Brian
If you want an aggressive barber hone, try a Frictionite OO.
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Well the aggressive comment I base off of two things. Firstly that all of the instructions (that I have seen) call out for 12 or less laps to bring back the edge, and most of the information I have seen on comparisons seem to follow that trend.
This is also based on my admitted limited experience with the honing aspect of this hobby.
I have the DD dry razor hone. Lapped when I got it although it was like new due to slight dish in middle meaning only the edges were being used. Found it to work slow but used it after an 8k and both sides improved the edge.
Logical. The local barber sharpened razors:p
Not to go too far off topic but we have a leech guy that comes around once a month. I don't think he touched razors as there were cross contamination issues even then. And, just to get this off my chest....something about those white coats the barbers wore made me feel very uneasy.
WTH is a leech guy?
The barber I know is 67 and learnt of his dad. His dad honed using a coticule or as he referred to it a soap stone(still in use). Also has a paddle with old school pastes that was his dads. I know he has a few other stones but not sure what they are. Seems they used a number of naturals or carbundum stones.
Thinking on it they may have used a cutler as well.
Souschefdude, we're you using lather, water, or air (no lubes) on the Hones? For information purposes only.
The 1500 strokes were without any liquid. (Though Technically air is a liquid)