Thread: The definitive Barber's Hone grit answer..

WTH is a leech guy?

Originally Posted by souschefdude

WTH is a leech guy?

I'd like to know that too.

I know who Guy Leech is...

Regards,
Neil

Originally Posted by souschefdude

WTH is a leech guy?

Simple answer,,,it's a guy who likes leeches,,
A leech guy is an individual who is certified to house, maintain & sell leeches. He is also an authority on leeches. A woman can be a leech guy also, in this case she would be referred to as a leech gal.

Just keep in mind that a leech guy does not make a lot of money, so never leech off of a leech guy.

Your barber hone(s) must be of a vastly different breed than mine.
Either that, or defective.

The ones I have will restore a dulling edge in 5-10 laps most of the time, and never more than 15.
I have done razors on them, including bevel set using both sides, and the entire process was not even close to 1500 laps.

Here is a picture of the user instructions on one of mine, indicating something similar to what I wrote above.





I'm not sure what is going on with your results there at all, but I thought I would post my findings on my barber hones to avoid people trying to copy those 1500 laps and basically grind away their razors
If their barber hones are anything like mine that is!

I must say Bjoernar's post echoes my experience:



The above is a no-name barbers hone which surprisingly advocates rubbing the blade up and down on one side for a few strokes then flipping and repeating on the other side.



The Raven, above, only took 5 to 7 laps.



The Primo, above, says to use just "a few" strokes.

With regard to excessive wer being caused by barbers hones, that is probably due to too many laps or over use of the coarse side of a combo hone:



The CMon is shown coarse side up - the other side is brown and is the finisher.

Regards,
Neil

Originally Posted by Neil Miller

I must say Bjoernar's post echoes my experience:

The above is a no-name barbers hone which surprisingly advocates rubbing the blade up and down on one side for a few strokes then flipping and repeating on the other side.



The Raven, above, only took 5 to 7 laps.


The Primo, above, says to use just "a few" strokes.

With regard to excessive wer being caused by barbers hones, that is probably due to too many laps or over use of the coarse side of a combo hone:


The CMon is shown coarse side up - the other side is brown and is the finisher.

Regards,
Neil

If I understand, I'm reading here you would place the blade on the hone and rub it back and forth 7-10 times then flip the blade over and do the same?

I have a Boker Barber's hone, supposed to be a dry hone, and am wondering do I place the blade flat and do an L strop 7-10 times in only one direction, then flip it over and do the same?

Thanks!

I'm not sure, Phrank.

The instructions with the no-name hone say to "lay the blade flat and rub back and forth a few times" then flip it over and repeat. Rubbing up and down a few times probably equates 4 up-down movements, so say if you used it conventionally that would be 4 laps.

I never used one like that, although thats exactly what I do in some stages of conventional honing - I believe they call it 'half-laps' for some strange reason!

Regards,
Neil