some say use with Oil or Water...


Most have no instructions


Reading the label that Martin so nicely supplied for the Apart hone one can see that this hone is oil safe so the Vaseline trick should have NO ill effect, but I also would also NOT make a sweeping recommendation that using Vaseline on all Barber's Hones is a good idea.

Keep in mind that once you introduce Oil into the mix that it is very hard to remove it from the equation..

Glen makes a good point about sweeping recommendations. I was cautious when I first tried this. I started with cheap expendable hones not a frictionite. Again I just have a small sample of around 30 hones to go by but that sample includes some that instruct to use dry i.e Pike Strop Hone (which also by the way says to hone and strop the razor every time it is used - so the instructions on the box are not the final authoritative word on how use the hone IMO). I have had uniformly excellent results. I will also note that I live in a high desert where moisture is just ripped out of everything and everybody. Here is a list of hones I have re-hydrated to good effect so far.

Apart
Barbers Pride
Binghams Best Brand
Blue Diamond
C-Mon – Combination Hone
Craftsman – Combination Hone (2)
Frictionite 00 (2)
Gem Cushioned Hone-Strop
John Primble (2)
Kanner
Karbolektrik
Keen Kutter Kombination
King Midas
Nox-All – Sears Roebuck and Company
Pike – Emerald
Pike Strop Hone
Quick & Easy SRD –
Shumate – Blue rounded corners
Shumate – Blue square corners
Shuredge
Steinmetz
Swaty – 2 line Austria
Swaty – 3 line Austria
Swaty – 3 line long
Union Cutlery Special Spike Hone
Winner – Combination Hone

Congratulations on the BBW and Apart Barber hone both are beauties, thank you for sharing. In regards to re-hydrating or re-conditioning the barber hones surface use caution as Glen recommended. You can always test a small patch area prior to dressing the entire hone with any substance.
Mike